The News Review:
- Vick’s former home in Ga. fails to sell at auction
- Rare Harry Potter book fetches $19000 at auction
- Dealers bid $24.75 bln in $37.5 bln TSLF auction
- Pizarro: St. Francis High School rolls the dice on auction theme
- LiveBlock Auctions International: Merlin Car Auctions Launches a …
- At Foreclosure Auction Houses Sell in a Frenzy
- Missouri Family Will Keep its Cave
Vick’s former home in Ga. fails to sell at auction
The Associated Press
fails to sell at auctionBy PAUL NEWBERRY – 1 day ago BUFRD Ga. (AP) — Anyone in the market for an eight-bedroom 11-bath home owned by one of the most notorious quarterbacks in NFL history?Well it’s still available. Michael Vick’s gated-community home in suburban Atlanta went up for auction Tuesday with a minimum price of $3. 2 million — a half-million dollars less than Vick paid before he moved into the luxurious dwelling in 2005. But no one showed with the qualifying payment of $160000 which was required just to start the bidding. Vick is in the closing months of a nearly two-year sentence for his role in funding a dogfighting ring a criminal case that left the once-celebrated Atlanta Falcons quarterback in financial shambles. He is scheduled to be released July 20 and could be transferred to home confinement as early as May 21.
Rare Harry Potter book fetches $19000 at auction
Paste Magazine
A first edition Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone was sold at an auction in Dallas Texas recently for a whopping $19120. The soft-cover book was one of the first 200 printed and published in the United States and was signed by J. The auction house staff estimated that the book would go for $12000 but apparently they misjudged how far Potter fanatics are willing to go for a potion fix.
Dealers bid $24.75 bln in $37.5 bln TSLF auction
Reuters
75billion of bids for the $37. 5 billion of Treasuries offered inthe Federal Reserve’s 28-day Term Securities Lending Facilityauction on Wednesday the New York Fed said on its Website. The bid-to-cover ratio a gauge of demand was measured at0. 66 above a ratio of 0. 30 in a similar auction on March 4. Dealers can lend out the Treasuries in exchange forshort-term cash loans in the U.
Pizarro: St. Francis High School rolls the dice on auction theme
San Jose Mercury News
Francis High School hosts its annual fundraising event. This year’s theme is “Vegas Knights” In addition to the usual silent and live auctions organizers will have casino-style gaming tables at the March 28 gala. It’s all for fun of course. People have gambled (and lost) enough on the stock market lately so a little fantasy winning might be just what the doctor ordered. Keeping with the theme the dress code is “Vegas chic. ” What that means may depend on whether you spend your time at the high-class Bellagio or the lower-rent Golden Nugget.
LiveBlock Auctions International: Merlin Car Auctions Launches a …
FXBusiness
The innovative real-time seamless technology is being used worldwide in over 2000 monthly auctions! This move reaffirms Merlin’s tradition of providing new avenues of service to its clients both consignors and buyers. Merlin Car Auctions Managing Director David Byrne said the company selected LAI to provide real-time online auction bidding technology because they have a proven track record in delivery. Merlin Live reacts to the needs of its customers by offering buyers in today’s challenging market conditions the greatest competitive advantage. This service enables buyers to access the physical auction with live sound and video and to bid alongside attendees at Merlin’s bi-weekly car auctions. The LAI system integrates on-line bidding by closely duplicating the traditional auction experience without altering the live-auction.
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At Foreclosure Auction Houses Sell in a Frenzy
New York Times
“The economy is much more severe these days” Mr. “We’re seeing more foreclosures than any other time in the 19 years we’ve been in business and we have auctions almost every day all across the country sometimes more than one auction a day. ”utside the Javits Center some 20 protesters — among them labor leaders antiwar activists and someone from City Councilman.
Missouri Family Will Keep its Cave
Wall Street Journal Blogs
Curt and Deborah Sleeper had plans to auction their 15000-square-foot home which is built inside a former limestone and sandstone cave. But John Demarest the founder and owner of Logical Source Inc. a document managing company based in Fairfield N. has offered the family a private mortgage contract consisting of a 15-year loan with a low interest rate.