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Archive for September, 2007

Marilyn Monroe signed photo makes 9,000 pounds at International Autograph Auctions

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

A signed photo of Marilyn Monroe sold at auction for £9,000 in a collection of 1,000 images that together raised more than £100,000.
The items were a small part of a collection of more than 10,000 autographs owned by Alan Robinson, who spent 30 years waiting outside London theatres and attending awards ceremonies and auctions to […]

Straw bale auction rooms nearing completion

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

The main structure of the largest straw bale building in the UK is nearing completion near Stansted airport. Pioneers of straw bale building in the UK, amazonails of Todmorden, West Yorkshire, are now completing the straw bale walls of the 1,100 sq m (11,800 sq ft)auction room and offices.
The design, with straw bales infilling […]

Carla Lane selling hit TV scripts on eBay for animal sanctuary

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

Liverpool writer Carla Lane is selling original scripts of her TV series on eBay to keep her struggling animal sanctuary open.
The writer, who wrote hit series The Liver Birds and Bread, said the sanctuary would not be able to continue unless she raised more money.
Animal rights activist Mrs Lane, who famously returned her OBE to […]

Rare Scotch whisky tops world record auction price

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

A 157-year-old whisky was sold for more than 29,000 pounds on Friday, setting what is thought to be a world record auction price for a bottle of Scotch.
The Bowmore single malt, which was bottled in 1850, was sold at McTear’s auctioneers in Glasgow for 29,400 pounds to an anonymous telephone bidder, beating the distillery […]

Henry Morton Stanley watch sold for £25700

Friday, September 28th, 2007

AN 18-CARAT gold watch one of Wales’ most famous adventurers used to pay an African chief went under the hammer yesterday for more than four times the asking price.
Best known for his adventures in Africa and the quip “Dr Livingstone, I presume”, Henry Morton Stanley bought the watch before travelling as part of an expedition […]

Concorde parts for auction

Friday, September 28th, 2007

A four-day auction of spare Concorde parts is due to begin in Toulouse, south west France.
The auction is to raise funds for an aeronautical museum for the French city, with the centrepiece one of the two supersonic jets it owns.
Items on sale include a 1.2 ton landing gear, a Mach-monitoring speedometer and a windshield.
Concorde was […]

Bonhams Fortnum & Mason Sale

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

Enthusiastic bidders packed the saleroom at Bonhams in New Bond Street with the aim of buying a piece of history from Fortnum & Masons - one of London’s great iconic institutions.
Prices for paintings, prints, chandeliers, wine, furniture and decorative shop furnishings and fittings soared way over estimate in this one off sale. The entire sale […]