Now playing Next Belarus Medal won by exiled Belarusian sprinter auctioned to support athletes Krystsina Tsimanouskaya's silver medal from the 2019 European Games was sold for €17,800 on eBay to a collector from the United States. 27/08/2021
Now playing Next United Kingdom 'Most expensive' stamp in the world goes on display in London The British Guiana 1c Magenta is the only one of its kind to survive from the former British Colony. 15/07/2021
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Now playing Next Romania Romania ex-dictator's plane sold for 120,000 euros With "Socialist Republic of Romania" once emblazoned on its side, a Rombac plane belonging to Nicolae Ceausescu's fleet sold in an auction on Thursday. 28/05/2021
Now playing Next USA Einstein's E=MC2 equation letter sets off bidding war at auction The letter from 1946 sold for more than $1.2 million (€1 million) — three times its estimated price. 22/05/2021
Now playing Next United Arab Emirates Charity auction featuring artworks by Mandela raises €8.2 million Art-loving philanthropists dug deep into their pockets to support the 100 Million Meals campaign — the biggest food drive in the MENA region. 06/05/2021
Now playing Next Tech News Bitcoin and Ethereum will be accepted in Sotheby's Banksy auction While NFTs are growing in popularity, physical artworks have yet to be swept up in the world of cryptocurrencies. Until now, that is. 04/05/2021
Now playing Next World French government auctions off €28 million worth of Bitcoin Bitcoin crossed the $60,000 (€50 195) mark for the first time in its history on Saturday. 17/03/2021
Now playing Next USA €400,000 15th century Chinese artifact bought for €30 at US yard sale The piece, one of only seven such bowls known to exist in the world, will be up for auction in New York on March 17 as part of Sotheby’s Auction of Important Chinese Art. 03/03/2021
Now playing Next France Unseen Van Gogh goes on display before Sotheby's auction in March The work depicts a rarely seen view of Paris in the nineteenth century. 'Scène de rue à Montmartre' shows how the busy suburb used to be a rural, tranquil place. 25/02/2021
Now playing Next World News Botticelli masterpiece sells for record-breaking $92.2 million The 15th-century portrait achieved the highest ever price for an Old Master painting at Sotheby's. 28/01/2021
Now playing Next World Tin Tin artwork sells for 2.6m euros at Paris auction The print shows the famous Belgian journalist being scared senseless by a Chinese dragon. 14/01/2021
Now playing Next France Sole-d: Marie-Antoinette's silk shoe auctioned for 40,000 euros The shoe - which belonged to the Queen beheaded in 1793 - sold for four times more than was expected. 15/11/2020
Now playing Next Germany Hitler's handwritten speech notes sold at auction 'above asking price' One speech delivered by the Nazi leader in 1939 is sold despite objections from a European Jewish group 23/10/2020
Now playing Next No Comment Rare Allosaurus dinosaur skeleton sells for €3 million at auction The structure was fairly intact as more than 70% of the skeleton put up for auction is made from the creature's real fossilized bones, skull, teeth and claws. 14/10/2020
Now playing Next Poland Belongings of 'The Pianist' Wladyslaw Szpilman up for auction A fountain pen, silver pocket watch and other prized possessions of the late Jewish-Polish composer Wladyslaw Szpilman go under the hammer in Warsaw next week. 19/09/2020
Now playing Next No Comment One of the largest T-rex skeletons set to go up for auction It could fetch up to €6.7 million. 17/09/2020
Now playing Next United Kingdom Gandhi's glasses sell for nearly €300,000 at UK auction They were found in a mailbox left "by a gentleman whose uncle had received them from Gandhi himself", the Bristol auction house said. 22/08/2020
Now playing Next Cult Kurt Cobain's iconic guitar sells for €5.4 million The instrument was used by the Nirvana frontman in his 1993 MTV Unplugged set, one of Cobain's last appearances before he died. 21/06/2020
Now playing Next Food and Drink Eighteenth century bottle of Cognac sells for over €130,000 The bottle, known as "Grand Frere", was produced in 1762 by Maison Gautier in France. 29/05/2020