Summary Box: Yields rise ahead of note auctions

2010-03-19T15:30:41Z

<div id="subtitle">Summary Box: Interest rates rise in the bond market ahead of note auctions next week</div><div><p>MORE SUPPLY: Bond prices weakened late in the day, sending their yields higher, as traders looked ahead to a series of note auctions next week.</p><p>WHAT'S BEING SOLD: The Treasury will hold auctions next week for two-, five-, and seven-year notes.</p><p>STILL WATCHING THE FED: The Pablo Picasso painting entitled 'Portrait of Angel Fernandez de Soto' (The Absinthe Drinker), during a press view at Christies's auction house in London, Wednesday March 17, 2010. According to the auction house, the masterpiece from the artist's celebrated Blue P...

APTOPIX BRITAIN ART PICASSO

2010-03-17T08:17:04Z

Giovanna Bertazzoni, right, Christie's auction house head of Impressionist and Modern Art department, poses for the photographers in front of a 1903 Pablo Picasso painting entitled 'Portrait of Angel Fernandez ...

Picasso portrait, once center of dispute, for sale

2010-03-17T08:30:44Z

<div id="subtitle">Christie's to sell Blue Period Picasso portrait whose ownership was subject of legal dispute</div><div><p>Christie's auction house said Wednesday that it will sell a celebrated Pablo Picasso portrait that was the subject of a dispute about its Nazi-era ownership.</p><p>"Portrait of Angel ENGLAND - MARCH 17: Giovanna Bertazzoni, the Head of Impressionist and Modern Art Department for Christie's, admires a 1903 painting by

Christie's puts record price tag on "key" Picasso

2010-03-17T02:45:14Z

<div><p>LONDON (Reuters) - Christie's has put a record price tag on an important Picasso painting from his celebrated Blue Period that will be offered for sale in London in June.</p><p>"Portrait of

Auctioneer plans $15 million emerging nations sale

2010-03-16T10:00:29Z

<div><p>LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Around 450 works of art from emerging powers Brazil, Russia, India and China will be offered for sale in London next month and auctioneer LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Some 22 pieces of elaborate furniture custom-made for Michael Jackson, including a leather armchair embellished with crystals and gold leaf, will be auctioned off in June, organizers said on Friday.</p><p>Julien's Auctions said the furniture was ordered by the "...

Masterpieces, jewels sparkle in Sotheby's HK sales

2010-03-10T20:15:13Z

<div><p>HONG KONG (Reuters Life!) - Chinese collectors still have an appetite for classical Chinese art, jewels and rare artifacts, auction house Sotheby's said as it revealed the line-up of its Hong Kong sales, expected to net $221 million dollars.</p><p>With some once red-hot seg...

Calif. art patron's collection to be sold in NYC

2010-03-10T12:45:14Z

<div id="subtitle">Calif. art patron's collection heading for NYC auction, includes works from Picasso, Matisse</div><div><p>A late philanthropist's modern art collection featuring a rarely seen work by Pablo Picasso is being auctioned in New York City.</p><p>The seminal painting by Picasso is c...

Christie's to sell $150 million private collection

2010-03-10T07:30:27Z

<div><p>LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Christie's will offer a private art collection valued at more than $150 million in May, the auctioneer said on Wednesday, including a Picasso estimated to be worth $70-90 million.</p><p>The collection, belonging to leading

Lender putting www.sex.com domain on auction block

2010-03-08T16:30:41Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sex.com, often touted as one of the most valuable Internet domain names, is due to head to the auction block next week.</p><p>DOM Partners LLC, a New Jersey lender that backed a 2006 purchase of the domain name for a reported $14 million, is foreclosing on the Internet property, and is due to auction it on March 18 at

Tobacco group's art collection on sale

2010-03-08T10:17:06Z

<div><p>An art collection put together by British American Tobacco over the last 50 years to liven up its factories and "inspire" workers, will be auctioned in Amsterdam on Monday, Sotheby's said.</p><p>The Peter Stuyvesant Collection is "the largest collectio...

Rare De Beers Millennium Jewel Is The First To Appear At Auction

2010-03-08T03:45:56Z

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 08: A Sotheby's employee displays a 5.16 carat pear shaped fancy vivid blue diamond ring, at Sotheby's on March 8, 2010 in London, England. The internally flawless diamond, estimated at 3 - 3.9 million GPB, is the first to come to auction from the Zoe Saldana 'Avatar' star leaving Kaminski auction house in Beverly Hills Los Angeles, California - 05.03.10

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nikolai valuev

2010-03-05T19:21:23Z

Nikolai Valuev aka 'The Beast from the East' The former WBA heavyweight champion attending a charity auction at Slavinsky Art Gallery of St.Petersburg. St.Petersburg, Russia - 06.03.10

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Bank of America warrants sale raises $1.54 billion

2010-03-04T12:45:28Z

<div id="subtitle">Treasury receives record $1.54 billion in auction for Bank of America warrants</div><div><p>The Treasury Department has received a record $1.54 billion from the sale of warrants it received from Bank of America as part of the support it provided during the financial crisis.<...

Christie's to offer major Klein painting in May

2010-03-04T00:15:24Z

<div><p>LONDON (Reuters Life!) - A major work by French artist Yves Klein, made using naked female models coated in his signature blue paint, will be offered for sale at Christie's in New York in May, the auctioneer said on Thursday.&...

China demand driving world wine market growth: study

2010-03-02T01:17:03Z

<div><p>China is expected to be the world's seventh largest wine consumer by 2013, a study showed Tuesday, as the nation's thirst for vintages continues to grow amid an economic boom.</p><p>The country will consume around 1.26 billion bottles of wine in 2013, an increase of about 32 percent from 2009, according to findings of Vinexpo, organiser of one of the world's largest wine and spirits exhibitions.</p><p>China was...

celebrity photo auction

2010-03-01T17:31:53Z

A rare bikini shot of Farrah Fawcett at her rawest, a classic photo of Hollywood starlet Jean Harlow and forgotten snaps of a young, pre-fame George Clooney, Angelina Jolie and Penelope Cruz are set to be the...

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