Rich people and collectors bought some offbeat things in July.
From Star Trek memorabilia to a slice of Prince Charle's toast, here are the records that were smashed this month.
A prop shuttlecraft used in the original Star Trek series sold for $70,000.
Expensive Trekkie memorabilia
A prop used in the original Star Trek series sold for $70,000 at auction this month.
An Ohio collector restored the 24-foot-long Galileo shuttlecraft for several years before putting it up for auction.
The price on the shuttlecraft soared in the final 90 seconds of bidding.
John Constable's "The Lock" sold for $35.2 million.
Most expensive Constable painting ever sold
John Constable's "The Lock" sold for $35.2 million at Christie's this month.
Baroness Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza created an uproar in her home country of Spain with the decision to sell the painting, which she said she did because she needed the cash.
There is no word on the buyer yet.
A classic 1912 Bentley sold for $7.1 million.
The most expensive Bentley ever sold
A 1912 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost sold at auction this month for a record-breaking $7.1 million, making it the most expensive Bentley ever sold.
The record narrowly beat out last month's Bentley sale of $7.06 million, which had the record for just less than two weeks.
Two bidders fought for the "Corgi" earlier this month, hushing spectators in the Bonham's auction house as they went back and forth.
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