The People's Hedge Fund up and running

"StrategeryCapital Management LLC The people's hedge fund About Strategery Strategery is a unique hedge fund. It is the largest in the world, with expected initial capital of $700 billion. It has a free and unlimited credit line should it need more. It has no fixed mandate,...

Vintage UFO on eBay's Auction Table

Right out of the Jetsons !!" Are you an ultra-rich tech enthusiast with a hankering to own a piece of aero-automobile history? Moller International is now offering its M200X, the first flying car of its kind, up for...

Moss' lipstick self-portrait sold

Lipstick is a very pliable medium. I've worked with it once or twice in the past - but usually with a mural in mind. Unfortunately none of my works were ever accepted by my severe critic - my mother adamantly refused...

Yves Saint Laurent Private Art Collection goes to Auction

700 pieces from the late Yves Saint Laurent's private art collection is being put up for auction by his former partner, Pierre Berge.  Christie's will host the auction, which is expected to generate between...

British artist Damien Hirst works fetch record prices

Damien Hirst is today arguably the most successful artist alive in Modern Britain. He has set a record of sort with his new works for more than £65m. One of his work The Black Sheep with the Golden Horn, another...

Picasso masterpiece to be sold by Sotheby's

Arlequin is considered one of Picasso's most important works and has been in the possesion of Surrealist artist Enrico Donati, who died earlier this year, for 50 years. It hasn't been seen by the public for over 45...

Spice Girl Mel B Auctions off Wardrobe and Collectibles

Former Spice Girl Melanie Brown, also known as Scary Spice and Mel B, is selling clothing, collectibles and household items for charity.  The online auction will take place between September 26 and October 26...

eBay Corralling Users Toward PayPal

eBay's terms of service are changing, and not in favor of user choice."Beginning in late October 2008, checks and money orders will no longer be allowed as payment methods on eBay. All items appearing on eBay.com must be paid for using either: PayPal (funded by PayPal...

Damien Hirst Art Auction Sets $200 Million Record

As NowPublic previously reported, widely-acclaimed British artist Damien Hirst set a first-day auction record for sales of his controversial works. After two days, the auction soared to a record breaking $200.7...

Central Banks Offer Extra Funds to Calm Money Markets

As government finance ministries across the world scramble to restore confidence in the global financial system amid the banking collapse this week, the Federal Reserve announced this morning it will almost quadruple...

Sarah Palin Domain Auction Starts at $10 Million

A Canadian friend of Bob McCarty Writes plans to make at least $10 million during the next 10 days through an eBay auction of the domain, www.eSarahPalin.com.That friend, Sheldon Filger of Winnepeg, Manitoba, Canada,...

Pakistani puts Kidney up for online Auction

After body, life and many other weired stuff a Pakistani national has put up his kidney on a Pakistani auction website. So far no bidders have come to avial this offer.The Kidney business in Pakistan is unregulated and foreigners can buy kidneys from impoverished Pakistanis...

Palin did not sell governor's plane on eBay, as claimed

" David J. Sheakley/Associated Press" [At approximately 00:18 GMT, 6 September 2008, this posting was revised, begining at this point.] Alaska's luxury gubernatorial jet, delegates and convention television viewers...

Sotheby's Sues Halsey Minor, Founder of Cnet, $16.8 million

Sometimes, when Sotheby's sells a work they have a "vested interest" which means they have reached a sale price with the seller, and if the painting fails to reach the auction sale price, or isn't sold, Sotheby's...

Royal stockings sold for £8,000

The lure of of stockings prevailed over bloomers when it came to the price realised by a pair of Queen Victoria's legware. Her stockings made £8000 wheras her 50" waist bloomers made only just over half that at a...

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