Jack Nicholson’s “Here’s Johnny!” made the axe in The Shining one of cinema’s most recognisable props. This article traces the scene back to Stephen King’s novel and his stay at the Stanley Hotel, ...

Stanley Kubrick, Stephen King and a legendary scene. Jack Nicholson’s “Here’s Johnny!” made the axe in The Shining one of cinema’s most recognisable props.

Jack Nicholson’s “Here’s Johnny!” made the axe in The Shining one of cinema’s most recognisable props. This article traces ...

The Krugerrand is the coin that turned South Africa’s gold reserves into something an individual investor could hold, and since its first strike on 3 July 1967 it has become one of the most recognised ...

Yu-Gi-Oh cards have been printed by the billion since Konami launched the trading card game in Japan in 1999, yet a small handful of them now change hands for sums that would buy a house. A card ...

Magic: The Gathering has produced more six-figure trading cards than any other game, and its history explains why. Wizards of the Coast released the first set, known to collectors as Alpha, in August ...

The most valuable hockey cards of all time are dominated, almost embarrassingly so, by a single photograph: a teenage Wayne Gretzky in an Edmonton Oilers jersey, printed in 1979 by two rival gum ...

Pokémon is only the beginning. From a $16.5 million Pikachu card to record-breaking Star Wars, Magic: The Gathering, One Piece and Yu-Gi-Oh! sales, non-sport trading cards are one of the ...

An ultra-rare business card signed by Apple founder Steve Jobs will sell later this month. Jobs’s is one of the most sought-after autographs in the world. This card, bearing a clear black ballpoint ...

A pair of Winston Churchill’s glasses will auction later this month, when they are expected to realise as much as £45,000. The reading glasses are listed at Invaluable, by Just Collecting Auctions, ...

PSA (Professional Sports Authenticator), one of the largest sports card grading companies, has temporarily paused submissions in some of its tiers. The company says it has a backlog of nearly 10 ...

Good morning collectors. It’s Saturday, May 16. Abe Lincoln meets his killer at auction. A Hobbit goes for a record price, and we also have an enormous diamond. Sign up for free here. Signed portraits ...