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Guitar That Broke Oasis Up To Be Auctioned On May 17 In Paris
A Paris auction house will next month sell a guitar smashed backstage at an Oasis concert in an incident that triggered the break-up of the British supergroup and a long-running fraternal feud between star frontmen, Liam and Noel Gallagher.
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World's First SMS Sells For Over 100,000 Euros In Paris Auction
The first text message ever sent, reading "Merry Christmas," was sold on Tuesday for 107,000 euros ($121,000) as a 'Non-Fungible Token' at a Paris auction house.
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"Secret Masterpiece" By French Artist Sold For 1.44 Million Dollars In Paris
A monumental sculpture by the late French artist Claude Lalanne that sat on the grounds of a school for decades unknown to art lovers has fetched 1.24 million euros ($1.44 million) at auction, blowing past estimates.
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Meet "Big John": World's Biggest Triceratops On Sale In Paris
A Paris auction house will seek to sell in October the world's biggest known example of the dinosaur triceratops, known as "Big John", with the spectacular skeleton on show to the public beforehand, organisers said Tuesday.
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Remains Of The Day: Dinosaur Skeleton Fetches 3 Million Euros
The near-complete skeleton of a carnivorous dinosaur which roamed the earth around 150 million years ago was sold at a Paris auction house on Tuesday for 3 million euros ($3.52 million).
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Rare Paul Gauguin Painting Sells For 9.5 Million Euros At Paris Auction
A rare canvas by French artist Paul Gauguin from his time in Tahiti fetched 9.5 million euros ($10.5 million) in Paris on Tuesday, nearly twice its estimated value, the auction house said.
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No Paris Self-Destruct As Banksy Prices Stay Anchored
Several works by mercurial artist Banksy went under the hammer Wednesday at Paris auction house Artcurial but no work auto-destructed as happened earlier this month at Sotheby's.
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"You Never Know": Auction House Braces For Banksy Sale After Shredding
Paris auction house Artcurial held its breath Wednesday ahead of the sale of four works by Banksy, unsure what to expect following the enigmatic artist's shredding of a painting just moments after it went under the hammer.
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Want To Buy A Dinosaur? Two On Sale In Paris
The skeletons two Jurassic age (161-145 million years) dinosaurs, a Diplodocus and an Allosaurus are being auctioned on April 11 at the Drouot auction house in Paris. The dinosaur skeletons are being marketed as hip interior design objects -- for those with big enough living rooms.
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Tintin Drawing Sells For Record 1.55 Million Euros In Paris
An original drawing from "Explorers on the Moon", widely regarded as one of the two best Tintin adventures, sold for a record 1.55 million euros at a Paris auction on Saturday, auction house Artcurial announced.
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Rare Ancient Egyptian Shroud Goes Under Hammer in Paris
A rare 3,400-year-old Egyptian burial shroud goes under the hammer in Paris on Thursday, on the latest leg of a journey that has seen it passed down from a billionaire banker to his wife and, later, his mistress.
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Napoleon's Two-Pointed Hat Auctioned for 1.9 Million Euros
One of Napoleon's famous two-pointed hats was sold on Sunday to a South Korean collector for 1.9 million euros ($2.2 million) at an auction outside Paris.
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Auction of Hitler box, other Nazi items nixed
A Paris auction house has dropped plans to sell a swastika-covered box that once belonged to Adolf Hitler and dozens of other Nazi-owned objects that were collected as war spoils from World War II, blaming "political pressure."
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Not-so Hell's Angel: Pope Francis' Harley-Davidson for sale
A Harley-Davidson motorcycle that was once given to Pope Francis by the manufacturer is to go on sale next month in Paris, a British auction house said on Monday.
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Napoleon's engagement ring on auction in Paris
A simple diamond and sapphire engagement ring that Napoleon Bonaparte offered to his first wife Josephine goes on auction near Paris next month, the auction house Osenat said on Friday.
