The News Review:
- Double JJ Auction Today Raised Nearly $10 Million;ResortWill …
- Celebrity Astronauts Offer Experiences & Artifacts in Charity Auction
- TREASURIES-Bonds down after GDP reading, ahead of auction
- Postage Stamp Sells for $1035000 in New York Auction
Double JJ Auction Today Raised Nearly $10 Million;ResortWill …
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6-acre piece of property. Personal property was auctioned
second, with the entire lot of animals sold to one bidder. Bruinsma time to negotiate for an entirety
purchase which would allow the resort the best possibility of re-opening
as an operating unit. Hundreds of interested bidders of horses, dogs and other animals
did not have the opportunity to bid since the animals were sold off in
one large tract. The Double JJ Ranch and Resort is a 1,200+ acre property with an
indoor water park, 18-hole golf course, horseback riding, and hotel and
conference center all among a Wild West theme. The ranch opened in 1937
and has hosted individual travelers, weddings, conventions, family
vacations and the highly successful 2008 Rothbury Music Festival.
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Celebrity Astronauts Offer Experiences & Artifacts in Charity Auction
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Now, bidders will have the chance to own a jacket worn in space by a real astronaut, a flown food container from the legendary Apollo 13 flight or a rare NASA 50th anniversary print signed by over 20 space heroes! Other lots up for grabs include lunch with John Glenn, skydiving with 5-time Space Shuttle astronaut Robert Gibson and viewing a Space Shuttle launch with the first shuttle pilot Robert Crippen!
“The astronaut experiences are a great way to combine our hobbies with our dedication to the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation,” said Mercury astronaut and ASF founder Scott Carpenter. “The Foundation has a long standing commitment to support the best and the brightest science and engineering college students this country has to offer. This auction will generate significant funds for these students. ”
Bidders may view the auction lots online now, and in-person on November 7, 2008 at ASF’s Astronaut Autograph & Memorabilia Show at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, FL, where astronauts will be signing autographs for the public. The auction closes on Saturday, November 8, 2008, at 9:30 p.
TREASURIES-Bonds down after GDP reading, ahead of auction
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Treasury debt prices fell on Thursday as stocks rose after data showed the economycontracted less than expected in the third quarter, curbing theallure of safe-haven government debt. A pending 5-year note auction also weighed on prices,analysts said. stocks posted moderate gains in late morning trade,reducing some of the safe-haven demand for governmentsecurities, analysts said. “To a large extent what we have been seeing is a mirroringof the equity markets as the risk aversion trade drives a lotof the action,” said John Canavan, market analyst at researchcompany Stone & McCarthy in Princeton, New Jersey.
Postage Stamp Sells for $1035000 in New York Auction
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post office in 1868 sold for $1,035,000
in an auction held today in New York City. The price includes the 15% buyer’s
premium. The stamp was bought by a collector who bid anonymously over the telephone
at Siegel Auction Galleries, a firm that specializes in rare stamp auctions.