Billionaire and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt won an auction Friday for the 267-foot Alfa Nero, paying $67.6 million for the superyacht that had been “abandoned” in Antigua Bay by a sanctioned Russian oligarch. Source Views: 0
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Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt Buys Snatched Superyacht Of Russian Oligarch At Auction
Netherlands to auction World Cup shirts to support migrant workers
The shirts worn by the Netherlands team during the World Cup will be auctioned to support migrant workers in Qatar, the Dutch Football Association (KNVB) said on Monday, Reuters reports. The KNVB is one of the few football associations to criticise human rights and working conditions in Qatar, where migrant workers and foreigners make up […]
Kaepernick Mocked Thoroughly for Comparing NFL Combine to Slave Auction
Netflix gave Colin Kaepernick appearances and speaking roles in their documentary series about his life, Colin In Black & White. They’re probably regretting that decision. Former NFL quarterback and original anthem protester Colin Kaepernick compared the NFL Combine process to a slave auction in Netflix documentary series chronicling his life experiences. In the series, which […]
Biden administration confirms oil and gas lease auction set for Nov. 17
With recent oil spills in both the Gulf of Mexico and California, the Department of the Interior confirmed its plans to lease land for oil and gas exploration. The auction of 80 million acres of the Gulf of Mexico is set for Nov. 17. The Biden administration’s decision to hold the lease sale is being […]
China Announces First Public State Oil Auction
BEIJING—The Chinese regime plans its first public auction of state crude oil reserves to a select group of domestic refiners, the reserves administration announced, as Beijing looks to cool high raw material costs for manufacturers. The releases will take place in phases and are intended for integrated refining and chemical plants, the National Food and […]
Cigar Butt Discarded by Sir Winston Churchill Could Fetch £1,200 at Auction
A cigar butt discarded by Sir Winston Churchill and picked up by a policeman is expected to fetch up to £1,200 ($1,677) at auction. The item cast aside by the wartime leader in the 1940s will go on sale along with a pair of satin slippers that once belonged to Queen Victoria. Made in the […]
186-year-old account of US diplomatic visit to Holy Land surfaces at auction
JTA — A detailed account of one of the earliest American diplomatic voyages to pre-state Palestine has surfaced as part of an upcoming auction in Jerusalem. The account appears in a handwritten letter from one of the passengers of the USS Delaware, a US Navy ship that visited the Mediterranean Sea in 1834 and made […]
Oregon auction house selling Nazi leader Himmler’s dagger
An auction house located in Portland, Oregon announced that it intends to auction off a rare piece of Nazi memorabilia: A dagger that belonged to Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler. O’Gallerie auction house estimated that the blade and its sheath which belonged to Himmler, who was responsible for the deaths of millions of Jews and was […]
Ryedale Roman Bronze Artifacts Found By Detectorists Head for Auction
A marvelous collection of Roman bronze artifacts that were unearthed in the year 2020 by detectorists in Yorkshire, England, is set to be auctioned next month. The rare Roman bronze collection, includes a bust of Marcus Aurelius , a statuette of Mars and a horse-headed knife handle. If you have the spare cash, you can […]
Unseen Van Gogh goes on public display before Sotheby’s auction in March
If you’re a Vincent Van Gogh fan you’re in for a rare treat. A painting that has been part of the same French family’s private collection for more than a century has gone on display for the first time since it was painted in the spring of 1887. Scène de rue à Montmartre is part […]
Auction house suspends document sale Jews say was stolen during Holocaust
An auction house in New York suspended the sale of a document that a Jewish community in Romania said had been stolen from it. Kestenbaum & Company, a Brooklyn firm that has specialized in the care of rare Judaic material culture for 25 years, on Wednesday pulled off its catalog what the Jewish Community of […]
Auction House Halts Sale of Historic Burial Registry After Jewish Community in Romania Claims Ownership
A detail of the 19th century burial registry of the Jewish community in Cluj, Romania. Photo: Screenshot. A leading New York auction house specializing in rare Judaica has withdrawn from sale a historic document originating from the Jewish community in the Romanian city of Cluj, after learning that the item may have been stolen during […]
Tin Tin artwork sells for 2.6m euros at Paris auction
With his trademark quiff and ever-loyal dog Snowy, Tintin has been entertaining audiences since 1929. An intrepid reporter, his exploits have taken him around the world, solving mysteries, spreading good humor, and exuding an aurora of honesty and decency. One of his lesser-known adventures takes him to China for an encounter with the Blue Lotus. […]
Toyosu fish market holds first tuna auction of 2021
Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market held its first tuna auction of 2021 on Tuesday. Before dawn, buyers in rubber boots inspected the quality of giant fresh and frozen tunas by examining the neatly cut tail end with flashlights and rubbing slices between their fingers. Tokyo’s annual New Year tuna auction ends without the usual jaw-dropping bidding […]
Trump administration rushes to auction off Arctic National Wildlife Refuge drilling rights before Biden inauguration
In what critics are calling a parting gift to the fossil fuel industry, the Trump administration on Tuesday will ask oil and gas companies to choose which areas of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska—which is the sacred homeland of the Gwich’in Indigenous people—they would like to drill. The Washington Post reports the administration’s call for nominations is a […]
Belgian pigeon sells for €1.6m at high-stakes bird auction
New Kim is worth her weight in gold and then some – actually much, much more. A wealthy Chinese pigeon racing fan put down a record price of 1.6 million euros ($1.9 million) for the Belgian-bred bird on Sunday. During a frantic last half hour at the end of a two-week auction at the Pipa […]
German auction sells handwritten Hitler notes despite Jewish group’s objections
BERLIN — Handwritten speech notes by Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler sold at auction in Munich on Friday despite objections from Jewish groups that they could encourage neo-Nazis. The Hermann Historica auction house defended the sale of the manuscripts, all dated to before the outbreak of World War II, saying they were of historical significance and […]
Hitler’s handwritten speech notes sold at auction ‘above asking price’
Speech notes handwritten by Adolf Hitler were sold for €34,000 at a Munich auction house on Friday, despite anger from a European Jewish group. One nine-page manuscript, which outlined a 1939 speech the Nazi dictator gave to new military officers in Berlin, sold for well above its starting price. The items in the auction, dating […]