The News Review:
- Madonna’s love letters erotic tapes in NY auction
- Interest rates mixed at weekly Treasury auction
- China to auction more lympic items on anniversary
- IBG nabs New Vine Logistics’ assets for $4.5M at foreclosure auction
Madonna’s love letters erotic tapes in NY auction
The Associated Press
The Material Girl’s material is among nearly 500 personal celebrity items including Jimi Hendrix’s $1 performance contract and Muhammad Ali’s training robe being offered in an online auction ending Aug. The Gotta Have It! auction house says the 1965 contract between Hendrix and PPX Enterprises is believed to be his first. Ali trained in the terry cloth robe for his third fight against Ken Norton in 1976 at Yankee Stadium. Madonna faxed love letters to her then-boyfriend Jim Albright and left naughty messages on his answering machine in the early 1990s. The messages are on two micro-cassette tapes estimated to sell for up to $40000.
Interest rates mixed at weekly Treasury auction
The Associated Press
The Treasury Department auctioned $32 billion in three-month bills at a discount rate of 0. 190 percent unchanged from last week. Another $31 billion in six-month bills was auctioned at a discount rate of 0. 275 percent down from 0.
China to auction more lympic items on anniversary
The Associated Press
rganizers have said they made a profit excluding infrastructure spending. The 640-pound barbell was the one Zhang Xiangxiang knelt and kissed after winning the gold medal in the men’s 137-pound division. Also up for auction are an lympic torch autographed by former IC president Juan Antonio Samaranch and torches from previous games. “These articles as an important part of the lympic heritage attracted wide attention of the media and borne the spirit of lympic Games with touching stories” said the state company which was appointed by organizers to dispose of assets. The auction will be held at the company’s auction venue in Beijing and 13 other cities as well as on a Web site. The firm has collected $27 million by auctioning off 700000 lympic items in the past year including an extra-long bed slept in by NBA star Yao Ming. Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press.
IBG nabs New Vine Logistics’ assets for $4.5M at foreclosure auction
Bizjournals.com
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