Magna Carta sells in NY auction for $21.3 million
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A rare 710-year-old copy of the Magna Carta was sold at auction for $21.3 million by The Perot Foundation at Sotheby's in New York, the auction house said on Tuesday.
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The "Mona Lisa" of baseball cards has sold for a record $2.35 million(1.2 million pounds).
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A three-canvas painting by Francis Bacon sold in London for 26.34 million pounds (35.24 million euros, 51.68 million dollars) Wednesday, but narrowly missed out on a record for the artist at auction.
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A model of the Starship Enterprise sells for more than Â£300,000 at Christie's in New York.
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Free agent Jaret Wright and the New York Yankees finalized a $21 million US, three-year contract Wednesday, announcing the deal on the pitcher&#39;s 29th birthday.
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One of only 17 existing copies of the Magna Carta, an 800-year-old English royal manuscript setting out the rights of man, sold at auction at Sotheby's in New York Tuesday for 21.3 million dollars.
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"Charging Bull," one of New York's  most recognized statues that once made a brief debut outside  the Stock Exchange, is for sale.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Jaret Wright gave himself a big birthday present, finalizing a three-year, $21-million US deal with the New York Yankees on Wednesday.
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Strong sales for impressionist and modern works were evident this week at New York's premier auction houses, with Paul Gauguin's "Maternite (II)" bringing in &#36;39.2 million and Claude Monet's "London, the Parliament, Effects of Sun in the Fog" &#36;20.1 million.
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A 710-year-old copy of the declaration of human rights known as the Magna Carta â the version that became part of English law â was auctioned Tuesday for $21.3 million.
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AURORA, ONT. - Auto parts giant Magna International on Monday unveiled bids worth a total of about $1.3 billion to take its three publicly traded subsidiaries private.
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including hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne -- contributed to $21.3 billion in insured property loss claims, says actuarial firm ISO.
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A painting of the Houses of Parliament by Claude Monet, sells for $20m (Â£10.8m) at auction in New York.
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A hand-written and illustrated tale of  wizardry by Harry Potter author JK Rowling fetched 1.95 million  pounds ($3.98 million) -- nearly 40 times its expected price --  at auction on Thursday.
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A rare copy of the Magna Carta is sold for Â£10.6m ($21.3m) in an auction at Sotheby's in New York.
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The final book in the Harry Potter series sold a record 8.3 million copies in its first 24 hours on sale in the U.S.
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Tribune Co. said yesterday that it would sell Hoy New York, a free Spanish-language newspaper with a daily circulation of about 56,000, to ImpreMedia, the owner of New York's El Diario La Prensa, the nation's oldest Spanish-language newspaper.