Archive for September, 2006

Mao Zedong portrait saved from auction

Friday, September 29th, 2006

An iconic portrait of Mao Zedong, founder of Communist China, has been spared the auction block and will be permanently preserved in a museum, state media reported.
The original model for the Mao painting that hangs above Tiananmen Square was due for auction in June and had been expected to fetch as much as 1.2 million […]

eBay India Motors sells 100,000 vehicles

Friday, September 29th, 2006

eBay India Motors Marketplace, the leading online B2B Motors marketplace, announced a significant milestone achieved by the sale of the 100,000th vehicle on the eBay India Motors platform. Mr. Rajan Mehra, Country Manager, New Ventures & Payments, eBay India, today commemorated the occasion by felicitating the Delhi-based buyer and seller who completed this landmark transaction. […]

New Bedford Lightship fails to sell at auction

Friday, September 29th, 2006

US Auction Info
The 76-year-old Lightship New Bedford, one of a handful U.S. lightships remaining in the world, was put up for bid but got no takers as potential buyers grumbled about the conditions the city put on the sale.
The city said 20 historic artifacts - including the ship’s foghorn, beacon, […]

Lawrence of Arabia items fetch £264,000

Friday, September 29th, 2006

The compass which helped to create the legend of Lawrence of Arabia, steering him across the desert on a camel during the Arab revolt against the Turks in 1916-18, was sold yesterday for £264,000, together with a cheap watch and an inscribed cigarette case.
The startling price at the Christie’s auction - paid by an anonymous […]

Barbie Doll Makes Auction Record

Thursday, September 28th, 2006

A Barbie Doll in Midnight Red, dating from 1965, sold for a world record 9,000 pounds ($17,000) on Tuesday as collectors from around the world gathered to bid for a piece of a unique private collection of 4,000 Barbie family dolls.
The doll, which had been priced at up to 600 pounds, became the most expensive […]