On August 12th, Heritage Auctions held their night auction finalizing a two day sale of rare American coins. The highlight of the sale was a 1855 $3 coin reaching a total of just over $1 million.

The artwork went under the hammer in Lewes, east Sussex.

The sale of one garment may have been noted by those seeking pop and film memorabilia valuations.

L S Lowry, who lived and worked in Pendlebury, near Manchester, for more than 40 years, is celebrated for his stylised pictures of factories, belching chimneys and simply-drawn workers – the so-called “matchstick men and women” – hurrying through the terraced northern streets.

The last truck owned by daredevil Evil Knievel has been purchased for $100,000.

A cement slab with Michael Jackson's hand and foot print has been given an antiques valuation of more than $100,000.

A ham has been sold at auction for an antique valuation of $1.6 million.

One of the items is an FA Cup winners medal.

The piece could fetch more than £1 million if its antiques valuation is anything to go by.

Dutch collector, Gijs Scholtens, has acquired a collection of antique British toy soldiers amounting to over 30,000 pieces. The collection will be offered at Bonhams auction house in London on 5 April 2011.

The motor is set to be sold in March.

The piece had an antiques valuation of £10 million.

Individuals seeking antique appraisals may be interested to see that Lord Nelson's first ever medal is going up for auction.

The Rijksmuseum acquired a terracotta sculpture at the Sotheby's sale held in Amsterdam and was able to discover that the maker of the object was Jean-Louis van Geel, court sculptor for Willem II.

Those looking for accurate antique valuations might be keen note that a World War I diary and sketchbook have been sold for £9,600.

The piece has been given a pre-sale estimate of £4.5 million.

Those seeking antique valuations might be inspired by news of one sale.

Winston Reid has said he wants to auction some of his possessions to help the Christchurch earthquake appeal.