auctions


Gems owned by late film star Deborah Kerr sell for thousands at auction in London, including £33,600 for an engagement ring.

A World War II guard post set in Cambridgeshire woodland sells at auction for £55,000.

A bottle of whisky recovered by a Sussex diver from a cargo ship whose sinking inspired a film fetches £2,200 at auction.

An Italian masterpiece, which had been hidden in the attic of a French chateau since the 19th Century, sells for £2.84m at auction in London.

Two masterpieces by the Italian artist Canaletto could fetch up to £11m when they go under the hammer in London later.

James Bond's Lotus from The Spy Who Loved Me is heading for the US after going under the auction hammer.

The front carriage of the Corskcrew, Europe's first double looping rollercoaster, is due to be sold in an online auction.

A collection of about 300 teddy bears, some about 100 years old, are put up for auction in Angus.

A painting which became a popular Christmas card design is to be sold at auction.

The market for Russian art, which has boomed in recent years, has now gone flat - another casualty of the global downturn.

A 97-year-old document containing clues to the identity of Eleanor Rigby, the subject of the Beatles hit, sells at auction.

Rare coins from the time of the English Civil War fetched nearly £36,000 at auction in Dorset.

The cul-de-sac that was used in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside is to be sold at auction.

Hollywood star Ewan McGregor puts a unique motorbike up for auction to raise money for children's charity Unicef.

Memorabilia owned by the late Spike Milligan fetches £73,000 at a London auction.

Rare coins from the time of Oliver Cromwell and Charles I are to be sold at auction.

The iconic Lambretta scooter ridden by actor Phil Daniels in the film Quadrophenia sells at auction for far more than expected.

The Doncaster corner shop used to film the popular sitcom Open All Hours fails to meet its reserve price at an auction.

A retired businessman from Surrey pays almost £250,000 for a personalised number plate at a DVLA auction.

A former nuclear bunker in Hampshire which could house up to 30 people is to be auctioned for more than £240,000.

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