<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - auction</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/auction</link><description>Newsvine - auction</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 08:08:56 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 11:16:05 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Sample of Gandhi's blood goes up for auction - CNN.com</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[manzil]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[manzil]]></source><link>http://manzil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/22/18413666-sample-of-gandhis-blood-goes-up-for-auction-cnncom</link><guid>http://manzil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/22/18413666-sample-of-gandhis-blood-goes-up-for-auction-cnncom</guid><category>blood</category><category>auction</category><category>world-news</category><category>mahatma-gandhi</category><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 08:07:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=manzil69936E68-021B-2AEE-F5D7-C119442BD1C3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=manzil69936E68-021B-2AEE-F5D7-C119442BD1C3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Kobe Bryant, mom feud over N.J. auction</title>
<description><![CDATA[A South Jersey sports-collectibles firm is at the center of a family fight between basketball star Kobe Bryant and his mother.
Goldin  Auctions of West Berlin wants to sell more than 100 items from the Los  Angeles Lakers' pro career and his days as a high school player in  subu&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[potato6000]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[potato6000]]></source><link>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/04/18061276-kobe-bryant-mom-feud-over-nj-auction</link><guid>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/04/18061276-kobe-bryant-mom-feud-over-nj-auction</guid><category>nba</category><category>sports</category><category>auction</category><category>feud</category><category>los-angeles-lakers</category><category>kobe-bryant</category><category>pamela-bryant</category><category>goldin-auctions</category><pubDate>Sun, 5 May 2013 03:59:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=potato6000C0F89E14-18F5-3F7F-3EF2-0DB17F2AB22A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=potato6000C0F89E14-18F5-3F7F-3EF2-0DB17F2AB22A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Lilac Time Dinner &amp; Auction at the First Church of Lombard on Saturday, May 18, 2013</title>
<description><![CDATA[First Church of Lombard UCC
220 S Main St, Lombard, IL(630) 629-2630 &lrm; &middot; firstchurchoflombard.org]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gardenia C. Hung-Wittler]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gardenia C. Hung-Wittler]]></source><link>http://fb-gardeniachungma.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/02/18022751-lilac-time-dinner-auction-at-the-first-church-of-lombard-on-saturday-may-18-2013</link><guid>http://fb-gardeniachungma.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/02/18022751-lilac-time-dinner-auction-at-the-first-church-of-lombard-on-saturday-may-18-2013</guid><category>history</category><category>of</category><category>church</category><category>time</category><category>first</category><category>the</category><category>auction</category><category>saturday</category><category>at</category><category>dinner</category><category>c</category><category>2013</category><category>lilac</category><category>may-18</category><category>lilac-time-dinner-auction-at-the-first-church-of-lombard</category><pubDate>Thu, 2 May 2013 20:15:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fb-gardeniachungma55265EA7-B73D-C252-5A74-317CEFD9C995.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="499" width="380" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fb-gardeniachungma55265EA7-B73D-C252-5A74-317CEFD9C995.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="158" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Lilac Time Dinner &amp; Auction at the First Church of Lombard United Church of Christ, Saturday, May 18, 2013&lt;br /&gt;
First Church of Lombard UCC&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;220 S Main St, Lombard, IL&lt;br /&gt;
(630) 629-2630 ‎ · firstchurchoflombard.org&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fb-gardeniachungmaC0BC1BF7-F7AC-A5D3-9324-112FE6BD0D26.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="296" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fb-gardeniachungmaC0BC1BF7-F7AC-A5D3-9324-112FE6BD0D26.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;First Church of Lombard UCC&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;220 S Main St, Lombard, IL&lt;br /&gt;
(630) 629-2630 ‎ · firstchurchoflombard.org&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fb-gardeniachungmaBE8B5B83-9D59-98FB-A077-54C79652D7E0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fb-gardeniachungmaBE8B5B83-9D59-98FB-A077-54C79652D7E0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="60" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;First Church of Lombard UCC&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;220 S Main St, Lombard, IL&lt;br /&gt;
(630) 629-2630 ‎ · firstchurchoflombard.org&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Paris' Crillon hotel to sell furniture, bathrobes</title>
