Dog’s medal for World War II heroics sold at British auction

October 12th, 2009 Auction house all shook up over Elvis hairCHICAGO — The King may be dead, but that doesn't mean it's too late to run your fingers through his hair. A Chicago auction house is putting a clump of what it says is Elvis Presley's hair up for auction — along with some of his clothes, sweat-stained scarves and memorabilia.

October 10th, 2009 Jackson's glove, Elvis' guitar sold at auctionLOS ANGELES — An illuminating glove worn by Michael Jackson during the 1984 Victory Tour has brought in $70,800 at an auction of entertainment memorabilia. A bidder paid $106,200 for a Martin D-28 guitar played by Elvis Presley during his final Las Vegas peformance.

October 7th, 2009 Auction of Scrushy's lake estate set in AlabamaDADEVILLE, Ala. — Imprisoned HealthSouth Corp.

August 14th, 2009 LONDON - A signed copy of Adolf Hitler's infamous manifesto "Mein Kampf" has fetch 21,000 pounds at an auction. The semi-autobiographical work outlining Hitler's anti-Semitic ideology was sold at Mullock's auctions at Ludlow racecourse, Shropshire.

August 7th, 2009 GLASGOW - McTear's Auctioneers in Glasgow have sold a Macallan 50th anniversary bottle of whiskey for a record 11,750 pounds, including a buyer's premium of 17.5 per cent. The whiskey was distilled more than 80 years ago and has become the most expensive spirit of its type to be sold at auction, The Daily Express reports.

July 20th, 2009 Surf auction raises record $767,000HONOLULU — Surf's up! But you might want to leave that old board on the beach. A surfboard more than a half-century old has sold for a record $40,000.

July 1st, 2009 Britain unveils new medal to families of army deadLONDON — Britain unveiled a new medal Wednesday that will be offered to families of about 8,000 military personnel killed on active duty or in terrorist attacks since World War II. The nearest kin of military personnel killed in Northern Ireland, the Falklands, Iraq and Afghanistan will be among those eligible to receive the Elizabeth Cross, which is named after the reigning monarch.

May 13th, 2009 GENEVA - A rare blue diamond fetched a world record 9.3 million Swiss francs ($8.4 million) at an auction by Sotheby's in Geneva Tuesday. The cut and polished gem weighing 7.03 carats was sold by Cullinan Mine in South Africa to an as yet unknown telephone bidder, who will also pay a buyer's premium.

April 25th, 2009 2 Hitler watercolors auctioned in GermanyFRANKFURT — A pair of watercolors signed "Adolf Hitler" and depicting farm scenes fetched a combined total of euro32,000 ($42,000) at an auction in Germany on Saturday, an auction house official said. Kathrin Weidler, a manager at the Weidler Auction House in Nuremberg, declined to identify the new owner of the two paintings — "Farmstead," which went for euro18,000, and "Farm Buildings on the River," which sold for euro14,000.

April 24th, 2009 Hero dog's medal sold in UK auctionLONDON — A medal awarded to a dog who sniffed out scores of survivors in rubble of the Blitz was sold at auction Friday for 24,250 pounds ($35,700.) Auctioneers said the buyer chose to remain anonymous. The sale price was 10,000 pounds higher than the estimate.

April 24th, 2009 Hero dog's medal sold at UK auction for $35,700LONDON — A medal awarded to a dog who sniffed out scores of survivors in rubble of the Blitz was sold at auction Friday for 24,250 pounds ($35,700.) Auctioneers said the buyer chose to remain anonymous. The sale price was 10,000 pounds higher than the estimate.

April 19th, 2009 LONDON - A key to a first class cabin on the legendary Titanic ocean liner, which sank nearly a century ago on its inaugural voyage, was sold for 60,000 British pounds ($88,000), the auction house Henry Aldridge & Son said. Henry Aldridge & Son auctions items associated with the shipwreck twice a year in Wiltshire county in England.

March 6th, 2009 NEW YORK - Despite intense protests from Indian government, a set of Mahatma Gandhi's personal items were sold for $1.8 million at an auction in New York Thursday. However, the US justice department has asked the New York's Antiquorum Auctioneers auction house to hold the lot for two weeks pending a resolution between the new owner, and the US and Indian governments.

February 13th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - A nude photograph of Madonna, taken when she was a struggling dancer in 1979, was sold for $37,000 at auction - more than double the $15,000 it was expected to fetch, Christie's auction house said Friday. The buyer was identified as a European collector.

January 5th, 2009 LONDON - Former British premier Tony Blair is to be presented with one of America's highest civilian honours but is yet to pick up a Congressional gold medal awarded to him in 2003. Blair will be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom Jan 13 along with President Alvaro Uribe of Colombia, and former premier John Howard of Australia.