auction
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The auction also sold a piano lesson with Simon May, who composed the EastEnders theme tune, for £700, and an Albert Square road sign, signed by the EastEnders cast, which went for £275.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
This means Goldman Sachs can participate in the tender, or auction, process.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
The auction record for a Rothko is his “Orange, Red, Yellow” from 1961 that sold for $86.9 million in 2012, so Sotheby’s example represents the artist’s second-highest price at auction.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
"Ocean Dream," the largest blue-green diamond ever recorded, sold for $17 million Wednesday, Christie's auction house said.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
“Well, she sold it at auction, silly. At an auction you have to sell it to the highest bidder. No one bid higher than $225. It’s that simple.”
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
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