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Public Outcry Fells Russia Auction for Logging Rights in Key Tiger Habitats
Public outcry derailed an auction scheduled to be held earlier this week by the forestry administration of Primorsky Province in the Russian Far East that would have opened up critical Amur tiger habitats for logging.
United States Marshals Service to Auction Jewelry, Furniture, Antiques, And Other Personal Property of Bernard L. And Ruth Madoff
October 20, 2010 – More than 400 pieces of personal property, jewelry, and antiques from Bernard L. Madoff and his wife, Ruth, will be sold during a live and online auction in New York City on November 13, 2010, by the United States Marshals Service....
1794 Silver Dollar Sells Fetches $1.2 Million At Bowers And Merena Auction
Bowers and Merena Auctions hosted its Boston Rarities Sale on Saturday, August 7 at Park Plaza Hotel and Towers in Boston, Mass., where the featured coin, a rare 1794 Silver Dollar, was sold for $1,207,500.
Mozambique to Hold Massive Public Auction of Precious Stones
Mozambique’s mineral resources ministry will auction ten tons of precious and semi-precious stones, specifically rubies, tourmalines and emeralds, seized from illegal panners and traders, a top government official said Friday.
James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5 From Goldfinger And Thunderball to be Auctioned
RM Auctions has announced the consignment of one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century – the 1964 Aston Martin DB5 James Bond movie car – to its annual ‘Automobiles of London’ event at the Battersea Evolution...
Mark Twain’s Handwritten ‘Last Manuscript’ Up for Auction
Mark Twain’s “Last Manuscript,” by turns humorous, and personal, is up for auction on October 16/17 at Heritage Auctions’ Historical Manuscripts Auction.
For Sale on Ebay: 30-year-old Unemployed Mortgage Advisor
Local media has reported that a 30-year-old unemployed mortgage advisor from Maidstone in the U.K. has auctioned himself on eBay in an attempt to find a new job. Andy Palmer was among 1,300 people sacked from the Northern Rock bank last August. He has...
Auction Raises $314,000 for Rare Ark Form Hanukkah Lamp
Skinner auction house has announced its recent sale of Fine Judaica — held in its Boston gallery on May 21st — more than tripled the pre-sale estimate and grossed more than $1.2 million for just over 200 lots of antique and artisan Judaica. How...