<description><![CDATA[One of Paris' most elegant hotels is selling off everything from its front desk to the bathrobes that snuggled the rich and famous.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17762354-paris-crillon-hotel-to-sell-furniture-bathrobes</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17762354-paris-crillon-hotel-to-sell-furniture-bathrobes</guid><category>eu</category><category>france</category><category>auction</category><category>hotel</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:12:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f79c9811-b02b-40c2-bf41-32a226541b92.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f79c9811-b02b-40c2-bf41-32a226541b92.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Visitors take a look at furniture displayed for auction in the bar of the Crillon Hotel in Paris, Monday April 15, 2013. Located Place de la Concorde, the Crillon hotel  will put most of its furniture and some of his fine wines under the hammer next week, before a two-year restauration.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2feb8c05-8eeb-4919-ac56-b55f57c85990.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2feb8c05-8eeb-4919-ac56-b55f57c85990.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Visitors take a look at furniture displayed for auction at the Crillon Hotel in Paris, Monday April 15, 2013. Located Place de la Concorde, the Crillon hotel  will put most of its furniture and some of his fine wines under the hammer next week, before a two-year restauration.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a24d2335-5f1e-4b7d-b709-3cf03a51f70b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a24d2335-5f1e-4b7d-b709-3cf03a51f70b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Visitors take a look at furniture displayed for auction at the Crillon Hotel in Paris, Monday April 15, 2013. Located Place de la Concorde, the Crillon hotel  will put most of its furniture and some of his fine wines under the hammer next week, before a two-year restauration.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7286c851-6d31-4e88-bbd0-c34514f32e5b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7286c851-6d31-4e88-bbd0-c34514f32e5b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Visitors take a look at bottles of wine displayed for auction at the Crillon Hotel in Paris, Monday April 15, 2013. Located Place de la Concorde, the Crillon hotel  will put most of its furniture and some of his fine wines under the hammer next week, before a two-year restauration.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Dealer auctions ex-LAPD cop's gun for donation</title>
<description><![CDATA[A southern Nevada gun dealer wants to auction a handgun once owned by a rogue former LAPD officer who killed four people and fatally shot himself during a manhunt in February.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Ritter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ken Ritter]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17723983-dealer-auctions-ex-lapd-cops-gun-for-donation</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17723983-dealer-auctions-ex-lapd-cops-gun-for-donation</guid><category>us</category><category>killings</category><category>auction</category><category>revenge</category><category>gun</category><category>us-news</category><category>lapd</category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:17:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=25f348fd-84ad-454f-93e6-bee0685a09d7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=25f348fd-84ad-454f-93e6-bee0685a09d7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;George Bramlett, owner of the Bargain Pawn shop talks about the auction of former LAPD police officer Christopher Dorner's Astra 960 .38 Special revolver, Friday, April 12, 2013, in Las Vegas. Dorner sold the revolver to Bramlett's pawn shop in January. Bramlett says that he will offer money from the sale of the gun to help families of Dorner's victims. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=122c4dd6-df53-47bd-b7a9-3415379e1cbe.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=122c4dd6-df53-47bd-b7a9-3415379e1cbe.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;George Bramlett, owner of the Bargain Pawn shop holds former LAPD police officer Christopher Dorner's Astra 960 .38 Special revolver, Friday, April 12, 2013, in Las Vegas. Dorner sold the revolver to Bramlett's pawn shop in January. Bramlett says that he will offer money from the sale of the gun to help families of Dorner's victims. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7b9b6d78-309c-4da4-886e-167a6ed72f3a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7b9b6d78-309c-4da4-886e-167a6ed72f3a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;George Bramlett, owner of the Bargain Pawn shop talks about the auction of former LAPD police officer Christopher Dorner's Astra 960 .38 Special revolver, Friday, April 12, 2013, in Las Vegas. Dorner sold the revolver to Bramlett's pawn shop in January. Bramlett says that he will offer money from the sale of the gun to help families of Dorner's victims. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>3 Rodin sculptures head to NYC auction</title>
