| Rescued from a skip - the table which went under the hammer for £40,000 (Evening Standard) A rare walnut table which was rescued from a skip has fetched £40,000 at auction. Shrewsbury-based auctioneers Halls said they and the owners of the flap-top table, a family from Powys, were delighted with the price fetched by the lot. us.rd.yahoo.com |
In a Historical House, an Auction of Lincoln Memorabilia An auction house in Yonkers had 19 lots of Lincolniana in its winter auction. nytimes.com |
Private Equity Group Buys Polaroid for $59 Million The pioneer of instant photography was sold in an auction for $59.1 million to the private equity firm Patriarch Partners, an investor in the Arizona Iced Tea brand and the map maker Rand McNally. nytimes.com |
Modernist Furniture of Futures Past Modernist Furniture. nytimes.com |
Treasury Auctions Set for This Week The Treasury’s schedule of financing this week includes an aution of four-week bills on Wednesday and an auction of new three- and six-month bills next Monday. nytimes.com |