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Winston Churchill’s Custom Land Rover up for auction
While the SUV buyers have their eyes set on the 2013 Range Rover, the vintage car lovers are waiting to place their bids to own one of the rarest, custom made Land Rover once owned by Sir Winston Churchill. The vintage vehicle stored in a shed for 35 year
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1873 US dime sells for $1.6 million in the coin auction
Historically, people have hoarded coins for their bullion value from the times since coins have ever been minted. Earlier the coins were only collected and catalogued by scholars and state treasuries, while some collectors collected old, and commemorative
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Kit Carson’s Flintlock pistol is up for grabs
In 1800s, the western states were filled with colorful figures, from legendary frontiersman to notorious outlaws. And, New Mexico was home to many of them, including Kit Carson, an American frontiersman, Indian fighter, a rancher, trapper, soldier and all
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A shirt worn by Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce tribe fetches $877,500 at auction
Anything associated with the renowned Native American leader of the Nez Perce tribe, Hin-Mah-too-yah-lat-kekt, popularly known as Chief Joseph, is considered to be highly desirable and sought-after by the worldwide collectors. Now, one of the highly impor
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Hollywood’s props and costumes from the most recognizable characters on sale
At the upcoming Hollywood Auction held by the world’s largest auctioneer of original Hollywood memorabilia, Profiles in History, worldwide collectors will not only get to grab Tom Cruise’s ‘Risky Business’ Porsche 928, but also the rare costumes f
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Auction Buzz: Hot on the auction block
Affluent private collectors these days are buying the best of the things at best of the prices at the worldwide auctions. And, considering this widespread craze among the collectors and to cash on the demand, the world’s acclaimed auction houses also co
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‘Star Trek’ shuttlecraft prop sells for $70,000 at auction
Fictional
Star Trek vehicles specially designed for short trips in space, such as between
planetary surface and orbit, Shuttlecraft has been used extensively in the
original ‘Star Trek’, which is a culturally influential science fiction
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Mahatma Gandhi’s letters estimated to fetch $1 million at auction
The collectors’ appetite for the memorabilia of the Mahatma Gandhi, a freedom fighter, a prime apostle of ‘non-violence’ as a way to achieve social and political goals, duly revered as the Father of Nation in India and looked upon as saint, has show
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Christie’s to auction George Washington’s personal Constitution for $3 million
Memorabilia associated with the first President of the United States of America, George Washington, who was also the dominant military and political leader in the United States from 1775 to 1799, has always garnered huge prices at the auction blocks. We h
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Warren Buffett Charity Lunch Auction for 2012 goes live on eBay
While the billionaires are known to spend thousands of dollars in one go, splurging it out on the most expensive champagne, wines, caviars and most expensive food items, there are those, who command millions of dollars just to have lunch with (read Waren
