Auction News Network

The Late Colin Tennant’s Estate

Colin Tennant, more lately the 3^rd Lord Glenconner, was “born into great privilege,” he once said, and used some of its trappings to acquire and transform the Carribbean island of Mustique. He shaped it into one of the  storied playgrounds of the 1960s and ‘70s, a jet set haven for rock stars and royalty. Then he moved on, with his pet elephant, to a fabulous villa in St. Lucia. Bonhams will sell its highly unusual contents this September in London.

Hindenburg Beer Sells for $16,000

It is charred and its contents are undrinkable, but its rarity is extreme: a single bottle of Lowenbrau rescued from the wreck of the Hindenburg has sold at auction for $16,000. Fire chief Leroy Smith found the bottle.

Multi-Topic