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

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