auction
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Auction house Heritage Auctions announced Tuesday that it will partner with the Matthew Perry Foundation to sell the late actor’s collection.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
The Netherlands will launch a new 10-year bond via a Dutch Direct Auction on Tuesday, aiming to issue between 6 billion euros and 7 billion euros.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
Items from Phyllis Rice, the former housekeeper of Christie's holiday home Greenway House in Devon, will go under the hammer at Wessex Auction Rooms in Chippenham, Wiltshire, on Friday.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026
Auction boss Ken Goldin was seen persuading Paul to part with his prized possession in the latest season of Netflix's King of Collectibles: The Goldin Touch.
From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026
His tobacco fetched a high price each year at the Auction Holdings Limited in Lilongwe, where the farmers sold their hundred-kilogram bales on the auction floor.
From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba
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