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Not many chess players make it into the realm of celebrity. Perhaps Magnus Carlsen can now be named in that exclusive set after he auctioned a pair...

Who’s the most famous person in world history?  Now, I’m a western born and educated British man, so I go to things that are familiar to me.  Jesus...

Rock collector’s only want one thing.  Guitars.  Well two.  Guitars and stars. Guitars owned and played by rock stars are the pre-emminent musical ...

One of the great pluses of coins for collectors is that they last.  Really last.  Coin collections are going to be going strong long after even the...

Gene Hackman has died, aged 95, after one of the greatest careers in film acting.  The movies has lost one of its greats.  Here are 10 Hackman movi...

The passing this week of Rick Buckler, the drummer of The Jam, puts a focus on a generation of musicians who had their peak in the late 1970s and e...

A Land Rover King Charles III owned is being auctioned. He was heir to the throne when the Land Rover Defender pulled up at his Highgrove House hom...

On December 31, 1958, Fulgencio Batista left Havana for the last time, reportedly with hundreds of millions of dollars on the nation’s cash in his ...

President Trump loves to cause a stir.  And one of the biggest fusses caused by his early announcements related to events many decades ago.  “Decla...

A rare Mercedes W196 called the Streamliner has sold for $53.9 million, making it the most valuable Grand Prix car ever sold.  This is no ordinary ...

A coin found on a Devon farm by a metal detectorist has been sold for £648,000 at auction.  Experts have managed to link the coin to a single, prob...