The Incredulous Price Of Musical Manuscripts Sold At Auction
Ever since the earliest methods of notating music were devised, composers and scribes have written out music by hand. First on vellum in the medieval period, and...
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Stamp collecting You may have seen the news recently as the worlds most valuable stamp recently sold in auction. Whilst the headlines say it ‘fell...
UK’s Top Three Auction Houses
UK’s top three Auction houses - fact file. Sothebys/Bonhams/Christies Sotheby's was established on 11 March 1744 in London by Sotheby’s founder, Samuel Baker, It is named...
Chapter and Verse. The world’s most expensive books.
You may have noticed on our link to Antiques we use an image of antique books. Rare and limited edition books are incredibly valuable and...
Taking it online – the rise of the luxury sale during covid.
Sothebys under the ownership of french-israeli telecoms magnate Pattrick Drahi, restructured in December to two ‘equally important’ divisions - one to continue in fine art,...