Two shirts seen in the hit movie Brokeback Mountain have been auctioned for more than €83,000.
A gay activist was the winning bidder in an online auction for the two used plaid shirts worn by the star-crossed lovers, played by Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, in this year’s Oscar front-runner.
The sale by the film’s distributor, Focus [...]

A son tried to auction his mother’s ashes on eBay - but the website banned the sale. Glen Beaton said Margaret, 72, had loved travel and appealed for people across the globe to buy a portion of her remains and scatter them. Mr Beaton, 44, of Inverness, Scotland, added: “I do not intend to profit [...]

The original copy of Ireland’s national anthem, written in 1907, may sell for as much as 1.2 million euros ($1.4 million) when auctioned in Dublin on April 12, said James Adam and Sons, which is handling the sale.
With words and music handwritten by Peadar Kearney on two pieces of paper, the anthem, known as the [...]

A number of historic documents including the original marching banner of the Irish Brigade in the American Civic War and a rare letter written by composer Elgar are set to be auctioned next week.
Labelled as “one of the most historic relics from the American Civil War to appear in recent times” the banner dates back [...]