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- Early Picasso nude found in English bedroom
- LONDON AFP — A nude painting by Pablo Picasso when he was aged about 20 has been found in the bedroom of a house in south-west England, the auctioneers selling it said Monday. "Etreinte" Embrace, a watercolour, shows a nude Picasso entwined in an intimate embrace with his girlfriend...
- Research articles 2008-03-31
- Long-lost painting found in country house: auctioneer
- LONDON AFP — A painting by French artist Jean-Antoine Watteau, missing for 200 years, has been found in a country house and could now sell for up to five million pounds, auctioneers said Tuesday. "La Surprise", painted around 1718, was known only through a copy in the collection at...
- Research articles 2008-03-25
- Long-lost painting found in British country house: auctioneer
- LONDON AFP — A painting by French artist Jean-Antoine Watteau, missing for 200 years, has been found in a British country house and could now sell for up to five million pounds, auctioneers said Tuesday. "La Surprise", painted around 1718, was known only through a copy in the collection...
- Research articles 2008-03-25
- French auction houses sue eBay
- PARIS AFP — France's auction houses said Monday they are taking joint legal action against the online giant eBay, accusing it of encouraging trade in pirated and stolen goods. The council representing the French auction industry accuses the Internet trader of breaking a French 2000 law which requires all...
- Research articles 2007-12-03
- 'Rembrandt' portrait sells for 2.58 million pounds: reports
- LONDON AFP — A painting has sold for 1,700 times its maximum reserve price as the winning bidder believed it to be a self-portrait by 17th century Dutch artist Rembrandt, British media reported on Saturday. The portrait, described by auctioneers as the work of an unknown follower of Rembrandt...
- Research articles 2007-10-27
- Napoleon's sabre fetches record 4.8 million euros
- PARIS AFP — A gold-encrusted sabre carried by the French emperor Napoleon at the battle of Marengo in 1800 fetched an unexpected 4.8 million euros (6.4 million dollars) at an auction on Sunday. "It's a world record for a souvenir of the emperor, for a sword and for a...
- Research articles 2007-06-10
- James Blunt's 'beautiful' piano up for grabs
- LONDON AFP — An upright piano on which British singer James Blunt composed his hit songs "You're Beautiful" -- a chart topper in 25 countries -- and "Goodbye my Lover" will be auctioned in July, Bonhams said Thursday. The British auctioneers said the upright Chappell piano was expected to...
- Research articles 2007-05-17
- Bid to be state's top auctioneer is winner
- Mike Heitmann works the crowd like a Hollywood star on the red carpet. He scans the audience, his gaze acknowledging and confident. His body moves in sync with his rapid-fire words. "Who'll give me $1,050? One thousand-fifty. One thousand-fifty. I've got $1,025. One thousand-fifty? If you're done,...
- Research articles 2007-01-27
- Painting by 'Rubens student' is by master himself, Swedish experts claim
- STOCKHOLM AFP — Bids for a painting advertised by a Swedish auction house as the work of a student of 17th-century Dutch Baroque master Rubens went through the roof as experts identified it as the master's own work, auctioneers said. Bidding for the piece, entitled "Allegorical Scene - with Diana...
- Research articles 2006-12-06
- A fall of moon dust; Space and the law.
- Yours for $325 a milligram A sample collected by Apollo 11 almost goes on sale "LOT 195 has apparently gone back to the moon. It has been withdrawn from sale." Thus spake Jon Baddeley, head of scientific instruments at Bonhams auctioneers in...
- Research articles 2006-01-28
- Irish property boom puts beach hut on offer at 120,000 euros
- DUBLIN AFP — Ireland's booming property market saw a beach hut little bigger than a garden shed near Dublin going on offer for 120,000 euros (145,000 dollars) according to the estate agents. Named Neptune Cottage, the 200 square foot (18.58 square metres) wooden hut has a felt roof, no...
- Research articles 2006-01-20
- Iconic John Lennon items to be auctioned off
- LOS ANGELES AFP — An iconic white suit worn by John Lennon on the cover of the Beatles' "Abbey Road" album and a hearse used in his "Imagine" documentary are set to go on sale, auctioneers said. The suit and Lennon's modified funeral car are among 250 collectors items...
- Research articles 2005-09-21
- Home auctions offer opportunities for buyers, sellers
- (This article originally appeared in The Daily Record, Baltimore, MD, another Dolan Media publication.) Home auctions used to mean a fire-sale or that the seller was flat-out desperate. Today, in many cases, it represents opportunity for those on both sides of the sale. Property auctions...
- Research articles 2005-09-16
- Home auctions offer opportunities for buyers, sellers
- (This article originally was published in The Daily Record, Baltimore, MD, another Dolan Media publication.)Home auctions used to mean a fire-sale or that the seller was flat- out desperate. Today, in many cases, it represents opportunity for those on both sides of the sale. Property auctions allow owners to sell...
- Research articles 2005-09-16
- Home-auctions are opportunities for both buyers and sellers
- Home auctions used to mean a fire-sale or that the seller was flat-out desperate. Today, in many cases, it represents opportunity for those on both sides of the sale. Property auctions allow owners to sell fast and avoid months of wrangling over contingencies such as who will pay...
- Research articles 2005-09-07
- Auctioneers must be crystal clear on GST on property sales.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-13 July 2005-ACCC: Auctioneers must be crystal clear on GST on property salesC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:13072005 Auctioneers must make it crystal clear to all bidders if bids are being taken on a GST-exclusive basis, the Australian Competition and Consumer...
- Research articles 2005-07-13
- Oldest existing English FA Cup to be sold at auction
- LONDON AFP — The oldest existing example of the English FA Cup trophy is to be sold, with auctioneers tipping what they describe as one of the most important items of football memorabilia ever sold to fetch more than half a million dollars. The cup, presented to winning teams...
- Research articles 2005-01-07
- Bravery medal for pigeon parachuted into wartime France to be sold
- LONDON AFP — One of the more unusual medals awarded during World War II -- given to a carrier pigeon parachuted into occupied France alongside British agents -- is to be sold, auctioneers said. Commando the pigeon was awarded the Dickin Medal, of which only 60 have ever been...
- Research articles 2004-11-26
- Late diva Callas's million dollar jewels stir emotions 27 years later
- GENEVA AFP — Jewellery worn by the legendary late opera star Maria Callas during her glory years will go under the auctioneer's hammer in the Swiss city of Geneva on Wednesday, stirring up emotions more than 27 years after she died. The dazzling array of diamond and ruby earrings,...
- Research articles 2004-11-15
- For sale: unusual property. Must like concrete
- LONDON AFP ? It could best be described as compact, but how many other potential homes are impervious to machine gun fire? In one of the more unusual property sales seen for some time, a World War II pillbox on a picturesque island in southwest England is being auctioned...
- Research articles 2004-08-26
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