Articles tagged with: Auctions
Flying Saucer: Chattanooga Landmark ‘Space House’ Sells For $135,000
Posted in Auctions, Estate, Property on 17 March 2008
Posted in Auctions, Estate, Property on 17 March 2008
Known as the Space house, the designer edifice managed to generate $135,000 during an auction on 15 March. Positioned on Signal Mountain near Chattanooga, Tenn., the house was built in 1970 by late Curtis W. King. Circular in form, the house has numerous levels, three bedrooms, ...
Jimmy Page’s Victorian Tapestry “The Attainment†To Fetch £1million
Posted in Antique, Auctions on 15 March 2008
Posted in Antique, Auctions on 15 March 2008
Featured above is an impressive Victorian tapestry “The Attainment: The Vision of the Holy Grail to Sir Galahad, Sir Bors and Sir Perceval", exhibited at Sotheby's auction house in London on 14 March, 2008. Designed by Edward Coley Burne-Jones, the tapestry belongs to Led Zeppelin's Jimmy ...
Rare Ford Model 40 Reaches Auction Block
Posted in Antique, Auctions, Automobile, Car, Designer on 29 February 2008
Posted in Antique, Auctions, Automobile, Car, Designer on 29 February 2008
As a part of RM auctions--automobiles of Amelia, US; a rare beastly Ford Model 40 Special roadster, custom built in 1934 for Edsel Ford, then President of the Ford Motor Company has now reached the auction block in Ypsilanti, Michigan. This one-of-its-kind Speedster was ...
Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch to be Auctioned
Posted in Auctions, Estate, Property on 29 February 2008
Posted in Auctions, Estate, Property on 29 February 2008
News is Michael Jackson's merry time seems to be over as his Neverland Ranch is set to be auctioned unless he pays $24 million plus interest he owes on the estate. Financial Title Co. cased the notice of trustee's sale with Santa Barbara County Superior Court, ...
Christie’s to Auction 101-Carat Diamond for $8 mn
Posted in Auctions, Diamond on 21 February 2008
Posted in Auctions, Diamond on 21 February 2008
By now we have seen pricey diamonds viz. the blue diamond and the largest D-color flawless diamond going under hammer and generating money. And here is a new entrant into the world of diamonds. If you desire to impress the woman you adore and are looking ...
Swarovski Encrusted Scrabble Board for $20,000
Posted in Auctions, Swarovski on 18 February 2008
Posted in Auctions, Swarovski on 18 February 2008
Featured above is an exclusive glass Scrabble board coated with around 30,000 Swarovski crystals exhibited at the American International Toy Fair in New York. Designed by Hasbro, the board marks the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the game. Priced at $20,000, the game is anticipated ...
301 Age-Old American Pennies Sells For $10.7 mn
Posted in Antique, Auctions on 18 February 2008
Posted in Antique, Auctions on 18 February 2008
Even small pennies can make-up the difference. Lately a collection of rare American cents by Burbank resident Walter J. Husak, the title-holder of an aerospace-part manufacturing company has earned him $10.7 million via a Dallas-based auction house at Heritage Auction Galleries. Amongst 301 cents available ...
Aficionado Spills Over $3000 for Shakira’s Bra!
Posted in Auctions, Bikini/ Lingerie, Celebrity Shopping, Designer on 14 February 2008
Posted in Auctions, Bikini/ Lingerie, Celebrity Shopping, Designer on 14 February 2008
Pop celebrity lately auctioned handful of her personal belongings from "Oral Fixation" tour to donate the proceedings for building a school for impecunious kids in northern Colombia. The highlights of the auction count the earning of $3,051 for Shakira’s bra. This multihued beaded and sequined ...
Gerhard Richter’s “Zwei Liebesaare” Sells For £7.3 mn
Posted in Auctions, Paintings on 6 February 2008
Posted in Auctions, Paintings on 6 February 2008
Another auction at Christie but of a different nature! It invited all those folks who feel high on the very mention of approaching Valentine day. But strictly, you can’t label it as purely a valentine auction as the painting was just a part of a gamut ...
Francis Bacon’s “Triptych 1974-77″ Fetches $51.1 mn
Posted in Art, Auctions, Paintings on 6 February 2008
Posted in Art, Auctions, Paintings on 6 February 2008
In the world of auction, here is the lately happened auction of Francis Bacon’s creation to which you should lend all your ears. Known as triptych, the artwork got sold for $51.5 million (inclusive of Christie’s fees). With this sale “Triptych 1974-77†penned down a record ...
