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Rare pink diamond could fetch $38M at auction (AP)

October 5th, 2010

This is an undated image of a pink diamond made available by Sotheby's Tuesday Oct. 5, 2010. Sotheby's says it will auction a rare pink diamond next month that could fetch up to $38 million. The auction house says the 'fancy intense pink' gem is being sold by an unnamed private collector and was last on the market 60 years ago. (AP Photo/Sotheby's) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY NO SALES ONE TIME USE ONLY NO ARCHIVE **AP - A rare pink diamond that goes on sale next month could fetch up to $38 million, according to auctioneers Sotheby’s. The “fancy intense pink” 24.78 carat gem is…

Churchill’s choppers sold at auction in England (AP)

July 29th, 2010

In this photo released by Newsmakers PR a part of a set of dentures used by the wartime British Prime Minister Winston Churchill is seen, Thursday July 29, 2010. The Royal College of Surgeons of England says the partial dentures were a tool that the Prime Minister relied upon to overcome a childhood lisp. They are being put on auction with an estimated value of 4,000 pounds to 5,000 pounds ($6,200 to $7,800.) (AP Photo/Newsmakers) ** ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES **AP - A partial set of dentures used by former British leader Winston Churchill — described as the teeth that saved the world — sold at auction Thursday for 15,200…

Napoleon’s lock of hair sold in NZ auction (AP)

June 30th, 2010

AP - Rare memorabilia of former French Emperor Napoleon 1st, including a lock of hair cut from his head after he died in exile in 1821 on the remote island…

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