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This shell-shaped dish you see before you, while not really an ashtray, was used as one by one Sir Winston Churchill. Heard of him? The 200-year-old dish was used by Churchill while at a dining club function at London’s Savoy Hotel. The tray fetched $7,000 at auction. Guess it’s time we started saving someone else’s [...]
In: Art
10 Oct 2009Lehman Brothers is no more but their art collection is about to go on the auction block. Lehman’s was noted for their amazing art collection and they had some of the most renowned artists lining their hallways and several hundred pieces will be finding new homes on 1 November 09. The auction showcases modern and [...]
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5 Oct 2009Noted auction house, Bonhams & Butterfields, tried to find a happy home for a dinosaur skeleton this past Saturday; however, it was one of 17 lots that didn’t move at the Natural History Auction at the Venetian in Las Vegas. The auction house had hoped to sell the 40-foot tall 66-million-year-old Tyronnosaurus Rex for an [...]
In: Travel
23 Sep 2009Vintage luggage expresses the decadence and glamour of yesteryear when travels to exotic locales evoked style, romance, and adventure. Every now and again, certain pieces will make themselves known at auctions and that is when the Vintage Luggage Company in Germany makes their appearance. By having one of the world’s most detailed collections by the [...]
In: Food & Drink
29 May 2009France’s esteemed Chateau Cheval Blanc is auctioning off rare vintages right from the cellar through Sotheby’s next month. On June 17 at Sotheby’s London, collectors can get their hands on over 1,000 bottles from nearly a century of vintages including the 1921, 1928, 1947 and 1949 being sold by the chateau. Each comes in an [...]
In: Food & Drink
26 May 2009If you’ve got vintage wine to sell your best customers just might be a half a world away. Xinhua reveals in Beijing an auction of fine French wine did very well this week. The auction sold around 1,000 bottles of Bordeaux from famous chateaux ranging from Lafite to Margaux and Mouton. The wines were shipped [...]
Beautiful and eccentric Doris Duke was once the world’s richest woman and her belongings have beget many an auction since her death in 1993. The latest is a two-day auction of property from her estate being held by Millea Bros. Ltd. Auctions & Appraisals at the Morristown Armory in Morristown, N.J. The auction will include [...]
In: Accessories|Clothing|Estates|Furniture|Interior|Jewelry|Shoes
14 Apr 2009About a month ago, former pop star Michael Jackson began his quest to cancel a huge auction of his personal belongings. Now, with just a week before the auction, the King of Pop has finageled his way and auctioneer Darren Julien has said that he has reached an agreement with Jackson that will see the [...]
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