<description><![CDATA[Three early casts from Auguste Rodin's masterpiece "The Gates of Hell" will be featured at a New York City auction.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17720987-3-rodin-sculptures-head-to-nyc-auction</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17720987-3-rodin-sculptures-head-to-nyc-auction</guid><category>us</category><category>auction</category><category>new-york-city</category><category>us-news</category><category>sculptures</category><category>rodin</category><category>auguste-rodin</category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:18:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e454cf36-3b4d-4352-8614-e49fc6780ab6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="508" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e454cf36-3b4d-4352-8614-e49fc6780ab6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="152" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo provided by Sotheby's, Friday, April 12, 2013, is the Auguste Rodin sculpture, &quot;The Thinker.&quot; The full-scale bronze was commissioned by publishing magnate Ralph Pulitzer in 1906. It is part of an Impressionist and Modern Art auction scheduled for May 7, 2013 in New York. (AP Photo/Sotheby's)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Hymnal that dates to 1640 could fetch $30M</title>
<description><![CDATA[A tiny hymnal from 1640 believed to be the first book ever printed in what is now the United States is going up for auction, and it could sell for as much as $30 million.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ula Ilnytzky]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ula Ilnytzky]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17714751-hymnal-that-dates-to-1640-could-fetch-30m</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17714751-hymnal-that-dates-to-1640-could-fetch-30m</guid><category>us</category><category>auction</category><category>united-states</category><category>us-news</category><category>colonial</category><category>hymnal</category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 06:43:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=988055f5-7f1a-4f10-b60e-9ce80ec9f19a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="303" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=988055f5-7f1a-4f10-b60e-9ce80ec9f19a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="203" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;RETRANSMISSION TO CORRECT THAT PURITANS NOT PILGRAMS PRINTED THE BOOK -This April 2013 photo provided by Sotheby's and taken in New York shows what they describe as the worlds most valuable book, the Bay Psalm Book, which is the first book ever printed in what is now the United States. The book was published in Cambridge, Mass., by the Puritan leaders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. It came just 20 years after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. The last time a copy came on the auction block in 1947, it sold for a record auction price of $151,000. At the time, it surpassed auction prices for the Gutenberg Bible, Shakespeares First Folio and Audubons Birds of America.(AP Photo/Sotheby's)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=86ac52f0-f80e-4085-9d6d-32ef43560dd3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=86ac52f0-f80e-4085-9d6d-32ef43560dd3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;RETRANSMISSION TO CORRECT THAT PURITANS NOT PILGRAMS PRINTED THE BOOK -This April 2013 photo provided by Sotheby's and taken in New York shows what they describe as the worlds most valuable book, the Bay Psalm Book, which is the first book ever printed in what is now the United States. The book was published in Cambridge, Mass., by the Puritan leaders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. It came just 20 years after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. The last time a copy came on the auction block in 1947, it sold for a record auction price of $151,000. At the time, it surpassed auction prices for the Gutenberg Bible, Shakespeares First Folio and Audubons Birds of America.(AP Photo/Sotheby's)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=10a60fde-0f13-4428-9449-cb6270345f42.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="319" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=10a60fde-0f13-4428-9449-cb6270345f42.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="96" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;RETRANSMISSION TO CORRECT THAT PURITANS NOT PILGRAMS PRINTED THE BOOK -This April 2013 photo provided by Sotheby's and taken in New York shows what they describe as the worlds most valuable book, the Bay Psalm Book, which is the first book ever printed in what is now the United States. The book was published in Cambridge, Mass., by the Puritan leaders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. It came just 20 years after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. The last time a copy came on the auction block in 1947, it sold for a record auction price of $151,000. At the time, it surpassed auction prices for the Gutenberg Bible, Shakespeares First Folio and Audubons Birds of America.(AP Photo/Sotheby's)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>As protesters jeer, Hopi masks sell in Paris</title>
