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Teenage model sells her virginity for £2m to Abu Dhabi businessman so she can pay tuition fees
Part-time student Giselle auctioned herself off on German website Cinderella Escorts
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Da Vinci portrait of Christ sells for record $450.3 million
The painting, only recently rediscovered, was the last da Vinci left in private hands
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Largest diamond ever auctioned sold for record $34 mn in Geneva
It is a 163.41-carat flawless D colour jewel, suspended from an emerald necklace called The Art of Grisogono
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Da Vinci portrait expected to make $100 million at auction
The painting stands as the first discovery of a Da Vinci painting since 1909
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CDA raises over Rs8.58b in a single day
Civic body sells 10 commercial plots on the second day of auction
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CDA raises Rs500m on first day of latest auction
Civic agency auctioned 15 residential plots
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CDA to auction 80 residential, commercial plots next week in Islamabad
Bidding process would be spread over three days
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Never-before-seen photo album of Adolf Hitler up for auction
The photo album was found in April 1945 in the bedroom of Hitler's long-time companion Eva Braun
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Hitler's phone sells for more than $240,000
The Siemens rotary telephone is embossed with a swastika and the eagle symbolic of the Third Reich
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Bluefin Tuna snapped for $636,000 at Japan auction
Japan consumes a large portion of the global bluefin catch, a highly prized sushi ingredient
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Sale of Tintin drawings set to break records
The 1954 book by artist Herge's masterpieces is valued at at least 900,000 euros
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Rare blue diamond goes under hammer in Geneva for $17 million
The 8.01-carat "Sky Blue" diamond in a Cartier setting was snapped up for $17.1 million
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De Kooning painting sold for record $66.3 million
The imposing work, which measures 7 by 6.5 feet (2 x 2.2 meters), was painted by the Dutch-American artist in 1977
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PTA and the latest spectrum auction
Scant interest reveals how timing was a result of poor decision-making
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Whitney Houston's awards, costumes, memorabilia are up for auction
Sale will also include Houston's 1986 Emmy Award and her personal script for 'Waiting to Exhale'
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Auction for 3G telecom spectrum in June: Dar
Finance minister asks opposition to decouple politics from economy
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Frida Kahlo painting sells at auction for record $8 million
Kahlo was the first Latin-American artist to cross the million-dollar threshold when Diego y Yo went for $1.4m in 1990
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Statue of Hitler goes for $17.2 million at NY auction
The wax and resin statue entitled simply "Him" had been expected to fetch between $10 million and $15 million
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California auctioneer pleads guilty to $1 mln ivory, rhino horn smuggling
After a rhino carving sold at auction for $230,000, Chait made false documents putting the value at $108.75
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Furniture from JFK's Florida home fetches $400,000 at auction
Auctioneers sell furniture and decorative arts from famed "Winter White House" with best-selling items
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What a gem: Hong Kong tycoon buys daughter $48 million diamond
The sale comes the day after he spent $28.5 million buying a rare 16.08-carat pink diamond
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Pink diamond nets $28.55m in healthy stone market -Christie's
A Chinese client based in Hong Kong who wished to remain anonymous, bought the diamond weighing 16.08 carats
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Modigliani nude sells for $170m, second-highest price ever paid at art auction
Final price for the 1917-18 portrait Reclining Nude was second only to Picasso's Women of Algiers which sold for $179m
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Beatles guitar fetches $2.4 mn at US auction
Memorabilia belonging to Elvis Presley and Kurt Cobain also went under the hammer
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Watch worn by US astronaut on Moon sells for $1.6m
The commander of the 1971 Apollo 15 mission wore the Bulova Chronograph while conducting experiments on the Moon