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Two 18th-century Bermuda cedar chests are among the highlights of the Bermuda National Trust’s auction today. Dozens of bargain hunters have flocked to the Botanical Gardens over the past two days to cast their eyes over items up for grabs at the ann...

Confiscated and abandoned imports are set to be auctioned online by the Customs Department in a new initiative starting this Monday. Goods will be put up for sale every Monday morning at www.customssales.com with a minimum reserve price, and offers ...

A vintage Bermuda map depicting how the island looked more than 300 years ago will go under the hammer next week at an international auction in the United States. The hand-coloured and copper-engraved map has belonged to frequent Bermuda visitor Jan ...

A letter cover featuring a rare Bermuda stamp dating back more than 150 years has sold at auction for just less than $20,000. The cover was one of several items featured at the Philatelic Collectors Series sale this week at the Spinks Auction House i...

A letter cover featuring a rare Bermuda stamp dating back more than 150 years is set to go on the auction block this month. The American-styled date stamp, reading “Paid at Ireland Island/Bermuda”, was found on a mourning envelope from Midshipman Joh...

An almost 400-year-old Bermuda coin fetched more than $70,000 at auction recently. The coin, a rare Sommer Islands sixpence popularly known as “hogge money”, was one of a collection of coins sold at auction in New York on October 28. The event, prese...

A cigar half-smoked by wartime leader Winston Churchill during a conference in Bermuda is to go up for auction. The British Prime Minister, who led the Allies to victory in the Second World War, lit up the La Aroma de Cuba cigar while holding talks w...

About 200 people packed a rare auction which included antique cedar furniture and paintings by luminaries of the art world, including marine specialist Stephen Card and sculptor Desmond Fountain. About 100 items went on the block last Thursday evenin...

The art and antiques collection of David White, former Editor of The Royal Gazette, is to go under the hammer this week. And Andrea Casling, of auctioneers Hammers, which is handling the sale of Mr White’s estate, said: “This is a major event — it’s ...

Mitra Johnston has reopened her consignment and auction business Auction De Mitra. Since originally opening, she has operated from various locations in Hamilton including The Stables at the top of Spurling Hill, but now, after a six-month hiatus, she...

A pair of rare Bermuda cedarwood chairs could fetch more than twice their expected price at an auction at Sotheby’s in New York next week, local collectors and appraisers say. The Chippendale side chairs, circa 1770, go under the hammer next Friday d...

Aficionados have the opportunity to bid on an extremely rare bottle of Scottish whisky as a fundraiser for the Bermuda National Museum. Members of the public have until tomorrow to submit bids for a 1948 bottle of Macallan Whisky. Bidding starts at $...