Old carving over grave of Winkle the cat draws $383,000 at auction
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A 1,000-year-old stone carving that spent years marking the grave of a couple&#39;s pet cat was sold at auction in London Friday for more than $380,000.
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An auction of more than 700 items  belonging to singer and actress Cher raised over $3.5 million  -- more than double pre-sale estimates -- as celebrity  collectors snapped up her possessions.
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4pm update: The first home of literature's most celebrated siblings lived up to its reputation as cursed when it failed to make its reserve price 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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A trove of Kennedy family paraphernalia, including a letter in which former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy appears to counsel her sister-in-law about marital troubles, will be auctioned off in Connecticut this weekend.
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Hollywood, Fla, Nov. 25 - GoldenPalace online casino paid over US$28,000 yesterday to the owner of a 10-year-old, partially-eaten grilled cheese sandwich believed to carry the image of the Virgin Mary.
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The first major paintings to have been commissioned from Jack Vettriano appear at auction.
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A stone carving that was used as a cat&#39;s headstone has sold for Â£200,000 at auction - five times its estimate. The medieval limestone relief of St Peter was discovered at a quarry by a stonemason Johnny Beeston, from Dowlish Wake, Somerset.
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Impressionist art still brings out the  big spenders, but a successful auction at Christie's on  Wednesday pulled in $92.5 million and showed that contemporary  art sales are where the action.
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By Allison Retka  A St. Louis-based charity that sold raffle tickets for elaborate prizes in St. Charles and Kansas City has been ordered to pay more than $3.6 million in restitution and penalites.   St. Louis County Circuit Judge Steven H.
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Strong sales for Impressionist and modern works were evident this week at New York&#39;s premier auction houses, with Paul Gauguin&#39;s &quot;Maternite (II)&quot; bringing in $39.
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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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Six Lowry paintings are expected to make about Â£3m when they are sold at auction.
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A book of fairy tales created, handwritten and illustrated by J.K. Rowling sold for nearly $4 million at auction Thursday.
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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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The stunning sale of a tiny antiquity has increased interest in the once-overlooked market for ancient coins, sculpture and pottery
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An unknown painting by old master El  Greco, discovered by chance in a brown envelope in a flat in  Spain, will be offered for sale in December with a starting  price of 600,000 pounds ($1.1 million).