03-30-09
ARTS AND CRAFTS DESIGNER ROHLFS - FOCAL POINT OF WEEKLY LIVEAUCTIONTALK.COM COLUMN.
Storage-unit auctions on the rise - yet another barometer of the faltering American economy.
HOW A GARDEN SHED LAUNCHED BRITAIN'S BIGGEST EBAY SELLER - Mark Radcliffe has become Britain's first eBay millionaire, just 10 years after launching his online retail business from a garden shed.
Gursky's">Gursky's "99 Cent" Prints Fetch Millions At Auction - Most recently, an anonymous bidder paid $2.48 million – with a sense of irony, one hopes – for Gursky's "99 Cent II Diptychon" (2001), which shows the cluttered interior of a discount store.
Desperate Poor Compete For Scraps of Spoiled Food at Auction - Attendance is up nationwide at grocery auctions, where people bid on food and household items that were either overstocked or past their sell-by date and so no longer suitable for consumption by the employed.
No Reserve Turquoise Hills Family Golf Course Auction, Thursday, April 2 - The transaction includes the 67-acre 18-hole golf course, equipment, liquor license, inventory, and training. There are several RV hookups; therefore, you could “Tin Cup” it.
World's Most Beautiful Cars - The vehicles on our list range in era from the 1937 Alfa Romeo 8C to the Porsche 911, which is still produced today. All have a look that appeals across generations--it usually has to do with uniqueness, simplicity of lines and clever design elements that create illusions of length, curve or muscle.
Gun has shot at record bid - The antique gun is an 1886 model Winchester rifle that was the favorite of many turn-of-the century sportsmen, including President Theodore Roosevelt. The .33-caliber weapon, designed by famed firearms pioneer John Browning. Firearms expert Jack Lewis at Cowan's said the Winchester, consigned from a family in a Southern state, will fetch a minimum sale price of $400,000. Bids could go as high as $600,000.
Stamp auction delivers deals - Collection nets $125,000 over 3 years.
Auctioneer's gavel signals one dream lost, one found - Low prices and interest rates became an opportunity for buyers at a sale of foreclosed homes.
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