Trading-card marketplace sales reached $900 million in August, say industry commentators. Magic: The Gathering collectors are enjoying the Reality Fracture release. Pokémon is stable according to ...

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, ...

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, ...

Unopened vintage card boxes and packs are traded today rather like Erwin Schrödinger’s famous cat: sealed, untouched, and either extraordinarily valuable or nearly worthless, depending on a question ...

Spanish imperial coins connect mints in Spain with the viceroyalties of Mexico, Peru, New Granada and the Río de la Plata. This guide explains how to recognise reales, escudos, cobs and milled pieces, ...

Spanish imperial coins connect mints in Spain with the viceroyalties of Mexico, Peru, New Granada and the Río de la Plata. This guide explains how to recognise reales, escudos, cobs and milled pieces, ...

Yu-Gi-Oh cards have been printed by the billion since Konami launched the trading card game in Japan in 1999, yet a small handful of them now change hands for sums that would buy a house. A card ...

Pokémon is only the beginning. From a $16.5 million Pikachu card to record-breaking Star Wars, Magic: The Gathering, One Piece and Yu-Gi-Oh! sales, non-sport trading cards are one of the ...

An ultra-rare business card signed by Apple founder Steve Jobs will sell later this month. Jobs’s is one of the most sought-after autographs in the world. This card, bearing a clear black ballpoint ...

An extremely rare set of Rolling Stones autographs from August 1964 is for sale at a British collectibles company. Paul Fraser Collectibles are selling the rare memento of the band’s original line-up ...

A cabinet linked to the Salem Witch Trials is a significant historical artefact. It will be sold in New York later this month. The price? Don’t ask.

A desk used by the Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien sold in London yesterday for £330,200. The item was listed at Christie’s Groundbreakers on Thursday, December 11. It was expected to realise ...