France: Mitterrand items auctioned
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An auction of items belonged to the late French President Francois Mitterrand, including his famous black felt hat, raised nearly $220,000 for his widow's charity.
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Some 60 objects that once belonged to silent screen icon Charlie Chaplin fetched over 100,000 Swiss francs (83,000 dollars, 62,000 euros) at auction in Geneva, the auctioneer Bernard Piguet has said.
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PARIS, FRANCE.- According to French police, two diamonds worth around $14.1 million dollars, were stolen from an antique dealers' show at the Louvre museum.
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The loan exhibition at this yearâs San Francisco Fall Antiques Show includes Frances Elkins chairs, a lacquered vase by Jean Dunand, a Fritz Henningsen armchair and contemporary seating by Frank Gehry.
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Collection sold at Christie's sparks bidding in person, by phone and via internet.
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France is selling dozens of historic properties, using the proceeds to move government bureaucrats into less expensive properties and to help pay off the national debt.
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The French government sells an historic Paris building in the classified ads
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The French mail order catalogue La Redoute unveiled a collection of clothing and accessories designed by Jean Paul Gaultier who stamped his unique touch to the pleated miniskirts or white trousers included.
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Paintings by such luminary artists as Gauguin, Matisse and Monet will be auctioned next week by the city's top two auction houses, Christie's and Sotheby's, in separate impressionist and modern art sales.
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A collection of items belonging to the late opera star Maria Callas fetches 1.76m Euros (Â£1.26m) at auction.
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NEW YORK - Bidding was fierce for a few big-name works at Sotheby&#39;s fall sale of Impressionist and modern art in New York Thursday evening, but others fell short of pre-sale estimates and about a fifth of the offerings went unsold.
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Blog: Sotheby's is hosting an auction for a lot of video game memorabilia from Dig Dug, Pong and others.
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There's nothing like a little variety to spice up an auction, especially when it comes to the collections of one of the biggest names in numismatics.
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An exhibit at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco features rare furnishings from Marie Antoinetteâs private domain at Versailles.
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A 74-year old man is auctioning a collection of 8,100 items on one of the greatest sex symbols of all times, Bridget Bardot, which he has collected over a period of 58 years.
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Brigitte Bardot, the French former film  goddess turned animal rights activist, quietly celebrated her  70th birthday on Tuesday -- as flocks of devoted fans poured to  a Paris auction to snatch up her memorabilia.
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Some of the world's best cricket players are due to be sold at auction in the Indian city of Mumbai.