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At the original gold value, adjusting for today’s $4,300 gold value, it would be worth more than $136,000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Under film chiefs Pam Abdy and Mike De Luca, Warner Bros. developed a reputation for auteur-driven, original stories, particularly after the success of the 2025 slate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
The original line-up began to break apart following Possessed and Cronos pursued solo projects until a short-lived and acrimonious reunion in the mid-90s.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
The reserve for auction is $6.5 million, a 41% drop from the original purchase price of $10.9 million.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
“I just want to complete my original mission. That ripple effect he’s so worried about”—he pointed at JB jeeringly—“pah! You won’t even feel it!”
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
And Everton remain one of only six Premier League originals, along with Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur, who have never dropped out of the top tier.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Entering from the Islamic side, you view a magnificent 19th-century blue-and-turquoise vase, intricately arabesqued with wing-like handles, made in France but based on Alhambra originals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
When mediocrity is the core objective of an extremely powerful company like this one, success hinges on turning the once-discerning viewer into a machine cog as mindless as one of Netflix’s baffling originals.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
The originals “wouldn’t really rake in the money,” she recalls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
I nodded; knowing that the copies would be even further from these scribbled originals which hung upon the wall.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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