The Australian showman was a passionate collector, with a particular fondness for the louche literati of 1890s London and the paintings of his fellow antipodean Charles Conder.

A pair of Barry Humphries’ Dame Edna Everage glasses have sold at auction for more than 25 times their pre-sale high estimate ...

A pair of Dame Edna Everage's glasses have sold at auction for £37,800, 25 times their estimated value. The glasses were ...

From Dame Edna Everage's outlandish dresses and snazzy spectacles to paintings and books, items from the personal collection ...

A pair of Barry Humphries' Dame Edna Everage glasses have sold at auction for more than 25 times their estimated value. The ...

A pair of Barry Humphries' Dame Edna Everage glasses have sold at auction for more than 25 times their pre-sale high estimate ...

A pair of glasses worn by Barry Humphries as his character Dame Edna Everage were sold at auction for a staggering ...

A pair of Barry Humphries' Dame Edna Everage glasses have sold at auction in Britain for more than 25 times their pre-sale high estimate.

Barry Humphries' personal collection, featuring iconic Dame Edna costumes and artworks, is set for auction with an estimated value of up to $5 million. Spanning 240 lots, highlights include Conder's ...

The top price of the sale was Charles Conder’s painting Sand dunes, Ambleteuse which sold for £239,400, while a first edition of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, inscribed by the author ...

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