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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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"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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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 ...
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"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...
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...
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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...
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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...
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" 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...
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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...