Tag: AUCTION
When he’s not busy being a solo musician and the frontman of a little band called Radiohead, Thom Yorke seems to be interested in making paintings as well. The painting, set to be sold at an upcoming auction at Bonhams, was created sometime in 2005 in collaboration with artist Stanley Donwood, an artist widely known for his […]
An anonymous buyer has recently purchased no less than 48 pieces of the Berlin Wall from the French auction house Pierre Berge & Associes – many of which include artworks by various notable contemporary artists. These remaining pieces of the iconic wall were once distributed to artists after the wall was torn down in 1990 with the […]
If you forgot your laptop on the subway last month, you’re in luck: the MTA will sell it back to you. A treasure trove of possessions that more or less sober New Yorkers forgot on the train is sitting in an MTA storeroom waiting to get picked up. Every night, transit workers collect a mother […]
Buzz Aldrin’s 44-year-old toothbrush is just one of many of the extravagantly priced but ultimately pretty sweet items up for sale in an upcoming auction of space memorabilia from Heritage Auctions. There’s also an armrest from the Apollo 17 mission (starting bid: $7,500), an Apollo 16 wrist mirror ($10,000), and a Fender Strat (yup) signed by […]
