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An ex-Orthodox Jewish Man Tries to Auction his Future Place in Heaven
Ari Mandel, a young 31-year-old man with prior Orthodox Jewish beliefs, has been trying to cash in on an innovative entrepreneurship by auctioneering his spot in heaven. Mandel posted his item on eBay and managed to rake up a huge figure amounting to $100,000 from the bidding, before eBay yanked his item off the list. [...]
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Lakshmi Mittal puts Palace Green property on the market with a $166 million price tag
Indian Billionaire Steel tycoon, Lakshmi Mittal has put his Palace Green estate in Kensington on the market, with a price tag of $166 million (£110 million). One of the world’s best known self-made billionaires Mit
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Andy Warhol’s ‘Four Marilyns’ sells for $34 million at Phillips auction
One of the best known artists of the modern era, Andy Warhol has seen some of his iconic creations sell at record prices at auctions, like the Scream Screenprint Marilyn Monroe themed I love your Kiss Forever Forever painting &n
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101.73-carat diamond sells for record-breaking $26.7million at Geneva auction
The thirst for the flawless diamonds doesn’t seem to be coming to an end anytime soon. Perhaps, if it is something as rare as a 101.73-carat flawless diamond, which has taken 21 months to polish and bring it to it’s current brilliance, it does deserve
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Charity Auction on eBay for Lunch With Jack Dorsey to promote entrepreneurship
Though the world has more uber rich people gaining in numbers each day, the numerous social causes seem to exist in similar intensity. In order to divert the much needed funds for the causes, some celebrities have gone ahead and given their time for speci
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Australia’s first banknote printed 100 years ago has gone on sale for $3.6 million
In a rare revision of Australia’s economic history, the first bank-note printed over a 100 years ago has gone on the auction block for a price of A$3.6 million ($3.68 million). Though this year has seen currency land on the auction blocks in the form of
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Steve Wozniak Signed Apple 1 computer set for auction
It has been more than 37 years, but the enigma surrounding the founding of Apple Computers still remains. The same can be said for the first product the team made, the Apple 1 computer, which took computing to the masses for the very first time. For that
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Prophet Mohammed’s footprint and Mahatma Gandhi’s painting up for auction
The auction world, more so the ones that deal with master art pieces, has shown a strong inclination towards Middle Eastern and South East Asian art. We recently saw the Islamic coins auction which gained notoriety for fetching a high price during the auc
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Winston Churchill’s Vintage Daimler DB 18 Drophead Coupe sold for $614,500
Great
Britain’s World War-II Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill was
known to have his own style statements, the main ones being the hat
and the cigar. Apart from those, he was also known to have a fair
liking for cars, like we saw in the case of the Cu -
Coffee with Apple CEO Tim Cook at Apple Headquarters in Cupertino, California costs more than $295,000
Having
a coffee with the Chief Executive of Apple Inc. can certainly have
it’s price. As per latest figures available, the bidding price for a
coffee date with Tim Cook, at the Cupertino Headquarters of Apple,
has topped the $295,000 mark, and is going hi