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Guitar That Broke Oasis Up To Be Auctioned On May 17 In Paris
A Paris auction house will next month sell a guitar smashed backstage at an Oasis concert in an incident that triggered the break-up of the British supergroup and a long-running fraternal feud between star frontmen, Liam and Noel Gallagher.
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World's First SMS Sells For Over 100,000 Euros In Paris Auction
The first text message ever sent, reading "Merry Christmas," was sold on Tuesday for 107,000 euros ($121,000) as a 'Non-Fungible Token' at a Paris auction house.
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"Secret Masterpiece" By French Artist Sold For 1.44 Million Dollars In Paris
A monumental sculpture by the late French artist Claude Lalanne that sat on the grounds of a school for decades unknown to art lovers has fetched 1.24 million euros ($1.44 million) at auction, blowing past estimates.
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Meet "Big John": World's Biggest Triceratops On Sale In Paris
A Paris auction house will seek to sell in October the world's biggest known example of the dinosaur triceratops, known as "Big John", with the spectacular skeleton on show to the public beforehand, organisers said Tuesday.
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Remains Of The Day: Dinosaur Skeleton Fetches 3 Million Euros
The near-complete skeleton of a carnivorous dinosaur which roamed the earth around 150 million years ago was sold at a Paris auction house on Tuesday for 3 million euros ($3.52 million).
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Rare Paul Gauguin Painting Sells For 9.5 Million Euros At Paris Auction
A rare canvas by French artist Paul Gauguin from his time in Tahiti fetched 9.5 million euros ($10.5 million) in Paris on Tuesday, nearly twice its estimated value, the auction house said.
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No Paris Self-Destruct As Banksy Prices Stay Anchored
Several works by mercurial artist Banksy went under the hammer Wednesday at Paris auction house Artcurial but no work auto-destructed as happened earlier this month at Sotheby's.
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"You Never Know": Auction House Braces For Banksy Sale After Shredding
Paris auction house Artcurial held its breath Wednesday ahead of the sale of four works by Banksy, unsure what to expect following the enigmatic artist's shredding of a painting just moments after it went under the hammer.
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Want To Buy A Dinosaur? Two On Sale In Paris
The skeletons two Jurassic age (161-145 million years) dinosaurs, a Diplodocus and an Allosaurus are being auctioned on April 11 at the Drouot auction house in Paris. The dinosaur skeletons are being marketed as hip interior design objects -- for those with big enough living rooms.
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Tintin Drawing Sells For Record 1.55 Million Euros In Paris
An original drawing from "Explorers on the Moon", widely regarded as one of the two best Tintin adventures, sold for a record 1.55 million euros at a Paris auction on Saturday, auction house Artcurial announced.
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Rare Ancient Egyptian Shroud Goes Under Hammer in Paris
A rare 3,400-year-old Egyptian burial shroud goes under the hammer in Paris on Thursday, on the latest leg of a journey that has seen it passed down from a billionaire banker to his wife and, later, his mistress.
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Napoleon's Two-Pointed Hat Auctioned for 1.9 Million Euros
One of Napoleon's famous two-pointed hats was sold on Sunday to a South Korean collector for 1.9 million euros ($2.2 million) at an auction outside Paris.
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Auction of Hitler box, other Nazi items nixed
A Paris auction house has dropped plans to sell a swastika-covered box that once belonged to Adolf Hitler and dozens of other Nazi-owned objects that were collected as war spoils from World War II, blaming "political pressure."
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Not-so Hell's Angel: Pope Francis' Harley-Davidson for sale
A Harley-Davidson motorcycle that was once given to Pope Francis by the manufacturer is to go on sale next month in Paris, a British auction house said on Monday.
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Napoleon's engagement ring on auction in Paris
A simple diamond and sapphire engagement ring that Napoleon Bonaparte offered to his first wife Josephine goes on auction near Paris next month, the auction house Osenat said on Friday.
