Cher auction fetches double pre-sale estimates
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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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Artwork attributed to Adolf Hitler is auctioned in England for higher prices than expected.
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A collector's treasure trove of more than 6 million songs -- on vinyl and CDs, in genres from rock and jazz to country and Broadway -- goes up for auction. Bidding starts at $3 million.
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SHARES in Coles Myer raced to another record high yesterday as chief executive John Fletcher forecast double-digit sales growth for 2004-05 after a barnstorming start to the financial year.
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Owners of 45 per cent of US pre-recorded disc market signed
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An auction of hundreds of personal items belonging to Cher kicked off on Tuesday as fans and memorabilia shoppers vied for the singer/actress's ...
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Barry Bonds 's record-breaking 756th home run ball was auctioned yesterday for $752,467, well more than the estimates by memorabilia experts.
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Nearly two hours of relentless bidding for contemporary art at Christie's Rockefeller Center salesroom resulted in a sale total of $92.4 million.
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Barbie in Midnight Red, dating from   1965, sold for a world record 9,000 pounds ($17,000) on Tuesday   as collectors from around the world gathered to bid for a piece   of a unique private collection of 4,000 Barbie family dolls.
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Sotheby&#39;s Holdings Inc. set six artist records at its auction last night of Impressionist and Modern artwork, as a Paul Gauguin painting fetched $39.
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Jewels which belonged to the late  Greek-American opera singer Maria Callas fetched 2.19 million  Swiss francs ($1.87 million) at auction, triple the pre-sale  estimate, Sotheby's said on Wednesday.
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Come October, the highest bidder can sleep in Cher's bed. It's one of 700 items from the superstar's Malibu home that will be auctioned beginning Oct. 3. The sale includes furniture, artwork, jewelry, a 2003 H2 Hummer and original costumes by Bob Mackie.
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At an auction of Kennedy memorabilia at Sotheby's on Tuesday, most lots had multiple bidders, and most of the prices soared to more than 10 times what anyone had expected.
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Airline British Airways reveals pre-tax profits more than doubled to Â£220m in the July to September period.
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Both are scheduled to be available at retail stores in August for "about $100," according to the company.
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An auction of hundreds of personal  items belonging to Cher kicked off on Tuesday as fans and  memorabilia shoppers vied for the singer/actress's rhinestone  costumes, Bentley coupe and a pair of Sonny's old fur boots.
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Sales of music downloads in the final week of 2007 are twice the total recorded in the same period last year.