• Sylvester Stallone's watch collection sold at Sotheby's for $6.7M

  Sylvester Stallone's watch collection was sold at Sotheby's for $6.7 million. An important part of this collection was a rare Patek Philippe Ref. 6300G-010 Grandmaster Chime...

•  Abstract painting by Bob Dylan sells for nearly $200k

  A lucky collector was able to purchase a piece of art created by the legendary musician during his time at Woodstock for a whopping $196,156 at RR Auction. Bidding on the folk music legend's piece started at $66,550 and then reached nearly $200,000...

• World’s most expensive feather sold at auction in New Zealand for $28,400

  The Huia was last officially sighted in the early 20th century, and its feathers have previously sold for up to NZ$8,400 (about US$5,100), according to Webb Auctions...

• Sylvester Stallone's watches, including ‘Holy Grail’ of his collection, to be auctioned

  And on June 5, the Hollywood star is putting up 11 watches from his personal collection for auction at Sotheby's in New York...

• 1968 Grand Seiko watch sold for over $90,000 on Yahoo online auction

  A 1968 Grand Seiko watch sold for approximately $90,321, or exactly 13,501,000 yen, on Yahoo online auction. It's hard to believe that anyone would be willing to pay that much for a dirty, old Japanese watch from an unknown seller offering poor quality photographs, and not a single shot of the movement. However, a collector who knows the history of Grand Seiko is willing to pay more than $90,000 for this watch...

• Al Capone's pistol up for auction, with starting price of $500,000

  According to Richmond Auctions, the Colt 1911.45 ACPT semi-automatic pistol was owned by Capone, who affectionately called the weapon "Sweetheart" after using it to save his life several times. Richmond Auctions estimates the final auction price to be between $2 million and $3 million...

• Gold pocket watch found on Titanic's richest passenger sells for record $1.46M

  The pocket watch that belonged to the richest passenger aboard the Titanic has sold at auction in England for $1.46 million, breaking the record for an item associated with the 1912 disaster...

• Gold pocket watch recovered from body of richest passenger on Titanic up for auction

  Business tycoon John Jacob Astor was one of the richest men in the world when he boarded the Titanic in 1912 and was last seen smoking on the bridge as the ship sank, The Telegraph reports...

A nearly century-old diamond tie necklace from Van Cleef & Arpels exceeded all expectations at a Sotheby's jewelry auction in New York. The stunning diamond-studded tie necklace circa 1929 sold for an impressive $3.6 million.

It was originally expected to sell for $1.2 million, but intense interest in the piece led to the final price being three times its pre-sale estimate. Seven bidders competed fiercely for more than six minutes for this graduated link necklace, but Catherine Beckett ultimately emerged victorious.

This timeless tie necklace is set with mixed-cut diamonds and features elongated, partially rotating tassels. The necklace, with its serpentine silhouette, is not only an exquisite example of Van Cleef & Arpels' exceptional craftsmanship, but also an ode to timeless femininity and grace.

The most expensive Van Cleef & Arpels piece ever sold at auction was the Walska Briolette diamond brooch. This masterpiece, sold at Sotheby's Geneva in 2013 for more than $10.5 million, had set a world auction record for the brand.

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