Pic credit: Heritage auctions A lightsaber used by Darth Vader in The Empire Strikes Back and…
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The original 1971 cover painting for Yes’s album Fragile has been returned to artist Roger Dean after decades missing and will be auctioned on December 2 with a £75,000 estimate
For more than five decades, millions of music fans saw the fantastical miniature planet on the…
In the late 1950s, guitarist Lonnie Mack began using one of the earliest Gibson Flying V guitars; after decades of concerts and recordings, his famous ‘Number 7’ and an amplifier sold together for $550,000 in 2026
Lonnie Mack’s iconic Flying V guitar and amplifier sell for $550,000 at auction (Image Credit: Wikipedia)…
In 1997, just 500 hardcover copies of the first Harry Potter book were printed, most for libraries; 29 years later, one surviving first edition with the original printing errors sold for $400,000 in Dallas
The book sold on October 14, 2026, at its Rare Books Signature Auction in Dallas, Texas.…
In 1971, a hijacker vanished with $200,000; in 1980, an 8-year-old found part of the ransom on a Washington riverbank, and a damaged $20 note from the discovery sold for $134,200 at auction in 2026
A worn fragment of a $20 banknote linked to the famous 1971 D.B. Cooper hijacking has…
In 1867, San Francisco minted a $5 gold coin that passed down through a family; 159 years later, it was found inside a cigar box in a Texas closet and sold for $97,600 after experts identified its rarity
An 1867 $5 gold coin made in San Francisco and forgotten inside a cigar box in…
In 2014, a Tennessee couple paid 58 cents for a West Point sweater at a North Carolina Goodwill; months later, experts authenticated it as Vince Lombardi’s, and it sold for $43,020 | NFL News
In 2014, a Tennessee couple paid 58 cents for Vince Lombardi’s sweater; it later sold for…
In 2023, a London house-clearance crew found two old computers buried under boxes; they were two of only three known surviving Q1 microcomputers, and the 1972 model later sold for £37,179 |
In 2023, a London house-clearance crew found two old computers buried under boxes; they were two…
In 1998, Alaska miner Barry Clay was pushing dirt with a bulldozer near Ruby when he uncovered a 294.1-ounce gold nugget; 23 years later, the state’s largest recorded nugget sold for $750,000
Alaska miner Barry Clay was pushing dirt with a bulldozer near Ruby when he uncovered a…
Super Mario Bros: In 1986, someone bought Super Mario Bros. as a Christmas gift and left it sealed in a desk drawer; 35 years later, the forgotten game sold for $660,000
Heritage Auctions said the copy was a pristine example of a particular Super Mario Bros. variant…