Jeff Koons sculpture sells for record at auction

Jeff  Koons's steel sculpture has sold at $25.7 million. His  Balloon Flower highlights record-breaking art sale in auction history. "The more than 2.75m-tall chromium stainless steel sculpture, Balloon Flower (Magenta), which mimics a flower made out of a long...

Insider bidding at domain name provider GoDaddy

What has a person got to do to keep a domain name? Apparently you have to bid against VP Alan Dicker, an executive of Domain Name Aftermarket (TDNAM). A couple hours ago, the insider bidding story appeared on...

Chinese Investor Pays $2.1M to Eat With Warren Buffett

A Chinese investment fund manager has won a bid on eBay to have lunch with Warren Buffet. He paid $2.1 million for it!It is the most expensive chariy auction ever held on the online auctioning website.Who would...

Titanic Life Jacket fetches $68,500 in auction

The craze for Titanic still remains quite high even after long time. The memorila also fetches a good price as is evident from the sale of this life jacket. "A life jacket from the doomed transatlantic cruise...

Monet painting fetches $80 million at London auction

Famous painter Claude Monet's water lily painting has set a new world record by fetching more than $80 million. One of his his earlier work was sold for $41.4 million. Monet created his water painting in...

Buyers Warned Against Deceptive Real Estate Auctions

According to a report from Inman News, there was a lawsuit that alleges deceptive advertising practices in real estate auctions.One of the complainants, Laura Torres, won a bid for a $153,000 home. After...

New Haven's 19th century phone book heads for auction block

"One of the first telephone books in the United States, published in Connecticut in 1878, is expected to fetch between $30,000 and $40,000 at an auction Tuesday. "

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Air for Sale:Canadian Government Sells it $3.7 billion!

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorAnd Canadians thought the one thing that was free, was Air? Who knew it was a Gold Mine for the Government!" Feds pulling billions out of thin air -- and it's for real ...

First Friday Fundraiser a Success!

"Our First Friday silent auction fundraiser was a success!Work by 14 talented local artists and craftspeople were up on the auction block and several hundred attendees strolled through the display, bidding on...

Harry Potter "prequel" sold for $49,000

At a charity auction on Tuesday, a 800word "prequel" written by J.K. Rowling was sold for 49,000. The story was written before Harry Potter was born as it features Sirius Black and Harry's father, James. "An...

London council paints over street artist Bansky's graffiti murals - worth mil...

A piece of Banksy's work was painted over by London council just a little while after it was first displayed, saying it was worth worthless graffiti. Some of Banksy's previous works have fetched up to a million...

Over 1,000,000 Strong and Growing - the U.S. Subprime Debacle Goes Prime

Between the information on Realitytrac.com (referenced below) and that from Forbes.com (ditto)it appears that while the housing crisis has faded from the head lines it is still running strong in reality land. Realtytrac is particularly useful because it gives a lot of hard...

Junk dealer's $100,000 gold cup found under bed

" DORCHESTER, England (CNN) -- Englishman John Webber thought nothing of the small, shiny cup, passed down from his junk dealer grandfather and stashed under a bed for years, until appraisers said it was an...

Psychic CEO Buys Dickens' Desk for $860K

Praise the spirits of sir Charles! Tom Higgins can now attempt to summon the ghost of Dickens himself, having purchased  the very desk on which Great Expectations was penned. "An Irish millionaire has humble plans for Charles Dickens's writing desk and chair, which he...

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