Queen Elizabeth II's 'get-well-soon' letter sold at auction
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A get-well-soon letter written by Queen Elizabeth II as an 11-year-old girl was sold for 1,140 pounds at auction Thursday -- double its original asking price.
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A rare copy of the Magna Carta, the document that enshrined human rights in English law, is to be sold in New York.
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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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JOHANNESBURG - Mark Thatcher&#39;s mansion in the leafy Cape Town suburb of Constantia is going up for sale today for R24 million, according to a newspaper report.
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The Royal Mail today said it was on course for recovery, revealing it was making Â£1m a day after having lost Â£1m a day two years ago.
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British Queen Elizabeth II sent a special Christmas message to British troops serving overseas, the recorded radio message will be aired on Saturday afternoon, said Buckingham Palace, BBC reported.
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A letter revealing the money worries of a pre-fame John Lennon expects to raise $25,000 at auction.
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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A rare 710-year-old copy of the Magna Carta, among the most important historical documents ever to hit the auction block, sold for $21.3 million on Tuesday at Sotheby's.
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A collection of Maria Callas memorabilia from her husband's estate, including letters, photographs and musical scores, will be auctioned later this year.
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A painting by Winston Churchill, which President Truman called one of his "most valued possessions" after receiving it as a gift from the British prime minister in 1951, will be sold at Sotheby's, the auction house said Saturday.
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A signed proof of Ernest Hemingway's novel, "For Whom the Bell Tolls," will be offered at auction in November.
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A rediscovered masterpiece by Austrian expressionist Egon Schiele was to go under sale in a highly anticipated auction Tuesday, a highlight of a bumper week in the buoyant London art market.
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The British Queen Elizabeth II has recorded a special Christmas message for British troops, Buckingham Palace revealed on Thursday.
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A portrait of Florentine ruler Lorenzo de' Medici by Raphael sells for more than Â£18m at auction in London.
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A portrait of the British super-model Kate Moss, heavily pregnant and looking uncharacteristically unglamorous, will be sold at auction next February, Christie's auction house said.
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British auction house Christie&#39;s agreed Tuesday to pull from auction a letter written by Mahatma Gandhi shortly before his death, and return it to the Indian government, it said in a statement.