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Archive for September, 2006

eBay Cricket World Cup tickets invalid

Saturday, September 30th, 2006

Australian Auction Info
Tickets for next year’s cricket World Cup on internet auction sites or from third-party outlets will not be honoured, organisers warned today (AEST).
Only tickets sold through authorised travel agents and the International Cricket Council’s public ticketing program will be valid for entry at the tournament, which is being held for the first time […]

Rare Titanic life jacket for Wiltshire auction

Saturday, September 30th, 2006

One of the few remaining lifejackets from the Titanic is expected to fetch up to £40,000 at an auction.
The vest is among 360 items connected to the disaster going under the hammer at Henry Aldridge & Son in Wiltshire.
Dozens of letters, sent by passengers before the ship sank in 1912 on its maiden voyage with […]

Merrill Lynch London Indian Art - Oct 5

Saturday, September 30th, 2006

Merrill Lynch will auction 40 lots of exclusive Indian artwork on October 5 at Mall Galleries in London.
In one of the largest initiatives by a non-auction house to cash in on the growing popularity of Indian art, it is roping in top artists, including Jehangir Sabavala, Akbar Padamsee, Anjolie Ela Menon, NS Bendre, Paritosh Sen, […]

eBay Announces My World

Saturday, September 30th, 2006

eBayyer.co.uk
eBay announced My World, which it is calling an updated profile page that “enables you to showcase your personality and interests by combining many of the features already available on eBay.” The concept is similar to MySpace, a popular community site with social networking features. eBay’s My World will let users draw from existing features […]

Sir Kyffin Williams artworks sold at Chester auction

Friday, September 29th, 2006

Two paintings by one of Wales’s greatest painters fetched £75,000 at auction, less than one month after his death.
The artwork by Sir Kyffin Williams was typical of his brooding, slate-grey Welsh landscapes, most likely painted with his palette knife.
They were sold by Bonhams Auctioneers in Chester.
An oil on canvas titled Sunset Rhoscolyn fetched £47,350, coming […]

eBay Launches DoorOne

Friday, September 29th, 2006

eBay launched a new shopping site on Wednesday called DoorOne in four countries: the UK, France, Germany and Australia. The DoorOne sites are currently identical to eBay’s comparison shopping site Shopping.com in terms of features, though it sports a different design and branding. eBay launched DoorOne because it does not own the Shopping.com URLs in […]

Barbie Doll Makes Auction Record

Friday, September 29th, 2006

AuctionInfo.org
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 […]