<description><![CDATA[In a chaotic auction repeatedly interrupted by protests, dozens of Native American tribal masks were sold Friday after a French court ignored the objections of the Hopi tribe and the U.S. government.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Adamson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Thomas Adamson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/11/17702054-as-protesters-jeer-hopi-masks-sell-in-paris</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/11/17702054-as-protesters-jeer-hopi-masks-sell-in-paris</guid><category>eu</category><category>france</category><category>auction</category><category>artifacts</category><category>world-news</category><category>native-american</category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:00:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ddce572a-bfa5-42fd-b31d-e56da0f36665.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ddce572a-bfa5-42fd-b31d-e56da0f36665.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A French supporter of the Indian cause, who refused to give his name, left, holds a flag of the American Indian Movement and an American exchange student, member of the Arizona's Hopi tribe, Bo Lomahquahu, right, stand outside of the Druout's auction house to protest the auction of Native American Hopi tribe masks in Paris, Friday, April 12, 2013. A contested auction of dozens of Native American tribal masks went ahead Friday afternoon following a Paris court ruling, in spite of appeals for a delay by the Hopi tribe, its supporters including actor Robert Redford, and the U.S. government. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=78a9f656-6157-4896-9c46-319c267660f8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=78a9f656-6157-4896-9c46-319c267660f8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Supporters of the Indian cause hold a flag of the American Indian Movement stand outside of the Druout's auction house to protest the auction of Native American Hopi tribe masks in Paris, Friday, April 12, 2013. A contested auction of dozens of Native American tribal masks went ahead Friday afternoon following a Paris court ruling, in spite of appeals for a delay by the Hopi tribe, its supporters including actor Robert Redford, and the U.S. government. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cd4919ea-b5f9-45d3-9fce-a2572069b9dd.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cd4919ea-b5f9-45d3-9fce-a2572069b9dd.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A supporter of the Indian cause, holds a flag of the American Indian Movement, stands outside of the Druout's auction house to protest the auction of Native American Hopi tribe masks in Paris, Friday, April 12, 2013. A contested auction of dozens of Native American tribal masks went ahead Friday afternoon following a Paris court ruling, in spite of appeals for a delay by the Hopi tribe, its supporters including actor Robert Redford, and the U.S. government. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f01426e0-6213-4d77-9ab4-7ee62a9c8a9e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f01426e0-6213-4d77-9ab4-7ee62a9c8a9e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An American exchange student, member of the Hopi tribe, Bo Lomahquahu, speaks to the media as he protests outside of the Druout's auction house to protest the auction of Native American Hopi tribe masks in Paris, Friday, April 12, 2013. A contested auction of dozens of Native American tribal masks went ahead Friday afternoon following a Paris court ruling, in spite of appeals for a delay by the Hopi tribe, its supporters including actor Robert Redford, and the U.S. government. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b02bb368-5ce6-4833-9d39-d415adfa2c78.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="277" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b02bb368-5ce6-4833-9d39-d415adfa2c78.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A French supporter of the Indian cause, who refused to give his name, left, holds a flag of the American Indian Movement and an American exchange student, member of the Arizona's Hopi tribe, Bo Lomahquahu, right, stand outside of the Druout's auction house to protest the auction of Native American Hopi tribe masks in Paris, Friday, April 12, 2013. A contested auction of dozens of Native American tribal masks went ahead Friday afternoon following a Paris court ruling, in spite of appeals for a delay by the Hopi tribe, its supporters including actor Robert Redford, and the U.S. government. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Paris judge sets hearing on auction of Hopi items</title>
<description><![CDATA[A judge in Paris is holding a hearing Thursday on the auction of dozens of items central to an Arizona tribe's religious practices.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Felicia Fonseca]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Felicia Fonseca]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17693796-paris-judge-sets-hearing-on-auction-of-hopi-items</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17693796-paris-judge-sets-hearing-on-auction-of-hopi-items</guid><category>us</category><category>auction</category><category>artifacts</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:48:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Correction: Nobel Prize Winner-Auction story</title>
