Gold may have suffered a temporary setback, but the rich are trading dollars for real things at a furious pace:
Fox fur fetches record prices at Finnish auction
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(Reuters) - Fox fur fetched record
prices at a week-long auction in Finland that ended on Thursday, as
strong demand from Asian buyers made up for weak European spending.Francis Crick's DNA letter to his son sells at auction for a record $6 million
April 10, 2013 at 4:48 PM ET
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Francis Crick sketched this diagram of the DNA double-helix molecule in
a 1953 letter to his son, Michael. "The model looks much nicer than
this," the elder Crick wrote.
Record Auction Price for Barnett Newman, $43.8 Million, Is Set at Sotheby’s
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“Onement VI,” a 1953 abstraction by Barnett Newman, was sold on Tuesday.
By CAROL VOGEL
Published: May 14, 2013
Keats and Bronte’s manuscripts sell for record breaking prices at auction
Amongst the collectible this year, which has seen a surge in demand, is original manuscripts dating back in history, As a part of the Roy Davids Collection Part III: Poetry: Poetical Manuscripts and Portraits of Poets auction event, the John Keats manuscript from his early poem ‘I stood tiptoe on a little hill’ sold for £181,250 ($278,128), and Charlotte Bronte’s ‘I’ve been wondering in the greenwoods’ bought in £92,450 ($141,864), both of which stood to be record breaking prices for their works.
Rare Australian Coin Fetches Record Sale Price
Mar 8, 2013
One of the first coins ever used as Australian domestic currency
was this week sold for the U.S. equivalent of about $508,000, setting a
new world record, the auctioneer said.May 25, 2013, 10:20 am
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Record-Setting $10 Million Silver Dollar Certified By Professional Coin Grading Service
This 1794 Flowing Hair dollar, graded PCGS Specimen 66, set a world
record as the most valuable coin sold in an auction, $10,016,875.
(Photo by PCGS.)
Vintage Apple-1 Sells for Record $671,400
By STEVE LOHR Apple’s stock price may be well down from its peaks last year, but the market for the company’s oldest computers continues to set records.
Emmanuel Dunand/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Sotheby’s sold an Apple-1 for $374,500 last year. A few months later in Germany, one sold for $640,000.World Record auction price for unique Aston Martin DB4GT
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Aston Martin: May 20, 2013 - A
unique Aston Martin DB4GT fetched a world record price of £3,249,500,
the highest ever price paid for an Aston Martin at auction, when it went
under the hammer as part of the Aston Martin Centenary Sale at Aston
Martin Works on 18 May 2013. The sale itself also realised a record
total of over £10 million, with every lot sold.
Corcoran’s Clark Sickle-Leaf Carpet breaks world record at Sotheby’s auction
The Corcoran Gallery of Arts Clark Sickle-Leaf Carpet, from the collection… (Collection of William A.…)
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Harry Winston Buys 101-Ct. 'Perfect Diamond' For Record-Setting $26.7M At Christie's Geneva Auction
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Harry Winston is celebrating its acquisition by the Swatch Group
in a big way as it purchased a pear-shaped, D color, flawless diamond
of 101.73 carats for more than $26.7 million Wednesday at Christie’s Geneva Magnificent Jewels Sale.