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BaselWorld is witness to stunning new watches every year. Some exquisite concepts and innovative techniques are on display for the admiring public and watch lovers. It is the event and the venue where the world has witnessed the best timepieces produced in the world. This year the watch lovers and collectors will have the opportunity to bid for and [...]

The first ever Apple computer which was designed and hand-built by Steve Jobs’ friend Steve Wozniak was finally auctioned for a whopping $213,000 through Chrisitie’s auction house. An Italian businessman and private collector by the name Marco Baglione is the prestigious buyer of this computer which is nonetheless an unparallel piece of historical [...]

If you have 150,000 pounds, you can buy the first ever computer that Steve Jobs, founder of the Apple Company, made and sold from his parents’ garage, is up for sale. Only about 200 original pieces of the entire range that apple produce today, from computers to iPads, iPhones and iPods are available today. This first ever computer that Apple [...]

One of the most prolific and powerful figures in the modern human history, the prime Minister of England during the Second World War, Mr. Winston Churchill’s most prized possession, a 1939 Diamler DB18 Drophead Coupe is now on its way for a legendary auction at the Historics at Booklands auction house. This DB18 is known to be the same vehicle that [...]

The eBay and Amazon.com are fighting for customers willing to buy clothes via the Internet this holiday season‘s end, hoping to boost their results in the lucrative segment. The suit is currently the single largest category of online sales in the U.S. but was virtually ignored by both companies in favor of electronic products like in previous [...]

Antiquorum’s auction room in New York City attracted watch collectors from around the globe on June 10th for the sale of Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, Pocket Watches &clocks. The auction achieved $4.5 million boosting the total spring sale to over $9.5 million. For the 364 lots on offer vigorous bidding was witnessed by the collectors [...]

We phone to practically do all our tasks and chores. Such is our dependency on the gadget that AG Bell must be wearing this everlasting smug smile even in his grave (may his sould rest in peace). Well, but there is a buyer who actually made a whopping and winning bid via one that amounted to a sum of $506,000. All this for a non-flying 1917 wooden seaplane [...]

The art market is looking up, bringing some much needed cheer to those in the line. It’s also a sign of better things to come after history witnessed the worst of economic slowdowns, and reflecting badly on the art market too. The good news, is that Christie’s and Sotheby’s February contemporary art sales surged 255% year-over-year according the [...]

Long before boys can get their own car or even a fake driving license, they would have played their hearts out with their favourite model toy cars. For most boys, that would turn out to be one of the Hot Wheels. Named aptly, Hot Wheels includes some of the best cars designed by man and now you could not just own one but truly drive away in one. The [...]

Michael Jackson’s trademark white bejeweled glove recently sold at auction in Melbourne for A$57,600 or $49,000. It was ‘nearly twice the price auctioneers expected.’ “There was a huge amount of interest in the week leading up to the sale. We were still pretty surprised by the price,” said Charlotte Stanes of the auction house Bonhams and [...]