A number of watches and jewellery once owned by “The King of Rock and Roll” were placed on sale last week in a multi-platform auction, but ended with mixed results.
This was due to several pieces being sold below their estimated value, and one item didn’t even sell, according to the online listings of the results. Continue reading “Elvis Presley’s auction of jewellery and watches ends with mixed reviews”
An Early English pocket watch which has been described as a masterpiece of English watchmaking has sold at auction for £989,000.
The Royal astronomical watch featured a finely engraved portrait of King James I on the case, and was handmade in around 1618 by David Ramsay.
Continue reading “Early English pocket watch sells for four times pre-sale estimate”
When it comes to antique wristwatches, a 1940s Rolex whose RAF owner was killed by the SS after the Great Escape, coming up for auction is set to attract a fair bit of interest. And when the lot came and saw the timepiece sell for £165,000, few were surprised.
Continue reading “Great Escape Rolex sells to anonymous bidder for £165,000 record fee”
One of the world’s best-known actors, Brad Pitt, has recently acquired a rare and noteworthy antique wristwatch to add to his growing collection, costing a cool £5 million.
Continue reading “Brad Pitt breaks world auction record fee for rare wristwatch”
Antique desk clocks don’t come much more prestigious than the one that belonged to Winston Churchill, in terms of classic British ‘memorabilia’, for want of a better word, and now the clock that took pride of place in the Cabinet War Rooms during World War II is going under the hammer.
Continue reading “Winston Churchill’s War Rooms desk clock heading for the auction room”
Just when the most recent edition of the spy series has been released to the world, it has been announced that a James Bond vintage watch is set to go under the hammer in the near future.
Continue reading “Antique Rolex watch worn by Roger Moore for 007 Live and Let Die set for auction”
Another Patek Philippe classic creation is up for auction. This time it’s the 1909 pocket watch given to General George S. Patton by his parents upon his graduation from West Point Academy.
Continue reading “Gen. George S. Patton’s pocket watch set for auction this month”
For those who weren’t in attendance, Chiswick Auctions’ latest specialist sale of jewellery and watches has rather pleasingly been heralded as a real success by the auction house.
Continue reading “Vintage styles at the forefront of latest Chiswick Auctions”
An exclusive Patek Philippe pocket watch with Suzanne Rohr enamel which was based on Pierre-August Renoir’sTwo Sisters(1881) obliterated the forecasted sale price at Christie’s sale of Important Watches in New York last week (June 17).
We aren’t going to beat around the bush here, we are going to discuss a question that many people who do collect things, and those who don’t, often wonder; why is it that we collect things?
Continue reading “Feature: Why is it that we collect things?”
