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Thousands of movie props will be auctioned by Rudd’s Auctioneers in Cape Town on August 19 and 20, 2006.
One thousand lots of items from The Prop House hiring company, that have featured in movies such as I Dreamed of Africa, Lord of War, Blood Diamond, The Flood and Ask the Dusk (starring Colin [...]

The assets of fallen hedge-fund manager Kirk Wright fetched about $2 million at an Atlanta auction yesterday – a small fraction of the more than $100 million the Bronx native is accused of bilking from roughly 430 investors, which included several NFL stars and his own mother.
“We’ve got somewhat of a thankless job,” said Scott [...]

UK Auction Info
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During the month of August 2006 bidders will be invited to tender offers to Pro Auction Limited for the content of 245 suites at The Westbury Hotel London, which is currently undertaking a refurbishment of the establishment. The sale is expected to attract interest from across the board of establishments aspiring [...]

UK Auction Info
The first guitar Beatle Paul McCartney played has sold for £330,000 at a London auction.
Brfore the sale it was thought the instrument would fetch around £100,000.
As a schoolboy McCartney learned his first chords on the Rex acoustic guitar belonging to his best friend Ian James, who is now 64 and sold the guitar [...]

UK Auction Info
A series of watercolours believed to have been painted by Adolf Hitler are to be sold by a Cornish auction house.
The 21 watercolours and sketches were discovered in a battered suitcase in a Belgian attic, close to where Hitler served during the First World War.
Jefferys Auctioneers said steps were taken to prove [...]

The majority of phishers target users of the auction site eBay and payment service PayPal, according to a security company.
Researchers at Sophos found that 54.3 per cent of phishing emails caught by its network of spam traps during the year were targeting PayPal users, while 20.9 per cent were aimed at users of the eBay [...]

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Souq.Com is hosting charity auctions for items donated by its members and the public, with the proceeds going to Red Crescent Societies to help with their work in Lebanon. Donations can be made by following a ‘Charity Auctions’ link on Souq.Com’s homepage. Souq.Com will arrange collection of items pledged in the UAE.

US Auction Info
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uBid.com Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: UBHI), whose newly formed subsidiary DIBU Trading Corp., today announced the purchase of certain assets of the online auction company, Bidville, Inc. (OTC BB:BVLE) which includes the company’s customer file, brand name, URL and related online auction technologies.
DIBU Trading Corp. paid an undisclosed amount to acquire primary Bidville [...]

Taiwan’s Fair Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating Yahoo for possible antitrust violation after users complained about the company’s new fee policy for its auction service.
The island’s largest portal announced Tuesday that starting Aug. 10, it will charge users 3 percent of transaction fees on most of the auction items, in addition to current fixed fees [...]

eBayyer.co.uk
Internet auction site eBay saw its second quarter profits drop by 14 per cent compared to last year.
The brand posted profits of $250 million (£135.3 million) for the quarter, down from $291.6 million (£157.9 million) in 2005. The profit decrease confirmed fears of slowing growth but its shares rose five per cent after a share [...]