Jack Nicholson’s “Here’s Johnny!” made the axe in The Shining one of cinema’s most recognisable props. This article traces the scene back to Stephen King’s novel and his stay at the Stanley Hotel, ...

Stanley Kubrick, Stephen King and a legendary scene. Jack Nicholson’s “Here’s Johnny!” made the axe in The Shining one of cinema’s most recognisable props.

Jack Nicholson’s “Here’s Johnny!” made the axe in The Shining one of cinema’s most recognisable props. This article traces ...

Every first day cover is really three records in one: a stamp, a postmark proving exactly when it entered use, and often an illustrated cachet explaining why. This guide traces the practice from the ...

The world’s finest Brasher Doubloon, the most legendary U.S gold coin ever produced, has sold for $9.36 million at Heritage this month. The 18 th century coin is described as “arguably the world’s ...

Heritage Auctions could set an unusual new auction record this month, as it prepares to sell the world’s rarest and most valuable bobblehead doll. Modern bobblehead dolls have become one of the most ...

A motorcycle that finished second in the 1927 Ulster Grand Prix could realise as much as £350,000 at auction this weekend. The 1925 Brough Superior 981cc SS100 is the star lot in Bonhams’ spring sale ...

The Zuni Hunter doll from the classic TV horror movie Trilogy of Terror caused a major shock at auction this week, when it sold for more than $200,000. The famous ...

A 1944 Nazi German Enigma coding machine sold this week for £305,000 in a London auction. Bonhams sold the device in their Science, Technology & Natural History sale that closed with live bidding in ...

Fancy driving yourself around your estate in a car fit for an earl? This fine 1925 Sunbeam starred onscreen as the Grantham/Crawley family’s car in Downton Abbey and it’s for sale soon.

Sotheby’s say that a Cartier Crash watch sold in Hong Kong last Friday for $2 million is a world record for the maker. The auction house also said the sale was the highest grossing watch sale in Asia ...

A pair of Winston Churchill’s glasses will auction later this month, when they are expected to realise as much as £45,000. The reading glasses are listed at Invaluable, by Just Collecting Auctions, ...