# Auction
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Last year
2023
a kind of magic
Freddie Mercury's baby grand piano sells for £1.7 million at London auction
6 Sep 2023
15.8k
11
offshore wind
Four successful bidders in Ireland's first offshore wind contract auction revealed
Updated
11 May 2023
26.1k
43
All time
Michael Collins
Shillelagh and letters belonging to Michael Collins to go under the hammer at auction
2 Dec 2022
13.3k
10
Steve Jobs
1970s suede Birkenstocks sandals worn by Steve Jobs auctioned for nearly $220,000
14 Nov 2022
21.7k
22
Ukraine
Money raised from auction of Normal People props to fund short film about Ukraine war
14 Sep 2022
8.6k
0
New Zealand
Remains of two children found in suitcases auctioned in New Zealand
18 Aug 2022
84.0k
14
UNICEF
Russian journalist raises $100 million in auction for Ukraine by selling Nobel Prize
21 Jun 2022
17.0k
10
4 of a kind
4 of a kind: Homes for auction, from thatched cottage to period townhouse
6 Oct 2021
8.6k
0
Denmark
Tape of 1970 John Lennon interview with four Danish teenagers sold at auction for €49,000
29 Sep 2021
7.5k
3
Whisky Business
‘World’s most expensive’ whisky miniature fetches £6,440 (€7,500) at auction
26 Aug 2021
31.9k
26
Under the Hammer
Relics from some of Dublin’s most iconic pubs and nightclubs to go on sale
25 Apr 2021
72.7k
15
Gorilla In A Pink Mask
Banksy artwork removed from wall of Bristol community centre and put up for auction
22 Oct 2020
25.3k
9
going going gone
Painting by renowned Irish artist Jack Butler Yeats sells for €1.7 million at auction
27 Nov 2019
12.4k
3
Nazi memorabilia
Top hat belonging to Adolf Hitler sells for €50,000 at auction amid international protests
20 Nov 2019
19.6k
48
Equatorial Guinea
Supercars auctioned for €24.7m after being seized from African leader’s son
29 Sep 2019
36.1k
Auction
Sinead O'Connor selling her 'pre-Islam' clothes to raise money for women's refuge
8 Sep 2019
71.2k
136
good cause
Kellie Harrington auctions off belt to raise money for neighbours who lost their home to fire
18 Mar 2019
31.5k
21
girl with balloon
Banksy artwork that self-destructed is going on display in German museum
4 Feb 2019
16.6k
10
well holy god
Letter from Albert Einstein calling God a 'product of human weaknesses' sells for record €2.55 million
5 Dec 2018
22.8k
93
Memory Man
Jimmy Magee's personal library of almost 1000 books to be auctioned off for charity
25 Nov 2018
11.5k
4
pink legacy
'Incomparable' pink diamond aiming to sell for €44m could smash record at Geneva auction
13 Nov 2018
22.1k
31
Christie's London
Stephen Hawking's wheelchair sells for €340,000 at auction of his personal items
10 Nov 2018
15.2k
10
going going gone
Banksy artwork self-destructs after selling for €1.2 million at London auction
6 Oct 2018
70.0k
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