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  • April 2008

    • Carla Nude Pic Fetches $91K at Christie's

      AFP  |  Apr 10, 08 8:11 PM CDT

      Carla Nude Pic Fetches $91K at Christie's

      (Newser) - Sarkozy isn't the only one who gets to see his wife in the buff: a collector paid $91,000 for a photograph of a naked Carla Bruni at Christie's today. The auction house expected Michel Comte's 1993 portrait of the French first lady to sell for no more than $4,000, AFP reports. Brigitte Bardot, however, was the auction's big winner: Richard Avedon's photograph of the French star fetched $181,000. More »

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      Nicolas Sarkozy  • auction  • Carla Bruni  • photography  • Christie's  • art auction  • art collector

    • Papa’s Got a Brand New … Jumpsuit?

      TMZ  |  Apr 8, 08 6:00 PM CDT

      Papa&rsquo;s Got a Brand New &hellip; Jumpsuit?

      (Newser) - Estate sales are always a mixed bag, but the James Brown auction at Christie’s in August will be something special, TMZ.com reports. Sure, fans will be able to snag coveted items like a Grammy or keyboard, but the Godfather’s socks, underwear and canceled checks? Say it loud: His estate is broke. More »

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      auction  • memorabilia  • Christie's  • music sales  • estate  • James Brown

    • Lincoln Letter Sells for $3.4M

      CNN  |  Apr 4, 08 10:08 AM CDT

      Lincoln Letter Sells for $3.4M

      (Newser) - An 1864 letter from Abraham Lincoln to Massachusetts schoolchildren fetched a record $3.4 million at auction yesterday, a record for an American manuscript, CNN reports. In the letter, Lincoln responded to a petition from 195 youngsters asking him to "free all the little slave children of this country" with a heartfelt reply saying it was God's will that they be freed. An anonymous American collector bought the letter. More »

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      auction  • Sotheby's  • letters  • Abraham Lincoln  • slavery  • Civil War

    • McNamee Selling Clemens Mementos on eBay

      Associated Press  |  Apr 2, 08 8:01 PM CDT

      McNamee Selling Clemens Mementos on eBay

      (Newser) - If Roger Clemens wants to get any of his stuff back from ex-trainer Brian McNamee, all he has to do is log on to eBay. McNamee, who split with Clemens in the great steroids war, is putting up everything from autographed baseballs to hats to photographs of "all the steroid guys"—Clemens, Canseco, and Pettitte, the AP reports. He's donating the proceeds to his juvenile diabetes charity. More »

  • March 2008
  • February 2008

    • Jackson's Neverland Foreclosed

      Fox News  |  Feb 27, 08 3:25 AM CST

      Jackson's Neverland Foreclosed

      (Newser) - Creditors have foreclosed on Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch, which will be auctioned March 19 if the King of Pop doesn't pony up $24.5 million by that date, Fox News reports. If the sale goes through, Jackson would lose everything in the California house, including furniture and relics of its amusement park. He may let it go, Fox says: he beat it for Bahrain in 2005. More »

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      celebrity  • California  • foreclosure  • auction  • Michael Jackson  • ranch  • Neverland

    • 1-Week eBay Boycott Ends Tomorrow

      USA Today  |  Feb 24, 08 7:00 PM CST

      1-Week eBay Boycott Ends Tomorrow

      (Newser) - More eBay goodies may go on sale tomorrow as angry sellers end a 1-week boycott, USA Today reports. The ban "has had no impact on our listings," one eBay exec said, but third-party tracking sites saw a 13% drop. The sellers' snub was sparked when eBay recently upped its commission and eliminated bad buyer feedback. More »

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      eBay  • auction  • boycott  • online auction  • Professional eBay Sellers Alliance  • Power Sellers  • sellers

    • Now on eBay: 6 Million Songs for Just $50M

      Idolator Blog  |  Feb 19, 08 11:20 AM CST

      Now on eBay: 6 Million Songs for Just $50M

      (Newser) - Record collector supreme Paul Mawhinney has put his collection of over 6 million songs on eBay, but with its value estimated at $50 million and a $3 million starting bid, bidders could be rarer than some of the jewels in the collection, the Idolator writes. "It's the history of music," Mawhinney says of the colossal music archive he spent over 40 years building. "It's my life's work." More »

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      music  • eBay  • auction  • museums  • Library of Congress  • records

    • EBay Sellers Plan Boycott Week

      CNN  |  Feb 10, 08 4:10 PM CST

      EBay Sellers Plan Boycott Week

      (Newser) - Torqued eBay sellers are giving the online auction site some pretty clear feedback about planned changes. Using eBay's own chatrooms, sellers are trying to organize a one-week boycott to protest jacked-up fees and changed feedback rules. But the would-be boycott is nothing new, reports CNNMoney, as each January eBay introduces new policies and disgruntled sellers get restless. More »

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      eBay  • auction  • boycott  • online auction  • small businesses  • Power Sellers  • sellers

  • January 2008

    • Do New eBay Rules Sell Out Sellers?

      New York Times  |  Jan 30, 08 4:24 PM CST

      Do New eBay Rules Sell Out Sellers?

