Rare Saxon belt goes on display
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A rare belt buckle which is up to 1,400 years old goes on display at the Museum of London.
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Hidden among the porcelain fox hounds and Burberry tablecloths on sale at eBay.be this week was an unusual item: "For Sale: Belgium, a Kingdom in three parts ... free premium: the king and his court (costs not included)."
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Arena Stage auctioned off a silk kimono from "M. Butterfly" on eBay last week for $637.76. It also unloaded two hand-carved thrones from "Camelot," getting $152.50 for the pair.
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A steam-powered car, billed as the oldest car in the world that still runs will be sold in a Pebble Beach, Calif., auction in August.
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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 tomes provide a rare glimpse into a precolonial African history of intellectual endeavor and will be preserved thanks to an $8 million donation from South Africa.
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Leather may be one of the oldest artists' mediums in the world, but Timberland, the Stratham, N.H., boot and apparel maker, this week is bringing it out in new form.
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A rare 710-year-old copy of the Magna Carta valued at up to $30 million is due to be sold by The Perot Foundation at Sotheby's in New York in December, the auction house said on Tuesday.
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Signet rings, traditionally worn as a paterfamilias hand-me-down, are enjoying a revival.
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AN ANTIQUE wine jug stolen from a church more than 40 years ago has been returned after it was put up for sale on eBay.   The ornate flagon was stolen from St John the Baptist Church in Treswell, Nottinghamshire, in 1965.
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A rare medal awarded to a carrier pigeon who flew top-secret messages from France to Britain during World War Two will be auctioned later today.
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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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An ultra-rare 1929 Mercedes has become the second most expensive car the world has ever seen after selling at a British auction on Friday for 4.18 million pounds (6.16 million euros, 7.43 million dollars).
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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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Rare gold coins - the last treasures of a fabled collector known as the King of Coins - went on pre-auction display Thursday after sitting undisturbed in a Baltimore bank vault for nearly a half-century.
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LONDON  - A 1,000-year-old stone carving that spent years marking the grave of a couple's pet cat was sold at auction Friday for more than &#36;465,000 Cdn.
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A torn piece of the flag that flew on Lord Nelson's last ship, the Victory, sold at auction for &#36;86,600 on Tuesday.