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The Most Expensive Auction Items Sold This Past Year

These are the most expensive auction items sold in 2025.

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“At the Mark Knopfler sale, I remember seeing people in tears”: A-list guitar auctions are now a firm fixture, and the sums involved are eye-watering. But who is driving the boom – and is it sustainable?

The amount of money changing hands for artist-owned guitars at auction is eye-watering. Amelia Walker of Christie's London explains what sells and who's buying – and whether it will last

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7 Outrageous Things the Wealthy Bought This Year — and Where ChatGPT Says Money Is Flowing

Here's a look at shocking items wealthy people bought from Christie's and Sotheby's auctions in 2025.

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American West art masterpieces from a billionaire Koch brother head to auction

Some of the most iconic American Western art is heading to auction at Christie’s in New York

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Royal family gift thought to be lost for decades sets auction record

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Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien’s ‘extraordinary’ personal item to go to auction

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Fabergé egg made for mother of Russia’s last tsar sells for £23m

Christie’s says the sale price is the highest for a Fabergé, beating a £8.9m auction in 2007

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Rare Faberge egg covered in diamonds shatters world record fee

The art was believed lost for two decades from 1975 until 1994

The Independent UK

Jewel-studded Faberge egg sells for record £22.9m at London auction

The old record was set in 2007 when the Rothschild Egg fetched £8.9 million.

Evening Standard

Lord Of The Rings author JRR Tolkien’s desk up for auction

Tolkien used the desk during his tenure as Merton professor of English language and literature at Oxford between 1945 and 1959.

Evening Standard

‘Extraordinary’ item JRR Tolkien used while writing The Lord of the Rings up for auction

It’s ‘the only desk belonging to Tolkien still in private hands’

The Independent UK

Crystal Fabergé egg crafted for Russian royalty shatters record and sells for $30.2 million

A rare Fabergé egg crafted for Russia’s ruling family before the revolution has sold for more $30 million

The Independent UK

Rare Fabergé 'Winter Egg' set to fetch over €22 million at London auction

A rare Fabergé egg, commissioned by the last Emperor of Russia, is expected to fetch more than £20 million (€22.8m) at auction.

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Royal family gift thought to be lost for decades could break auction records

One art expert likened it to a ‘luxurious Kinder Surprise chocolate’

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'We've Seen A Very Strong Demand In The Art Market,' Art Auction Sales Projected To Jump 50% This Year

Early reports from this week's New York fall art auctions show that experts’ sales totals predictions will be far surpassed.

Tom’s Hardware

WWII Enigma machine sells for over half a million dollars at auction — one of the rare four-rotor 'M4' models

A WWII Enigma encryption machine with four rotors was sold at auction earlier this week, achieving double its estimated price.

Euronews

'National treasure': Christie's suspends sale of Blaise Pascal's 17th century calculating machine

A French court has blocked the export and foreign purchase of a 17th century arithmetic machine invented by Blaise Pascal to help ease the laborious task of calculating taxes.

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Christie’s withdraws rare ‘first calculator’ from auction after French court halts export

Move comes after French scientists issued urgent appeal to prevent La Pascaline from leaving the country

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The Independent UK

Gustav Klimt painting that spared subject from Nazis breaks modern art price record

The only higher public sale remains ‘Salvator Mundi’ by Leonardo da Vinci, which sold in 2017 for $450m at Christie's

MusicRadar

"You never see a hearse pulling a U-Haul": Legendary $1 billion Jim Irsay Collection to be auctioned in 2026, including Kurt Cobain's Teen Spirit Fender Mustang

Auctions will begin in March next year

The Independent UK

Rare first-issue of William Blake’s ‘The Tyger’ to fetch up to £120k at auction

The piece originates from a scarce collection featuring 17 of Blake’s poems

Evening Standard

Rare print of William Blake’s The Tyger poem expected to sell for up to £120,000

The print comes from the rare first issue of Blake’s Songs Of Experience.

The Independent UK

The sparkling ‘Blue Mellon’ 9.51-carat diamond ring that just sold for millions at auction

For decades, the stone was a part of a private collection

Evening Standard

London Underground history: Rare draft version of Harry Beck's iconic Tube map being auctioned for £100,000

One of the most influential designs of the 20th century will be sold at Christie’s next month

The Independent UK

UK seizes Jurassic dinosaur fossils worth £12m from Chinese money-laundering suspect

Dinosaur skeletons were bought last year at Christie’s Jurassic Icons auction for £12.4m

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