Xposing antiques, rare & unique items

Some people spend a lifetime trying to amass a fortune through hard work and guile. For one British man, it took only 20 minutes in a field with a metal detector -- the first 20 minutes he had ever used such a machine.

A rare century-old U.S. nickel that was once mistakenly declared a fake has sold at auction for more than $3.1 million.

A Las Vegas pawn shop is reportedly auctioning off a gun that once belonged to cop killer Christopher Dorner, the ex-LAPD officer who led authorities on the largest manhunt in California history when he gunned down four people.

A federal judge will seek to unravel an art mystery and determine the rightful owner of a napkin-sized painting by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir that a Virginia woman says she bought at a flea market for $7.

Marilyn Monroe's letter of despair to mentor Lee Strasberg, and Dwight D. Eisenhower's heartfelt missives to his wife during World War II are among hundreds of historical documents being offered in an online auction.

NEW YORK, March 19 (Reuters) - A 1,000-year-old Chinese bowl that was bought for a few dollars at a garage sale in New York state sold for more than $2.2 million at auction on Tuesday.

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A bloody sock worn by Curt Schilling while pitching for the Boston Red Sox in Game 2 of the 2004 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals was sold for $92,613 at a live auction on Saturday n...

University of Leicester researchers say it is beyond reasonable doubt that a battle-scarred skeleton unearthed last year is the king, who died at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485.

Nickel is expected to sell for $2.5 million or more when it goes on the auction block this spring in suburban Chicago.

An amateur prospector is looking to cash in after uncovering a massive gold nugget in Australia, estimated to be worth more than $300,000.

Everyone has their favorites when playing Monopoly, and now Hasbro is giving customers the ability to vote in a new, more modern piece to replace one of the classic tokens.

LONDON -- Unpublished early color photographs of the Beatles' first U.S. tour will be sold at a U.K. auction.

A home remodeler reportedly made the discovery of a lifetime while gutting a property in Minnesota: a 1938 comic book worth more than $100,000.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 21 (Reuters) - EBay Inc Chief Executive John Donahoe began emailing millions of users of the company's online marketplace on Sunday in an unprecedented lobbying effort to change looming Federal sales tax legislation.

A tiny hymnal from 1640 believed to be the first book ever printed in what is now the United States is going up for auction, and it could sell for as much as $30 million.

The Holy Grail has a new owner.

What does the word vintage conjure up for you? For us, it's homemade chocolate chip cookies, red and white checkered tablecloths, home-cooked Sunday dinners, and that whole Donna Reed fantasy life.

For a few years now, we've been following the Kirtsaeng case, in which a student was sued by publisher John Wiley & Sons for buying cheap (legal) textbooks abroad, and then reselling them in the US for profit.

Burlesque queen Dita Von Teese modeled a very revealing gown recently with a unique twist: It was printed rather than sewn.

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — Authorities say the death of a businessman featured on A&E's "Storage Wars" has been declared a suicide.

An unemployed British man might soon be "stinking" rich after he found a 6-pound lump of ambergris on a Lancashire beach.

Holy windfall, Batman! The Batmobile just sold for $4.2 million.

One of the oldest U.S. nickels in existence is worth way more than just five cents. A 1792 nickel, one of the first coins ever minted, sold for $1.41 million at an auction in Orlando, Fla., according to Upi.com.

A 18th century sex manual is going to be auctioned in Edinburgh nearly 200 years after it was banned from sale in Britain.