Unique Items
Five collectibles with fascinating backstories
Each of these five unique collectibles carries a fascinating backstory
Bonhams celebrates Hallowe'en with auction of 'spooky ivory skull'
Alongside this skull, the Messel Collection of art from Nymans, West Sussex, UK, is also for sale
Collecting with dinosaurs... 'Fighting' skeletons battle to $2.75m at Heritage
A 'fighting' pair of fossils stole the show yesterday in this unique auction of natural history items
A fraudster with excellent taste... The collections of Bernie Madoff
Having run the 'largest Ponzi scheme in history' only Madoff's collectibles had any real value
'From Russia with Love' in London... James Bond's golden gun brings $437,000
A movie memorabilia sale at Christie's, yesterday, saw James Bond '007''s gun smash its estimate
Bookcase with secret door used for George IV's Royal affair leads sale
The furnishing used by the King to visit his mistress Mrs Fitzherbert will sell from Chatsworth House
'Spend eternity' with Monroe for $4.6m
Burial vault above the Hollywood starlet's final resting place is auctioned by the previous occupant's widow
