Texas death row inmate broadcasts appeal to Britons at London's Trafalgar SquareSeptember 10th, 2009 Texas death row inmate appeals to LondonersLONDON — A death row inmate in Texas who claims she was framed for murder is begging fellow Britons to help save her life. Fifty-year-old Linda Carty's voice is being broadcast across London's Trafalgar Square from an art installation set up on an empty plinth.
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.
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.
Lord Nelson's 'menage-a-trois' expenses shown in household accountsMay 20th, 2009 LONDON - Newly discovered documents belonging to British Flag Officer oratio Nelson have shown that he had shared the expenses spent on his mistress with her usband while all three were staying together. Lord Nelson, who fell in love with Sir William Hamilton's wife Lady Hamilton during the apoleonic Wars in Naples, invited both to live with him.
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.
Hitler's self-portrait fetches 10k pounds at auctionApril 24th, 2009 LONDON - A self-portrait by Adolf Hitler has fetched 10,000 pounds at an auction. The watercolour is thought to be one of the Nazi leader's earliest works.
Dog's medal for World War II heroics sold at British auctionApril 24th, 2009 Hero dog's World War II medal sold in UK auctionLONDON — A medal awarded to a dog who sniffed out survivors in rubble of the Blitz was sold at auction in London on Friday for 24,250 pounds ($35,700.)
The buyer at the sale at Spink auctioneers chose to remain anonymous. The sale price was 10,000 pounds higher than the estimate, and beat the previous record of 23,000 pounds for the Dickin Medal awarded to Simon, the ship's cat on HMS Amethyst.
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.
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.
Doctor Who 'King of Daleks' to go under the hammerMarch 12th, 2009 LONDON - A rare Dalek from Doctor Who, found among a company's assets after it was force under by the recession, is set to go under the hammer later this month. The treasured item is expected to fetch up to 18,000 pounds.
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