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A Great Cottage

A set of cottages in Chelsea that isn’t quite as modest as it initially seems comes to the market for £20 million   Behind the façade of what initially appears a modest pink coloured cottage in...

A royal Lagonda

Aston Martin Lagonda originally owned by Prince Philip for sale   HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh – AKA ‘Phil The Greek’ – purchased a 3-litre Aston Martin Lagonda drophead coupé new in 1954 and...

A bargain at Beetham

Restored Grade II* listed Georgian mansion in Cumbria for sale for just £190 per square foot (a one bedroom flat for the same asking price in Mayfair is offered at £2,100 per square foot)   In...

Five of the Best: The Restoration Show Sale

The Steeple Times selects five of the best cars on offer at the 6th March Silverstone Auctions’ Restoration Show Sale at the NEC in Birmingham   Today, Silverstone Auctions will sell a whole array of classic...

Three Umbrellas

‘Million Dollar Listing’s’ Justin Fichelson lists £12.6 million Three Umbrellas, Carmel estate used by Ferrari and Pagani during the annual Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.

Studios on the up?

Tiny Knightsbridge studio on the market for the bonkers sum of £1.375 million or £3,000 per square foot will set a new record if it sells for its asking price   Priced at £3,029 per square...

Sting’s Steinway Sells

Musician Sting’s Steinway piano sells for a staggering £116,500 against estimate of just £30,000 to £50,000   On Wednesday morning, at the Christie’s auction of the contents of the former Queen Anne’s Gate, Westminster home of...

A bargain Picasso

Picasso frescoes for sale (with a castle thrown in) for £6.9 million   In 2015, a 1955 Picasso painting, Les Femmes d’Alger, sold for a record-breaking sum of £115 million ($162 million, €147 million). Those with a...

Five of the Best: The delights of Debo

The late Dowager Duchess of Devonshire’s personal effects to be auctioned   Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire – known to her friends as ‘Debo’ – was the last of the famed Mitford sisters. She danced with Elvis...

Minder mobiles

Daimler used in ‘Minder’ to be auctioned alongside a Ford Capri from the same series; rather appropriately it was once clocked   Dodgy wheeler-dealer car salesman Arthur Daley is said to have done as much damage...

Unlucky for some

Thirteen bedroom Lake District mansion for sale for just £535,000   In London, £535,000 will buy you a tiny 254 square foot studio flat in Rupert Street in Bloomsbury; in the Lake District National Park, for...

Trumping Tommy

Tommy Hilfiger puts his penthouse at The Plaza on the market (again)   Tommy Hilfiger tried to sell his New York penthouse for £55.6 million ($80 million, €70.6 million) in 2013 and having failed then has...

A muscular Mercedes

Muscular 1990 Mercedes-Benz offered for sale for a higher price than when new   In March 1990, Mercedes-Benz debuted the 190 E 2.5-16 Evolution II at the Geneva International Motor Show despite having supposedly sold all...

A contemporary castle

Welsh castle with a difference for sale for £3.9 million   Castell Gyrn in Denbighshire, Wales is not quite what it seems. It stands in a “commanding position” overlooking the Clwyd valley and Snowdon beyond and...

A ludicrous Land Rover

Land Rover Series I diesel for sale for the ludicrous sum of £200,000   Land Rover produced their first Series I diesel in 1957 and now the first example off the production line – Chassis 116700001...

Moving a mansion

Washington’s oldest house – which was originally located in Massachusetts – for sale   The Lindens in Washington’s Kalorama Heights is generally considered to be the oldest in the Capital Region but, in fact, it was...

Going like a Rocket Man

Maserati originally owned by Sir Elton John to be auctioned   In 2005, Sir Elton John purchased a new 4.2-litre Maserati Quattroporte V for £80,000. He sold the car in 2010 and now that vehicle is...

Naff and overpriced

One of America’s naffest houses returns to the market at a much reduced price of £11.9 million (down from £17.6 million) and with the neighbouring £5.6 million house thrown in as an extra   Last featured...

Cruising in a Cloud

1962 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II ‘Adaption’ drophead coupé that crossed the Atlantic on HMS Queen Elizabeth and was designed with drinkers in mind to be auctioned   Our final pick from tomorrow’s RM Sotheby’s 28th January...

Reader Offer: TASCHEN sale

Invitation to TASCHEN’s warehouse sale   Between 28th and 31st January luxury arts publisher TASCHEN will hold a warehouse sale of display and slightly damaged titles with at discounts of upto 75% at their store next...

A pair of magnificent Mercedes

Anthony Brown reports on the forthcoming sales of two especially spectacular Mercedes-Benz cars   On 28th and 29th January, RM Sotheby’s will sell two exceptional Mercedes-Benz cars at their Arizona sale. The first is a 1989...

A Bond bargain

Aston Martin used in ‘Spectre’ for sale for £1 to £1.5 million despite being undriveable   Ten Aston Martin DB10’s were manufactured for James Bond’s twenty-fourth outing in Spectre in 2015 and now the first to...

Colditz comes to Shropshire

Shropshire cottage with a most unusual secret for sale for just shy of £200,000   From the outside 30 Railway Street in Bridgnorth, Shropshire looks like an ordinary red brick terraced house. In reality – rather...

An expensive studio

Small studio flat overlooking Britain’s most expensive street for sale for a staggering £2,300 per square foot   Egerton Crescent in Knightsbridge is regularly lauded as “Britain’s most expensive street”. Now, those on a slightly more...

Rowling in the Depp

JK Rowling pays £22 million for a yacht previously owned by Johnny Depp   Author JK Rowling has ignored the saying: “If it f**ks, floats or flies: Rent it, don’t buy it and don’t marry it!”...

A Kaiser double

Rare 1954 Kaiser-Darrin roadsters to be auctioned in Arizona and Paris; they come complete with unusual sliding doors   The Kaiser-Darrin was America’s first production fibreglass sports car and though it was not a great success...

The House of Hurt

Derbyshire-Staffordshire border Georgian country house that has been in the same family since 1480 for sale for £3.25 million   The Casterne Hall Estate on the Derbyshire-Staffordshire borders in the Peak District has been owned by...

Captain Campbell’s Continental

Rolls-Royce originally owned by world record for speed on land and water holder Captain Sir Malcolm Campbell for sale   Captain Sir Malcolm Campbell was a rare breed in that he was one of the few...

Parking a handbag

Uncovered Chelsea parking space for sale for a staggering £70,000   Priced at £666 per square foot, a 105-square foot (10-square metre) leasehold car parking space has to be one of the most expensive pieces of...

Five of the Best: Christmas gifts for her

Claire Rubinstein selects five items that sophisticated ladies will crave this Christmas   Multi-session package at 1Rebel Sweating in the dark with a group of strangers… Yes please! Book a session at 1Rebel – whose mantra is...

Five of the Best: Christmas gifts for him

Matthew Steeples selects five gifts that gentlemen will most definitely welcome this Christmas   Gentlemen – especially those with money – aren’t the easiest people to buy gifts for at any time of year, but here...

A title and a Kennedy

Former London home of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’ sister Lee Radziwill for sale for £9.45 million   Thrice married American socialite, public relations executive and interior decorator Lee Radziwill has thus far worked her way through eleven...