Unlike Louis Vuitton’s traditional steamer trunks, this bright yellow beauty, which features “Louis Vuitton!” blazoned across the front, is the world’s most fashionable pickleball starter kit. The luxe trunk houses four monogram pickleball paddles and five balls, alongside a collapsible monogram net and carrying case. Designed in 2021 by the visionary American fashion designer Virgil Abloh, the extremely rare trunk was exclusively released in Louis Vuitton Indonesia in limited quantities.   

Louis Vuitton Virgil Abloh Yellow Monogram Courrier Lozine 110 Pickleball Steamer Trunk
Auction: October 3

“King Ottokar’s Sceptre,” the eighth story in Hergé’s The Adventures of Tintin series, follows Tintin and his loyal dog Snowy to the fictional nation of Syldavia. This 1939 cover, featuring Tintin and Snowy being escorted by a majordomo from Syldavia’s royal palace, was published in the Belgian newspaper supplement Le Petit Vingtième eight months before the outbreak of World War II. It is one of only five original covers of Le Petit Vingtième rendered by Hergé using direct colors and ink.   

Hergé (Georges Rémi) Les Aventures de Tintin, Le Sceptre d’Ottokar Cover Original Art (Le Petit Vingtième, 1939)
Auction: October 12-13

One of the hallmarks of Minerva fluorite is its excellent arrangements of yellow, purple and blue zoning, which are often more vibrant with backlighting. While a fair number of specimens that come to market will exhibit all three colors, only a handful will backlight to show deep shades of red, which this piece does quite nicely. The main component of this piece is a single large fluorite crystal with an overall cubic shape on the display side of the specimen. 

Fluorite with Calcite
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
Auction: October 18