Magna Carta sold for 21.3 million at New York auction
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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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A Quran written in 1203, believed to be the oldest known complete copy, has sold for more than $2.3 million at an auction.
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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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The price of a licence to operate a New York taxi cab hit a record $600,000 (303,000 pounds) in May, according to a lending company which financed the purchase.
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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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A view of the River Thames painted by Claude Monet sold for almost $36 million at auction Monday, kicking off a week of big-budget sales on the London art market.
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A painting by Italian Renaissance artist Raphael that had not been seen publicly for more than 40 years was sold at auction Thursday for $37.2 million.
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New York, NY (Sports Network) - A bat once used by legendary baseball player Babe Ruth sold for $1.26 million at an auction on Thursday, marking the third- highest price ever paid for a piece of sports memorabilia.
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A painting by John Singer Sargent sells for $23.5m (Â£12.1m), setting a new auction record for the artist.
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Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers conducted its largest sale to date in company history last week in Moerdijk, (Rotterdam), the Netherlands, earning over $68 million in gross auction sales.
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Christie's sold a Francis Bacon triptych  for 26.3 million pounds ($51.7 million) late on Wednesday, the  highest price paid at a European auction for a post-war work,  and narrowly short of the artist's record.
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NEW YORK (Sports Network) - The New York Yankees and free  agent pitcher Jaret Wright have finalized a three-year contract  worth a reported $21 million.
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A cabinet sells for Â£19m at Christie's, making it the most expensive piece of furniture sold at auction.
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A rare watercolour painting by sculpture Modigliani sells for Â£423,000 at an auction in London.
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Arts & entertainment: First edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone fetches Â£19,700 at auction.
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Collectors have consigned hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of art for the November sales in New York.
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The 18th-century Badminton Cabinet has broken its own record as the most expensive piece of furniture sold at an auction, fetching more than Â£19 million ($36 million) at a sale.