Archive for October, 2005

Harry Potter Ford Anglia car stolen

Saturday, October 29th, 2005

One of the world’s most famous cars, the turquoise Ford Anglia used in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, has been stolen from outside a Cornwall film studio.
Devon and Cornwall police said they were keeping an open mind about whether the car was stolen to order for a collector, or was taken by an […]

More Rugby clubs in online ticket probe

Saturday, October 29th, 2005

The Welsh Rugby Union is to take action against four more Welsh rugby clubs - over the sale of tickets to internationals on an online auction.
They are Loughor, Pontllanfraith, Narberth and Abercrave.
Rugby authorities in New Zealand and Australia are also being asked how some of their allocations ended up on sale.

Unique StrongARMComputer in eBay auction

Friday, October 28th, 2005

A StrongARM powered prototype Acorn Network Computer has surfaced on an online auction house. The kit, known as a ‘Fast NC’ or ‘Office NC’, is being sold off by ex-Acorn engineer Piers Wombwell, who used the unreleased machine to port Java to RISC OS.
The NC, which has been gathering dust in Piers’s attic, is essentially […]

Christie’s Scottish Art Sale

Friday, October 28th, 2005

A celebrated painting by the Scottish colourist, Samuel John Peploe, sold for close to half a million pounds in Edinburgh yesterday.
The £433,600 for Pink Roses, Fruit and Books on a Polished Table was the third highest ever paid for the artist at the auction house, Christie’s, and the fourth highest for a Scottish painting.
Night Moves, […]

Puskas football sale raises more than £100,000

Friday, October 28th, 2005

One of the world’s greatest ever footballers sold his kit for more than £100,000 at auction today to help in his battle with terminal illness. Hungarian and Real Madrid legend Ferenc Puskas who is desperately ill with Alzheimer’s in a Budapest hospital was forced to sell off his medals, including the golden boot he was […]

Cup of Tea on eBay

Friday, October 28th, 2005

A BIDDING war is brewing after a cup of the nation’s favourite drink was offered for sale on the internet.
Even Billy Gibbons of Audlem near Nantwich in Cheshire thought it was a crazy idea to offer a `Nice Cup of Tea’ to the highest bidder on eBay.
But he has already had offers from 11 tea […]

Welsh rugby bosses want ‘Ticket Touts’ outlawed

Friday, October 28th, 2005

Calling on the Government to outlaw the sport’s black market by treating touts who sell international tickets as criminals. The move came on the day officials launched an investigation into how Welsh international tickets allocated to the New Zealand Rugby Union and seven Welsh clubs ended up on internet auction site eBay. Paul Sergeant, Millennium […]