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A 55-year-old Ferrari just smashed the record for the most expensive car ever sold according to sources.

A breath-taking group of jewels which once belonged to French King Louis XVI's Queen Marie-Antoinette and has not been seen in public for two centuries is to go on sale at Sotheby's Geneva this autumn.

The legendary art collection of David and Peggy Rockefeller was put up for sale by Christie's in Manhattan on

Pablo Picasso's Femme au béret et à la robe quadrillée (Marie-Thérèse Walter) will go under the hammer on February 28 as part of Sotheby's Impressionist & Modern Art evening sale in London.

More and more investors are turning their collecting hobbies into profitable ventures, according to a study by Lloyds Private Banking. Collectibles are defined as being able to be touched and moved.

Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi" (Saviour of the World) has become the most expensive artwork to ever sell at auction.

Currently on display at Christie’s in Hong Kong, the Mouawad 1001 Nights Diamond Purse, has been put up for sale.

London-based Graff Diamonds bought the Lesedi La Rona, the largest gem-quality rough diamond to be discovered in more than a century and the second-largest ever.

Wine, like gold bullion, rare coins, fine art and other collectibles is seen by some as an alternative investment other than the more traditional investment holdings of stocks, bonds or cash.

Throughout history, precious metals and gemstones have proved endlessly fascinating to mankind. Of all the precious metals, gold is the most popular as an investment.