Unique Items
Star Trek 'first ever' Apple Mac worth $1.2k
It was the very first Macintosh computer produced by Apple - and was owned by Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry
16th century body armour sells for record $772k
Centuries-old armour vastly exceeds its estimate price in Lucerne, Switzerland
19th century whale's tooth brings $67k
Carved and decorated tooth was aboard the boat on which Charles Darwin crafted The Origin of the Species
Vietnamese tree collection is worth $17.64m
'A man was willing to pay $1.2 million for my tree but I didn't want to sell it... how could I find another like it?' says collector
Cherie Blair spends £0.25m on antiques
The former British prime minister's wife has reportedly developed a taste for Georgian and Regency-era items
US Universities receive words of God
Some of the oldest texts in the world reach California
Olaf the Mammoth - yours for £100,000
A complete skeleton of the extinct creature is up for auction
How Galileo viewed the heavens...
The astronomer's $3m telescope returns from a tour
Beatlemania 2009 continues...
Fans line up for a new video game based on the Beatles and their albums have been re-released
Unique bank note issued in Hong Kong
'Unique, one of its kind' note celebrating bank's 150th year could be a shrewd investment for collectors
Beatlemania 2009 latest: $7k gadget causes eBay frenzy
A customised Xbox 360 featuring the Beatles is gaining big value - and the auction closes in eight days
Thieves steal mobile phone - but dump priceless Qur'an pages
'They didn't have a clue what they had got in their hands,' say police after finding pages dumped in bin


