The Musee Picasso in Paris is trying to acquire funds to reopen the museum by organizing big blockbuster touring shows of Picasso's work.

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.