Beatles management contract to fetch £250,000 (Thats $500,000+ American $)

Under EditingNow can you imagine what it would be worth if the contract was still in effect ? oh wait a minute....not much because Heather Mills would take half.I imagine this will end up in Paul Allen's hands and be...

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. "

Banksy's Morons sells at auction

"A screenprint by Banksy that pokes fun at the art world has sold at auction in London. Moron's reached £5,250, about £1,000 more than its...

Sarkozy calls for Franco-British Brotherhood, but his New Wife Proves a Distr...

The French President Nicholas Sarkozy visited the UK today, bringing along his controversial new wife."French President Nicolas Sarkozy said he wanted to build a stronger alliance with Britain and improve cooperation...

GM's New York tower set to fetch record $3 billion

The boom goes on –before the predicted 2010 Real Estate bust.–"James Bone in New York–An iconic office tower at the corner of Central Park in New York is destined to set a record price for a single building in...

Getty Images May Sell For More Than $1.5 billion, Report

This will be a substantial acquisition for whomever ends up acquiring Getty Images, at a projected price tag of more than $1.5 billion."Getty Images Inc, the world's biggest supplier of pictures and video to media and advertising companies, has put itself on the auction block...

Holy attic find, Batman! Rare comic grabs huge price

Most of us find spiderwebs and old diaries when we clean out our attics; not so for a Pennsylvania man who found a near-mint copy of Detective Comics No. 27 in his attic. The DC comic series, then its infant stages,...

German gets Hosed for $115,000

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorYou know the theory "The Rich = No Taste" Well this gentlemen confirms the theory , A Viennia company recently sold a pair of diamond studded Lederhosen to a German man in...

Gee, Thanks: Donations with a Stolen Credit Card

A thief who nicks your card may dash right out and make a donation  to a popular charity... if only to make sure that the card is still active. Even amongst identity-theft circles, verification and trust between...

Shipwreck Yields Estimated $500 Million Haul

Update: Ownership of the treasure discovered two weeks ago in the Atlantic Ocean is being disputed. According to reports, the Spanish government claims that the treausre was discovered in Spanish waters and is the...

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