<description><![CDATA[In a story April 10 about a letter being auctioned, The Associated Press erroneously reported on the first auction of a Nobel medal. The auction was for Aage Niels Bohr's 1975 honor, not his father Niels Bohr's 1922 honor.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17689954-correction-nobel-prize-winner-auction-story</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17689954-correction-nobel-prize-winner-auction-story</guid><category>us</category><category>new-york</category><category>auction</category><category>science</category><category>associated-press</category><category>new-york-city</category><category>winner</category><category>nobel-prize</category><category>francis-crick</category><category>niels-bohr</category><category>nobel-prize-winning-dna</category><category>aage-niels-bohr</category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:58:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7179697e-b062-42e3-8972-095b377e852b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="251" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7179697e-b062-42e3-8972-095b377e852b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Sandra Palomino, director of historical manuscripts at Heritage Auctions, shows a lab coat worn by Dr. Francis Harry Compton Crick, the1962 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine winner, Wednesday, April 10, 2013 in New York.  On Thursday, his coat and other items including his Nobel Prize medal and accompanying diploma, left, will be sold by Heritage Auctions, which estimates it could fetch at least $500,000.  (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=98a31348-3471-4e9f-9c2a-a7a37c477fb7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="372" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=98a31348-3471-4e9f-9c2a-a7a37c477fb7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="165" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Sandra Palomino, director of historical manuscripts at Heritage Auctions, holds the1962 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine awarded to Dr. Francis Harry Compton Crick, Wednesday, April 10, 2013 in New York.  On Thursday, the molecular biologist's medal and accompanying diploma will be sold by Heritage Auctions, which estimates it could fetch at least $500,000.  (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2debe34b-dd51-406a-8cd2-fc8591ebcd99.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="503" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2debe34b-dd51-406a-8cd2-fc8591ebcd99.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="151" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Kendra Crick pose with her father Michael Crick as he holds the 1962 Nobel Prize for Medicine awarded to his father Dr. Francis Harry Compton Crick, Wednesday, April 10, 2013 in New York.  On Thursday, the molecular biologist's 1962 Nobel Prize medal in physiology or medicine and diploma will be sold by Heritage Auctions, which estimates it could fetch at least $500,000.  (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Ferran Adria dinner sells for $28K at HK auction</title>
<description><![CDATA[A rare chance to dine with world-famous Spanish restaurateur Ferran Adria sold at auction Wednesday for 220,500 Hong Kong dollars ($28,270).]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17585241-ferran-adria-dinner-sells-for-28k-at-hk-auction</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17585241-ferran-adria-dinner-sells-for-28k-at-hk-auction</guid><category>hong-kong</category><category>auction</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>ferran-adria</category><category>elbulli</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Apr 2013 14:19:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Arizona tribe seeks artifacts up for auction</title>
<description><![CDATA[An Arizona tribe is asking a Paris auction house to cancel its upcoming sale of dozens of items central to the tribe's religious practices and return them to their original homes in the American Southwest.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Felicia Fonseca]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Felicia Fonseca]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17580007-arizona-tribe-seeks-artifacts-up-for-auction</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17580007-arizona-tribe-seeks-artifacts-up-for-auction</guid><category>us</category><category>auction</category><category>artifacts</category><category>us-news</category><category>american-southwest</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Apr 2013 07:49:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Madonna selling Leger painting at NYC auction</title>
<description><![CDATA[Madonna is parting with an abstract French painting she's owned for more than 20 years to support educating girls in Afghanistan, Pakistan and other countries. It's expected to bring $5 million to $7 million.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17583854-madonna-selling-leger-painting-at-nyc-auction</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17583854-madonna-selling-leger-painting-at-nyc-auction</guid><category>us</category><category>auction</category><category>madonna</category><category>us-news</category><category>painting</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Apr 2013 00:15:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d8177229-21c9-469a-8b68-fc02e4339a40.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="262" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d8177229-21c9-469a-8b68-fc02e4339a40.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This image provided by Sotheby's shows &quot;Three Women at the Red Table&quot; by Fernand Leger which will be offered at Sotheby's sale of impressionist and modern art on May 7, 2013. Pop diva Madonna is parting with the abstract French painting she's owned for more than 20 years to support girls' education in Afghanistan, Pakistan and other countries. It's expected to bring $5 million to $7 million. All the proceeds will benefit the Ray of Light Foundation. It will be on view at the auction house's New York gallery beginning May 3. (AP Photo/Sotheby's)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Relics from astronaut's boyhood Ohio home for sale</title>
