After becoming the inadvertent owners of a crumbling building in rural Scotland, a couple spent five years reviving it. With a little help.
Tag: Auctions
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Tickets to Theater on the Night Lincoln Was Shot Sell for $262,500.
Two bits of green paper for admission to Ford’s Theater on the night of Lincoln’s assassination were sold for $262,500.
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Queen Lyrics and Freddie Mercury’s Grand Piano Soar at Auction
Sotheby’s in London began selling about 1,400 items once owned by the charismatic lead singer, who was also a discriminating collector of woodblock prints and other Japanese art.
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A Painting Looted at Least Once, From Hitler, Is on the Block
Some experts believe this 17th-century work now up for sale was originally stolen by the Nazis, but no clues to its prewar owner have turned up in years of searching.
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Christie’s Cancels Sale of Jewelry Connected to Nazi-Era Fortune
The decision follows a backlash from Jewish organizations after the auction house generated $202 million in a spring sale from the jewelry collection of Heidi Horten.