Top Ten Architects Upgrade the Gingerbread House for Charity

Vancouver Special, in collaboration with Creative Room, is pleased to announce the first annual Gingerbread Competition and Charity Auction. Hidden behind a thin veneer of jujubes and smarties, the ubiquitous form of the gingerbread house has stood unchallenged for too long!...

Eleanor Rigby's Signature to be Auctioned in UK

A document containing the signature of Eleanor Rigby, the inspiration for the Beatles' classic, will be auctioned for charity in London on November 27th. The document is expected to raise £500,000. " The...

Arcade Fire, Coldplay, Decemberists Rock For Kids

Arcade Fire, Coldplay, Modest Mouse and Interpol are all set to have items auctioned off at the twentieth annual Rock for Kids Rock & Roll Charity Auction.The annual event, which will take place December 5 at...

UPDATE: Winnie the Pooh sketch makes £31,200!

Update: The Winnie the Pooh sketch auction has taken place and the pencil sketch reached an amount way in excess of estimates at over £31,000!Art and nostalgia looks the place where investors are putting their...

Classic Cars & Bikes Hit the Auction Block

Auction Central News recently checked out the California Classic automotive and motorcycle auction conducted by Bonhams & Butterfield at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles on October 25, 2008. Featuring...

Sale of southern African ivory begins

Stockpiles of ivory in South Africa have gone on sale in an UN sanctioned auction for the first time since 1999. There are more than 100 tons up for grabs from four southern African countries that will be...

Jay Leno Sued Over Million Dollar Illegal Vehicle

Comedian Jay Leno is in hot water over the apparently illegal purchase of a $1.7 million Duesenberg. Leno, an avid car collector, is being sued by the estate of the car owner, which claims that the vehicle was...

Original Mad Magazine Cover Art To Be Auctioned

Several of Mad Magazine's iconic first cover images are set to be auctioned in mid-November.Pictures of the infamous Alfred E. Newman in a range of illustrated parodies will be sold "live and online" at the...

Paintings in MGM Mirage's Bellagio Conservatory, Las Vegas

About the video: Film features contemporary conceptual artist Chitra Ramanathans's 2004 site-specific public art commission for MGM Mirage whereby two paintings each measuring 4 feet X 6 feet in dimension...

Site-specific Public Art Mural for Educational Institution 2008

Featured film captures work in progress of a permanent wall mural titled "Our Global Connections". Contemporary conceptual artist Chitra Ramanathan was chosen to create this wall painting as Artist in Residence....

Last treasures of the French royal family go under the hammer in Paris

As she waited to be executed Marie Antoinette wrote her last letter and now it's on sale to the highest bidder along with the silk purse that it's held in. At 48 she was no longer the beautiful young woman that we...

Cubs Fans Sell Loyalty on eBay

A frustrated Chicago Cubs supporter has tried to sell his fan loyalty on eBay. After the Cubs were eliminated from this year's playoffs by the LA Dodgers, Scot Moore decided he had enough of the team's...

The People's Hedge Fund up and running

"StrategeryCapital Management LLC The people's hedge fund About Strategery Strategery is a unique hedge fund. It is the largest in the world, with expected initial capital of $700 billion. It has a free and unlimited credit line should it need more. It has no fixed mandate,...

Vintage UFO on eBay's Auction Table

Right out of the Jetsons !!" Are you an ultra-rich tech enthusiast with a hankering to own a piece of aero-automobile history? Moller International is now offering its M200X, the first flying car of its kind, up...

Yves Saint Laurent Private Art Collection goes to Auction

700 pieces from the late Yves Saint Laurent's private art collection is being put up for auction by his former partner, Pierre Berge.  Christie's will host the auction, which is expected to generate between...
 

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