Long-lost painting "Crucifixion of Jesus Christ" by Baroque master Peter Paul Rubens, which was hidden for more than four centuries, is displayed at the auction house Osenat in Versailles, west of Paris, Nov. 30, 2025. Michel Euler/AP hide caption
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Frida Kahlo's El Sueno (La cama) sold for $54.7 million. Courtesy of Sotheby's/Sotheby's hide caption
Archibald Gracie wrote a letter from aboard the Titanic five days before it sank. It has sold at auction for the equivalent of $399,000. Henry Aldridge & Son/via AP hide caption
Sequin-covered ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz appear at the offices of Profiles in History in Calabasas, Calif. on Nov. 9, 2001. Reed Saxon/AP hide caption
The wooden door panel that saves Rose's life in the 1997 blockbuster Titanic was one of hundreds of iconic Hollywood props, and several from the movie, auctioned off in a five-day sale last week. Heritage Auctions hide caption
The Prince and Princess of Wales attend a dinner held by the Mayor of Florence during a tour of Italy, April 1985. The Princess wears a dress by Jacques Azagury. Jayne Fincher/Princess Diana Archive/Getty Images hide caption
Natasha Lyonne, pictured here in November 2022, is one of several actors who's auctioning off unique experiences to support TV and movie crews impacted by the ongoing writers' strike Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for Vox Media hide caption
A rare painting by N.C. Wyeth was purchased for $4 at a thrift shop in 2017. Bonhams Skinner hide caption
A dress worn by actress Carrie Fisher in the 1977 film Star Wars is one of 1,400 items up for sale at a live auction of film and TV memorabilia in Los Angeles this week. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
File - An ad banner appears in the parking lot of the H&R Block offices on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015, in the Atlas District in Washington. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP hide caption
This item, described as "Googly eye rock boulder stunt double from the Rockverse," sold for $13,200, with proceeds going to the Asian Mental Health Project. A24 hide caption
Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs discusses the iPhone during a June 2007 keynote address. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
André Leon Talley arrives at the 2011 Met Gala. Hundreds of items of clothing, artwork, accessories, furniture belonging to the late fashion journalist fetched more than $3.5 million at auction this week. Evan Agostini/AP hide caption
Twitter is auctioning off office, kitchen and tech supplies from its San Francisco headquarters as its financial struggles continue. Noah Berger/AP hide caption
Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov speaks during the auction of his 2021 Nobel Peace Prize medal in New York on Sunday. Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Nelson Mandela and former U.S. President Bill Clinton look to the outside from Mandela's Robben Island prison cell in Cape Town, South Africa, in this photo from March 27, 1998. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
UNDATED: Chicago Bulls' forward Michael Jordan #23 dunks as the crowd takes photos during a game against the Portland Trail Blazers circa 1984-1998. (Photo by Focus on Sport via Getty Images) Focus On Sport/Focus on Sport via Getty Images hide caption
A cassette with the recording of teenage journalists' 1970 interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, along with polaroid photos from the conversation, seen at Bruun Rasmussen Auction House in Copenhagen on September 24, 2021. An unidentified bidder won the lot for the equivalent of $58,240. Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Diana Princess of Wales and Prince Charles were married in London, England on July 29, 1981. A piece of one of their official wedding cakes is expected to fetch hundreds of dollars at auction. Boris Spremo/Toronto Star via Getty Images hide caption
Diamond brooch with five different cuts of diamonds (left), Shah Jahan's dagger and The Mirror of Paradise is a 52.58-carat diamond ring are part of an auction expected to fetch more than $115 million. Christie's hide caption
A picture taken on Feb. 8, 2019 shows the signature "AHitler" on a watercolor entitled "Im Wald" (In the forest) displayed at the Weidler auction house in the southern city of Nuremberg. Daniel Karmann/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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Rhino horns are prized in Asian countries and can garner tens of thousands of dollars per pound. Wildlife conservationists argue that the appetite for the endangered species' appendage in legal and illegal markets has decimated the population across Africa. Raymond Roig/AFP/Getty Images hide caption