A Star Wars auction held in the Thornaby has raised £156,000 in sales.
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A Mercedes W196 R Stromlinienwagen, driven by Formula One legends Stirling Moss and Juan Manuel Fangio, is expected to become the most expensive Grand Prix car ever sold when it goes under the hammer in Stuttgart on Saturday. The "Streamline car," one of only four complete examples in existence, is
One of the world's best-selling singers has been accused of making a 10-bedroom mansion impossible to sell by describing it as scary. The owners of Lock House, a Grade II-listed property in West Sussex, blame Adele for their failure to sell the building and its 32-acre estate, which they value at &p
A Japanese man has made headlines with his unique property investment strategy which has earned him rental income worth ¥140 million (c. £726,000) from 200 run-down houses he has bought over the past few years. Since childhood, Hayato Kawamura, a 38-year-old from Osaka, has been fascinated
One of the world's best-selling singers has been accused of making a 10-bedroom mansion impossible to sell by describing it as scary. The owners of Lock House, a Grade II-listed property in West Sussex, blame Adele for their failure to sell the building and its 32-acre estate, which they value at &p
Over 120 items of musical equipment belonging to rock musician Jeff Beck have been sold at auction for £8.7 million.
The iconic house featured in the 1990 classic Christmas film Home Alone has sold for $5.5 million (c. £4.5m) – $250,000 over asking price (c. £200,000). Located in Winnetka, a suburb of Chicago, the five-bedroom, six-bathroom property was listed in May 2024 for $5.25m and quickly r
A team of seven sanitation workers in Shandong province, eastern China, has been praised after they recovered a groom-to-be's wedding savings of 230,000 yuan (c. £26,000) from four tonnes of rubbish. The man had accidentally discarded a takeaway bag containing the cash, which he and his fianc&
An early draft of Bob Dylan's Mr Tambourine man lyrics has sold for $508,000 (c. £416,000) at auction.
Monkeys with discerning tastes have been accused of robbing a house of gold jewellery. The simians allegedly broke into the home in Talalla, in southern Sri Lanka, while the residents were working in the garden.
A collection of letters and drawings from the writer of Winnie the Pooh are set to go up for auction this week after being found in a carrier bag.
An online scammer tricked a woman out of more than €800,000 using AI-generated pictures of Brad Pitt. The 53-year-old French woman, named only as Anne, recently appeared on a French TV show to recount her story, saying that she was entirely convinced that the Hollywood star had fallen in love w
Glasses belonging to UK comedy legend Eric Morecambe have sold for £20,000 at auction.
A judge has annulled a marriage where the bride was tricked into going along with what she believed was a fake wedding organised as a social media prank. The woman said she was invited to what she was told was a "white party" – where everyone is expected to wear white – by a man she had
An Islamic investment platform has had six of its adverts, which pictured burning money, banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). Wahed Invest's posters, featured on Transport for London (TfL) services, showed US dollar and euro banknotes on fire, alongside images of Muslim preacher Isma