Rare white 5 found note issued in 1913 fetches 1,700 pounds at auctionSeptember 5th, 2009 LONDON - A rare 5-pound note issued by Barnards Bank of Bedford in 1913 has fetched 1,700 pounds at an auction. Bedford-based auctioneers W andH Peacocks sold off another white 10 pounds note, released by the bank in October 1906, for 900 pounds.
Meteorite hunter Rob Elliott auctions space rocks collectionAugust 19th, 2009 LONDON - Meteorite hunter Rob Elliott has sold almost his entire collection of space rocks that gathered 113,000 pounds at an auction in Edinburgh. The full-time dealer placed the 171 items,that were expected to fetch more than 500,000 pounds, under the hammer at the Lyon and Turnbull Auction House.
"Mein Kampf" copy signed by Hitler fetches £21k at auctionAugust 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.
Hitler's infamous Mein Kampf manifesto goes under the hammer at British auction houseAugust 13th, 2009 Hitler's infamous manifesto up for auction in UKLONDON — A British auction house says a signed copy of Adolf Hitler's infamous manifesto "Mein Kampf" is going under the hammer. Mullock's Auctioneers says the semi-autobiographical book will be auctioned on Thursday in Ludlow, 124 miles (200 kilometers) northwest of London.
Macallan 50th anniversary whiskey sells for record 11,750 poundsAugust 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.
Cornish bay that inspired Virginia Woolf's novel sells for 80K pounds at auctionJuly 14th, 2009 LONDON - The Cornish bay that inspired Virginia Woolf to pen her famous novel 'To the Lighthouse' has fetched 80,000 pounds at an auction. The plot, the Upton Towans beach, stretching from Hale, near St Ives, to the lighthouse on Godrevy Island, was acquired by a private buyer.
Photograph of nude Carla Bruni fetches euro13,000 at Berlin auctionJune 4th, 2009 Nude Carla Bruni photo auctioned in BerlinBERLIN — A revealing photograph of former model and France's current first lady Carla Bruni was bought for $19,600 by an anonymous bidder Thursday at a Berlin auction house. The image is one of 10 prints of a nude Bruni lounging in an unmade bed captured by American fashion photographer Pamela Hanson in 1994.
Hitler's 'self-portrait' may be a fakeMay 10th, 2009 LONDON - A self-portrait by Adolf Hitler, which sold at an auction for 10,000 pounds - ten times its reserve price, is now being denounced as fake. When the painting, signed "A.
Picasso's painting, Giacometti sculpture fail to sell at auctionMay 7th, 2009 LONDON - An auction in New York witnessed a sheer lack of buyers for a painting by Picasso and a Giacometti sculpture, despite the fact that they had been expected to fetch up to 16million pounds each. The two items that failed to sell at auction were Picasso's The Daughter Of The Artist At Two-and-a-half Years With A Boat, and Giacometti's The Cat.
William Wordsworth's letter to fellow poet fetches £8,825 at auctionMay 2nd, 2009 LONDON - A letter of advice by poet William Wordsworth has sold for 8,825 pounds at an auction. In the 1840 letter, Wordsworth gives advice to fellow poet Robert Southey.
Dog's medal for World War II heroics sold at UK auction for 24,250 pounds ($35,700)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.
Becks' childhood home may fetch 215K pounds at auctionApril 9th, 2009 LONDON - David Beckham's first childhood house is expected to fetch 215,000 pounds after being put on auction. The small three-bedroom house was said to have had a previous offer of a million pounds.
Hitler's first self-portrait up for auctionMarch 26th, 2009 LONDON - A self-portrait of Adolf Hitler is to go under the hammer. The Nazi leader is hardly recognisable with no moustache in the picture which is thought to be the first he ever painted.
Versace's possessions fetch over 7M poundsMarch 20th, 2009 LONDON - An auction of murdered fashion designer Gianni Versace's possessions has raised over 7 million pounds. Items from his Villa Fontanelle home-including huge classical statues of naked wrestlers, furniture and paintings-went under the hammer on March 18.
Rod Stewart's loses #125,000 in two supercars auctionMarch 14th, 2009 LONDON - Veteran British rocker Rod Stewart, 64, suffered a loss of 125,000 pounds when two of his supercars were sold at an auction in London. While the rocker had bought the Ferrari Superamerica and the sky-blue Lamborghini Gallardo for 150,000 pounds each, the two vehicles fetched altogether about 175,000 pounds, just over half their original price.
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