The News Review:
- Super rare Superman comic sells for super amount
- BND REPRT: Treasurys Trade Higher After Auction; GE Downgrade …
- High society livestock meet at the Junior Market Steer Auction at …
- Cash-hungry US states turn to Web to auction goods
- Man pleads guilty in stolen Hitler bookmark case
- Some 3000 people attend auction of recovered items
- Rare Roy Rogers guitar up for auction
Super rare Superman comic sells for super amount
New York Daily News
Dolmayan a collector and a dealer of vintage comic books reportedly bought the inaugural Superman issue for a client. Auction site ComicConnect said the book’s previous owner purchased it in 1950 at a secondhand store for a measly 35 cents. “It’s the Holy Grail of comic books” expert. nly 100 copies of the comic exist worldwide – and this edition is one of the few that remain untouched in mint condition.
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BND REPRT: Treasurys Trade Higher After Auction; GE Downgrade …
CNNMoney.com
“It was a sigh of relief to investors who had been concerned going into theauctions that the market would choke on it” said Michael Pond Treasurystrategist at Barclays Capital. Bonds struggled to hold slim gains earlier after a pair of government reportsshowed that retail sales were stronger than anticipated but that jobless claimsrose muddying the outlook for the U.
High society livestock meet at the Junior Market Steer Auction at …
Houston Chronicle
This is evident at the Junior Market Steer Auction the social climax of the rodeo season. Here bidders wearing turquoise crosses and fur stoles sip brandy milk punch while bidding on half-ton steers. Men sport glistening boots of ostrich and alligator. The clothes say “ranch” but the material says “money. ”And money is the fuel that runs this philanthropic machine.
Cash-hungry US states turn to Web to auction goods
Reuters
municipalities strapped for cash as the recession decimates revenues are stepping up sales of everything from old police cars helicopters and bicycles to confiscated jewelry and slot machines in an effort to reduce swollen deficits. And municipalities that previously relied on old-fashioned auctions conducted in local parking lots are getting more sophisticated turning to the online world as they seek to maximize their sales. As many as 46 states are struggling with deficits according to the Washington-based Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. And governments which are required by law to close budget gaps are being creative in seeking ways to meet the shortfall. “Anything that we can dispose of that generates revenue definitely helps to reduce any deficit that we have in the budget” said Greg Spearman director of purchasing for Tampa Florida. Tampa recently raised more than $300000 from the sale of a 1978 Piper police airplane.
Man pleads guilty in stolen Hitler bookmark case
The Associated Press
Police in Spain said three men took it and some jewelry from a glass display case at the auction house Duran Subastas de Arte in Madrid during working hours on ct. Reportedly given to Hitler by Eva Braun after the Nazis surrendered at Stalingrad the turning point in their invasion of the Soviet Union the bookmark is inscribed “My Adolf don’t worry.
Some 3000 people attend auction of recovered items
Youngstown Vindicator
After all most of the items to be sold at auction that day were recovered from a highly publicized theft ring that once operated in the Mahoning Valley but was broken up by authorities about two years ago. The intrigue from that alone would surely draw some curious onlookers to the auction he thought. But what he saw when he stood atop the auctioneer?s stand simply blew him away. ?This had to be one of the largest auctions that this area if not the entire state of hio has seen in a long long time? said Roman of George Roman Auctioneers.
Rare Roy Rogers guitar up for auction
Victorville Daily Press
It’s listed with an expected price of up to $250000 though one local guitar expert believes it could go for even more. “What’s good about this guitar is you’ve got two things going here” said Marc Donner owner of Classic String Repair in Hesperia. “You’ve got the Roy Rogers name and it’s a rare Martin.