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FDIC Lands 'Marijuana-Reeking' Tour Bus And Other Odd Items During Bank Failures

bloomberg.com | Posted 12.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Foreclosures, Fdic, Bank Collapse, Tour Bus, Auction, Financial Crisis, Musicians, Ferrari, Business News

The financial crisis that popped the real estate bubble and pushed U.S. bank failures to a 17-year high landed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. a r...

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Coldplay Launches Career-Spanning eBay Charity Auction

Posted 12.18.2009 | Impact

Read More: London, Charity, Children, Coldplay, Auction, Kids Company, Music, Ebay, Impact News

British rock band Coldplay is cleaning house, and for a good cause. The band has decided to auction many of the instruments and memorabilia collected ...

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Audrey Hepburn's Iconic Fashions Auctioned To Benefit Her Global Children's Fund: UPDATE

Posted 12.11.2009 | Impact

Read More: Couture, Auction, Audrey Hepburn, Clothing, Audrey Hepburn Children's Fund, Givenchy, Children, Impact News

UPDATE: Audrey Hepburn's auctioned wardrobe took in twice its pre-sale estimate, Reuters reported. The collection raised 268,000 pounds ($437,800), h...

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Poe Rare First Book Sells for $662K At Auction

AP | Posted 12.04.2009 | Books

Read More: Edgar Allan Poe, Authors, Books, Auction, Tamerlane and Other Poems, Christie's, Poe, Poetry, Poe First Edition, Rare Poe, Books News

NEW YORK — A rare copy of Edgar Allan Poe's first book has sold for $662,500, smashing the previous record price for American literature. The c...

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Vivid Pink Diamond Auctioned For Record $10.8 Million

Yahoo! News | James Pomfret | Posted 12.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Auction, Vivid Pink, Jewelry, Christy's, Diamond, Business News

A rare, 5-carat pink diamond was auctioned off for a record $10.8 million in Hong Kong on Tuesday, putting some shine back into the world's rare and l...

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Vintage Aston Martin Fetches Big Dollars!

Reyne Haines | Posted 11.05.2009 | Style

Read More: Auction, Aston Martin, Car Collecting, Style News

The bidding was strong with prospective buyers on the phone, Internet and on the auction room floor. The hammer dropped at 550K British Pounds. (Approximately $906,500 US dollars.)

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EBay Removes Drawings That Glorify Slaying of Abortion Doctor George Tiller

Politics Daily | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pro Choice, Shelley Shannon, Abortion Providers, Crime, Ebay, Anti Abortion, Abortion Doctors, Scott Roeder, Goerge Tiller, Murder, Kansas, Defense Fund, Online Auction, Auction, Pro Life, Prison Drawings, Prison Cookbook, Extremism, Politics News

EBay has removed an auction posted by supporters of Scott Roeder, the man charged with the May murder of abortionist George Tiller. The listing featur...

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What's Halloween Without a Little Vampire?

Reyne Haines | Posted 10.14.2009 | Style

Read More: Auction, Halloween, Dracula, Vampires, Collecting, Style News

I'm talking about collecting, upcoming auctions, and an authentic piece of vampire history you can acquire this Halloween.

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Steamy Letters By Lord Byron Up For Auction

John Lundberg | Posted 10.04.2009 | Living

Read More: The Poetic Life, Letters, Lord Byron Auction, Poet, Auction, Lady Caroline Lamb, Poetry, Lord Byron, Reverend Francis Hodgson, John Lundberg, Living News

Sotheby's expert Gabriel Heaton gave us a hint of their contents, telling the British newspaper The Guardian that "Byron clearly enjoyed writing slightly outrageous things to a clergyman..."

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Aspen's historic Hotel Jerome is set for auction

The Aspen Times | Aspen Times | Posted 11.29.2009 | Home

Read More: Historic, Lodging, Jerome, Foreclosure, Auction, Historic Hotel, Colorado, Hotel, Aspen, Home News

ASPEN - An unpaid loan balance of $36.3 million has put the historic Hotel Jerome on the auction block....

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Hitler's Mein Kampf Sold For $35,000 At UK Auction

AP | Posted 09.13.2009 | World

Read More: Hitler Manifesto, Germany, Hitler, Mein Kampf, Hitler Mein Kampf, U.K. Auction, Auction, Adolf Hitler Mein Kampf, Hitler's Book, Adolf Hitler, Signed Copy of Mein Kampf, Hitler's Mein Kampf Seen as Self-Help Guide for India's Business Students, World News

LONDON (AP) -- More than 80 years after it was first published --and later outlawed-- in Germany, a signed copy of Adolf Hitler's infamous manifesto "...

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Space Auction

Roseanne Colletti | Posted 08.17.2009 | Style

Read More: Memorabilia, Apollo, Neil Armstrong, Space, Lunar Landing, Collecting, Auction, Michael Collins, Astronauts, Buzz Aldrin, 40th Anniversary, Style News

Four decades after the moonlanding, I found myself sitting among the bidders at Bonhams New York. On the 40th anniversary of the launch, the auction house was holding its first space sale ever.

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Garage Sale Enthusiast Finds Hidden Treasure

Reyne Haines | Posted 07.04.2009 | Style

Read More: Auction, Porcelain, Antiques, Asian, Style News

Even in a recession, we still hear about high prices achieved at auction for desirable antiques and collectibles. This held true recently at an auc...

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How To Live On $0 A Day: There Must Be Something Left You Can Sell

Lesley Stern | Posted 07.03.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Bargains, Vintage Shopping, Humor, Economic Crisis, Satire, Economy, Financial Crisis, Living, Antiques, Ebay, Comedy, Financial Advice, Kidney, Sales, Garage Sales, Income, Auction, Earning, Comedy News

You probably think you've already sold everything you own that had any financial value. But chances are, you've still got a few possessions that you can really cash in on if you auction them off on eBay.

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Virginity Auctions: Going Once, Going Twice

Anneli Rufus | Posted 06.15.2009 | Style

Read More: Auction, Virgin, Virginity, Alina Percea, Sex, Prostitution, Style News

Are Alina Percea and her ilk reinventing ancient initiation rites, accidentally-on-purpose? Is the online virginity auction the initiation rite of a new age?

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Neverland Ranch Auction CANCELED: Jacko Keeps His WEIRD Stuff

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Auction, Neverland Ranch Auction Cancel, Neverland Auction, Neverland Ranch, Cancel, Los Angeles-California, Entertainment News

A collection of Michael Jackson's possessions from Neverland Ranch is safe from the auctioneer's gavel now that the pop singer and Julien's Auction Ho...

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And A Naughty Monkey Shall Lead Them: Upcoming RNC Palin Wardrobe Auction?

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics

Don't be too surprised if Palin memorabilia becomes a "Republican stimulus package," so to speak.

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Looking Out Online!

Roseanne Colletti | Posted 01.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Holiday Shopping, Credit, Shopping Tips, Economy, Consumer Safety, Online, Auction, Debit, Living News

By all accounts, yes even from the pessimists, online shopping Thanksgiving weekend was a blockbuster, up 13% from last year. But let's take a little time out for safety, security, and common sense.

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