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Give Peace a Bid: Lennon
Lyrics Go to Auction

Hand-written memento expected to fetch at least $400K at Christie's sale 

Apr 30, 08 8:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - John Lennon’s handwritten lyrics to 1960s mantra "Give Peace a Chance" are going up for auction, reports Reuters. A Canadian woman, then 16, acquired them after sneaking into the famous Montreal "Bed-In" staged by Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1969—with Lennon predicting, “One day they... More »

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music • Christie's • Yoko Ono • John Lennon • auction • Beatles • Sixties • peace movement

March Foreclosures Up 57% Over Last Year; Worst Coming

February gains evaporate

Apr 15, 08 6:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bank repossessions skyrocketed 129% over the 12-month period ending in March, and foreclosure filings rose 57% over the previous year, RealtyTrac announced today. March foreclosure notices rose 5%, after a 4% decline in February. All this “is ongoing fallout from people overextending themselves and using highly toxic loan products,... More »

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real estate • economic indicators • foreclosure • auction • housing crisis • subprime crisis • economy

Carla Nude Pic Fetches $91K
at Christie's

1993 portrait of Sarko's wife goes for 20 times expected price

Apr 10, 08 8:11 PM CDT
(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,... More »

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

Papa’s Got a Brand New … Jumpsuit?

James Brown's estate selling everything in August auction

Apr 8, 08 6:00 PM CDT
(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:... More »

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

 Lincoln Letter 
 Sells for $3.4M 

Letter contains Lincoln's reply to kids' plea to free slave children

Apr 4, 08 10:08 AM CDT
(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"... More »

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

 McNamee Selling Clemens
 Mementos on eBay

'Break-up' memorabilia profits go to juvenile diabetes group

Apr 2, 08 8:01 PM CDT
(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... More »

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sports • steroids • Roger Clemens • online auction • anabolic steroids • auction • Andy Pettitte • Jose Canseco • memorabilia • human growth hormone • sports memorabilia • baseball • Mitchell steroids investigation • Brian McNamee

 Can New
 CEO Keep
 eBay on Top? 

Company faces slowing growth, competition

Mar 31, 08 2:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - As John Donahoe takes over from Meg Whitman as CEO of eBay today, he inherits a grande dame where Whitman oversaw the rise of an e-commerce belle. Still dominant in online auctions, the company has nonetheless faced slowing growth and stiffening competition. But analysts think Donahoe, the former eBay Marketplace... More »

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Internet • Web 2.0 • eBay • online auction • auction • Meg Whitman • John Donahoe • e-commerce • Amazon.com

Nude Photo of Sarkozy's Wife Up for Auction

Ex-supermodel's
B&W image expected
to fetch at least $3K

Mar 25, 08 3:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - A black-and-white photograph of Carla Bruni will go up for sale at an auction next month, Reuters reports. Christie’s expects the portrait of Nicolas Sarkozy's bride to attract a final bid of $3,000 to $4,000, and the auction house's announcement of the sale on the eve of... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Christie's • photography • auction • Cecilia Sarkozy • Carla Bruni

Pop Culture Gems to Hit
Vegas Auction Block

Gun that killed JFK assassin, Superman suit among items slated for Vegas auction

Mar 2, 08 4:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Indiana Jones' whip. The gun that killed JFK's assassin. Madonna's Like a Virgin wedding dress. All are up for grabs at a massive memorabilia auction scheduled for March 15-16 in Las Vegas, Reuters reports. Billed as the best pop-culture collection ever assembled, the 850-lot treasure trove could fetch more than... More »

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television • music • Hollywood • Las Vegas • John F. Kennedy • Lee Harvey Oswald • John Lennon • pop culture • auction • Elizabeth Taylor • Christopher Reeve • movies

Jackson's Neverland Foreclosed

2,800-acre ranch is set for sale in March

Feb 27, 08 3:25 AM CST
(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... More »

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

1-Week eBay Boycott Ends Tomorrow

Site claims 'no impact' on listings,
but one source sees 13% drop

Feb 24, 08 7:00 PM CST
(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... More »

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

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

World's greatest music collection is looking for a home, again

Feb 19, 08 11:20 AM CST
(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... More »

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

EBay Sellers Plan Boycott Week

Movement to protest fee hikes and policy changes gains steam

Feb 10, 08 4:10 PM CST
(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... More »

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

Do New eBay Rules Sell
Out Sellers?

Changes are meant to reward big auctioneers, but may hurt others

Jan 30, 08 4:24 PM CST
(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 • auction • fees • AuctionBytes • Amazon.com

Investors Uncork Wild Wine Prices

Internet, foreign funds make even second-tier wines pricier

Dec 30, 07 6:50 PM CST
(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%... More »

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

Lock, Stock, and Orange Bowl

Every piece of storied stadium will go on sale ahead of demolition

Dec 26, 07 3:24 PM CST
(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,''... More »

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

Art Market Sails Over Turmoil

Weak dollar, overseas buyers help keep prices high

Dec 26, 07 6:01 AM CST
(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... More »

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

MARKETS

Markets Dip on Bond News

Fed auction is deemed positive though

Dec 19, 07 3:47 PM CST
(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... More »

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

JK Rowling Book Sells for $4M

Only 7 copies of the Tales of Beedle the Bard exist

Dec 13, 07 12:15 PM CST
(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. “... More »

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Harry Potter • JK Rowling • Sotheby's • auction • charity • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows • book • children's books • The Tales of Beedle the Bard

Fed to Inject $64B Into Global Money Markets

Will lend $24B to European and other central banks, $40B in four auctions, to ease credit crisis

Dec 12, 07 10:02 AM CST
(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... More »

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

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