The most expensive corkscrew sold at auction is £49,600 ($77,718; € 62,652) including premium and was bought by Ion Chirescu (Romania), via phone bid, in an auction by Reeman Dansie Auction House, Colchester, UK, on 25 November 2014. The item was described in the sales catalogue as an unusual Victorian Old London Bridge corkscrew with an arched crown section . It is engraved with the words: MADE FROM THE IRON SHOW THAT WAS TAKEN FROM A PILE THAT WAS 656 YEARS IN THE FOUNDATION OF OLD LONDON BRIDGE BY J. OVENSTON 72 GT TITCHFIELD STREET LONDON.
Most expensive toilet sold at auction
The most expensive toilet sold at auction was for $12.1 million (£9.27 million, €10.4 million) and was purchased by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! (USA) at a Sotheby's auction in New York, USA, on 18 November 2025. Ripley's Believe It or Not! purchased the fully...