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The Barrett-Jackson Auction Company will sell 14 vehicles to benefit various charities at No Reserve during the 38th Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction in Scottsdale, Ariz., Jan. 11-18, 2009. The total marks the most charity vehicles ever sold during a single Barrett-Jackson event, with U.S. automakers General Motors and Ford Motor Company, as well as […]

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Barrett-Jackson to Auction a Record 14 Charity Vehicles

Morphy Auctions December 11 to 13 Winter Sale of 2,900 lots of antique toys, banks, trains and antique advertising, enhanced by the warmth of superior-quality Austrian art-glass lamps and the cheerful colors of vintage Bakelite.
More than 20 Austrian art-glass lamps from the single-owner collection will be auctioned, including a superb figural Peacock lamp whose draped […]

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Art-Glass Lamps, Bakelite Jewelry and Antique Toys Auction Dec 11-13

Morphy Auctions December 11 to 13 Winter Sale of 2,900 lots of antique toys, banks, trains and antique advertising, enhanced by the warmth of superior-quality Austrian art-glass lamps and the cheerful colors of vintage Bakelite.
“With each successive auction we’ve expanded into new categories of fine and decorative art,” said Morphy’s chief operating officer, Dan Morphy. […]

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Austrian Art-Glass Lamps, Bakelite Jewelry and Antique Toys for Morphy Auction

A first edition of W B Yeats poem Easter 1916 has sold for 7,100 euro at Adam’s auctioneers in Dublin.

Written in 1916, the poem sets out Yeats mixed feelings on the event. Only 25 copies were published and distributed among a select number of people for fear of its political impact.

One first edition copy is in the National Library in Dublin and one in the British Library, the whereabouts of the other 22 copies are unknown.

Go here to see the original:
Yeats Easter 1916 Poem Auctioned

This year the auction is at The Ritz-Carlton Tokyo.

Mark Lettenbichler, Area General Manager of The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, said the auction which will feature five smaller white truffles as well as the ‘Queen Tartufo’ star fungus.

Last year, the highest bid at the Alba Truffle Auction was 208,000 US dollars for a 750 gram truffle.

White truffles grow naturally underground with tree roots in Italy. Proceeds from Sunday’s auction will go to a Tokyo-based charity.

Here is the original:
10th Annual World Alba White Truffle Auction