KUALA LUMPUR, March 26 — The chunk of wood that saved Kate Winslet’s character, Rose, in the Oscar-winning film, Titanic from drowning, has been auctioned for US$718,750 (RM3.4 million) at Heritage Auctions’ Treasures from Planet Hollywood. The balsa wood, beat other props like Indiana Jones’ bullwhip from Temple of Doom and Bill Murray’s red-rose bowling … Read more
THE HAGUE, March 11 — A rare early work by Vincent van Gogh has been sold for a reported several million euros at an art fair in the Netherlands, its previous owner and Dutch media said yesterday. Van Gogh’s “Tete de paysanne a la coiffe blanche”, also known as “Head of an Old Peasant Woman … Read more
LONDON, Feb 18 — An original draft Star Wars script left in a London apartment by “Han Solo” actor Harrison Ford sold at a UK auction for £10,795 (RM65,026) yesterday. The script was used when Ford was in London for the filming of the first instalment of the epic saga, originally entitled “The Adventures Of … Read more
LOS ANGELES, Jan 22 — The Plastics rule North Shore High once again in Paramount’s musical remake of Mean Girls, which won most popular at the North American box office for the second weekend in a row, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported yesterday. The tale of high school survival starring Angourie Rice, Renee Rapp, Auli’i … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 19 — A Musang King; durian fetched RM185,000 in an auction to raise funds for the refurbishment of a secondary school in Raub, Pahang. Pahang communications and multimedia, youth, sports and non-governmental organisations committee chairman Fadzli Mohamad Kamal said the amount makes one of the most expensive in the world. Sharing the … Read more
LOS ANGELES, Nov 18 — The guitar that the late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain used during his last tour sold for more than US$1.5 million, an auction house announced yesterday. The American grunge icon played the sky-blue, left-handed Fender Mustang during the band’s In Utero tour, Julien’s Auctions said in a statement. “Nirvana played their … Read more
LOS ANGELES: A jersey worn by Boston Celtics great Bill Russell in the last game of his NBA career fetched US$1,116,250 in an auction of memorabilia collected by the basketball legend and civil rights icon, Hunt Auctions said Friday. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
LONDON: A bridge depicted by author A.A. Milne in his children’s books about honey-loving teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh has sold at auction for more than twice its estimated price, a UK-based auctioneer said Thursday. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
LOS ANGELES: The pistol used to kill the notorious outlaw Billy the Kid in the days of the American Wild West has been auctioned for $6.03 million (RM25.2 million), a world record for a firearm. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
LOS ANGELES: A Michael Jordan game-worn jersey from his 1982-83 season at the University of North Carolina has sold for US$1.38 million dollars at auction, Heritage Auctions said Saturday. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
