| Postage Paid: $2.2 Million A rare strip of three Brazilian postage stamps from 1843 has been sold for $2,185,000 at an auction to an anonymous telephone bidder. nytimes.com |
List of Events at Pebble Beach Auction week in Monterey is a classic car enthusiast’s dream, with events taking place around the peninsula. nytimes.com |
Mapping a Human Genome, via an eBay Auction A company called Knome plans to offer its personal gene-sequencing service to the highest bidder in an eBay auction. nytimes.com |
Winds or High Water, the Sales Must Go On Severe winter storms threatened to spoil the vintage-car auctions in Phoenix this year, but all of the area sales were completed as buyers regained some confidence. nytimes.com |
After 17 Years, a Glimpse of a Lunar Purchase New NASA photographs of the moon show a 1970s-era Soviet rover that an American space enthusiast bought at auction for $68,500. nytimes.com |