      (Newser) - Newly announced changes to eBay sellers’ fees do not always benefit auctioneers—and the backlash among them has already begun. “This is clearly not a straight fee decrease,” says the editor of AuctionBytes. Indeed, in some cases, sellers wind up paying as much s 33% more. More »

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      eBay  • Amazon.com  • auction  • fees

  • December 2007

    • Investors Uncork Wild Wine Prices

      Washington Post  |  Dec 30, 07 6:50 PM CST

      Investors Uncork Wild Wine Prices

      (Newser) - Investors are uncorking a new area of speculation these days: fine wine. Thanks to the Internet, which has turned an elite hobby into a worldwide auction, prices are overflowing. Buyers can even throw money at vino investment funds and an electronic trading exchange based in London, which is up 39% this year, and behind oil by only seven points, the Washington Post reports. More »

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      China  • Russia  • stocks  • auction  • wine  • luxury goods

    • Lock, Stock, and Orange Bowl

      Miami Herald  |  Dec 26, 07 3:24 PM CST

      Lock, Stock, and Orange Bowl

      (Newser) - College football fans can literally take home a piece of the action when Miami officials auction off every salable piece of the soon-to-be-demolished Orange Bowl in February. On the block are the giant scoreboard, players' benches, trees, and even the urinals. "You name it, it will be available,'' says the president of the auction company. More »

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      football  • sports  • college  • auction  • sports memorabilia  • University of Miami  • autographs  • Dan Marino  • Jim Kelly

    • Art Market Sails Over Turmoil

      Associated Press  |  Dec 26, 07 6:01 AM CST

      Art Market Sails Over Turmoil

      (Newser) - US financial markets were in chaos this year, but the art market certainly wasn't. The expanding ranks of the super-rich, the weak dollar, and emerging connoisseurs from Russia, China, India, and the Middle East kept auction houses in fine form, the AP reports, with postwar and contemporary works—including a $71 million Warhol—leading the way. More »

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      US economy  • art  • auction  • weak dollar  • Sotheby's  • Christie's  • art auction  • Andy Warhol  • Matisse

    • Markets Dip on Bond News

      MarketWatch  |  Dec 19, 07 3:47 PM CST

      Markets Dip on Bond News

      (Newser) - The market ended slightly lower after another rollercoaster day, as S&P’s downgrade of major bond insurers took a toll on stocks otherwise buoyed by reports of a positive auction by the Fed. The Dow was off 25.20 to 13,207.27 on news Ambac Financial and MBIA would earn downgraded ratings. The Nasdaq climbed 4.98 points to 2,601.01, while the S&P slipped 1.98 to 1,453, MarketWatch reports. More »

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      Federal Reserve  • S&P 500  • Nasdaq  • Dow Jones  • auction  • MBIA  • Ambac Financial

    • JK Rowling Book Sells for $4M

      Reuters  |  Dec 13, 07 12:15 PM CST

      JK Rowling Book Sells for $4M

      (Newser) - Sotheby’s figured The Tales of Beedle the Bard would fetch about $100,000 at auction—in retrospect, about 40 times too low. The book, a one-of-a-kind piece of the Harry Potter canon hand-written and illustrated by JK Rowling herself, fetched $3.98 million for charity today, Reuters reports. “Christmas has come early for me,” said an ecstatic Rowling. More »

    • Fed to Inject $64B Into Global Money Markets

      Bloomberg  |  Dec 12, 07 10:02 AM CST

      Fed to Inject $64B Into Global Money Markets

      (Newser) - The Federal Reserve will inject some $64 billion into the global economy, fearing that the ongoing credit crunch could spark recession. In the most significant international economic cooperation since 9/11, the Fed will supply up to $24 billion to the ECB and other central banks to ease the money supply in Europe; meanwhile four auctions stateside will make available at least $40 billion to US markets, Bloomberg reports. More »

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      Federal Reserve  • recession  • auction  • liquidity  • European Central Bank

    • 1926 Whiskey Fetches $54K

      New York Daily News  |  Dec 9, 07 3:35 PM CST

      1926 Whiskey Fetches $54K

      (Newser) - The crown jewel of New York's first liquor auction since Prohibition brought in $54,000 at Christie's yesterday. The 1926 bottle of whiskey went to an anonymous bidder, the New York Daily News reports, but was "worth the price," said a contender for the bottle. But it wasn't the only big-ticket item on the list. More »

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      auction  • Christie's  • whiskey  • spirits

  • November 2007

    • Rockwell Santa Painting Sells for $2.17M

      Reuters  |  Nov 30, 07 2:02 PM CST

      Rockwell Santa Painting Sells for $2.17M

      (Newser) - Straddling the line between art, illustration, and extravagant Christmas gift, Norman Rockwell's "Extra Good Boys and Girls" raked in $2.17 million at a Christie's auction this week. The painting, originally a 1939 Saturday Evening Post cover, didn't hit the $2.5 million to $3.5 million estimate, but Christie's was still jolly, Reuters reports. More »

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      art  • auction  • painting  • art market  • Christie's  • art auction  • Norman Rockwell

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