<description><![CDATA[A toy airplane that belonged to the first man to walk on the moon is going up for sale.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/01/17557305-relics-from-astronauts-boyhood-ohio-home-for-sale</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/01/17557305-relics-from-astronauts-boyhood-ohio-home-for-sale</guid><category>us</category><category>auction</category><category>armstrong</category><category>neil-armstrong</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Mon, 1 Apr 2013 22:03:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>'Breakfast at Tiffany's' manuscript up for auction</title>
<description><![CDATA[Truman Capote's 1958 typed manuscript of "Breakfast at Tiffany's" is rife with the author's handwritten edits &#8212; most notably changing the femme fatale's name from Connie Gustafson to the now-iconic Holly Golightly.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lynne Tuohy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Lynne Tuohy]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/01/17555013-breakfast-at-tiffanys-manuscript-up-for-auction</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/01/17555013-breakfast-at-tiffanys-manuscript-up-for-auction</guid><category>us</category><category>auction</category><category>truman-capote</category><category>us-news</category><category>holly-golightly</category><category>breakfast-at-tiffany</category><category>connie-gustafson</category><pubDate>Mon, 1 Apr 2013 17:45:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bbe37fd4-7819-4ec0-8717-599a1e21d135.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bbe37fd4-7819-4ec0-8717-599a1e21d135.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated photo provided by RR Auctions in Amherst, N.H., shows a 1958 typed manuscript of Breakfast at Tiffany's with hand annotations by Truman Capote, which will be featured with other Hollywood-themed items at auction in late April 2013.  (AP Photo/RR Auctions)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Monroe, Eisenhower letters to be auctioned</title>
<description><![CDATA[Marilyn Monroe's letter of despair to mentor Lee Strasberg and Dwight D. Eisenhower's heartfelt missives to his wife during World War II are among hundreds of historical documents being offered in an online auction.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ula Ilnytzky]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ula Ilnytzky]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/29/17511437-monroe-eisenhower-letters-to-be-auctioned</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/29/17511437-monroe-eisenhower-letters-to-be-auctioned</guid><category>us</category><category>auction</category><category>world-war-ii</category><category>john-lennon</category><category>marilyn-monroe</category><category>us-news</category><category>documents</category><category>historical-documents</category><category>lee-strasberg</category><pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 06:29:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a208b2c7-c3fa-4546-9b0b-e865e932b058.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a208b2c7-c3fa-4546-9b0b-e865e932b058.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this undated photo provided by Profile in History, a letter from U.S. Major General Dwight D. Eisenhower to his wife, Mamie, while he was stationed abroad during World War II is shown. The letter is among 58 handwritten letters penned by Eisenhower that will be offered during an online auction by Profiles in History on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Profiles in History)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=31eaad6d-df3b-447b-bf08-8d6f6e68f458.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="395" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=31eaad6d-df3b-447b-bf08-8d6f6e68f458.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="156" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this undated photo provided by Profile in History, a letter from U.S. Major General Dwight D. Eisenhower to his wife, Mamie, while he was stationed abroad during World War II is shown. The letter is among 58 handwritten letters penned by Eisenhower that will be offered during an online auction by Profiles in History on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Profiles in History)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6f678710-da1c-48ec-b413-a1c1a2ae9aa7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="357" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6f678710-da1c-48ec-b413-a1c1a2ae9aa7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="172" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this undated photo provided by Profile in History, the first page of a typed draft letter from John Lennon to Linda and Paul McCartney, that reflects the deep animosity between the two Beatles around the time of the foursome's breakup is shown. The letter is among a collection of historical documents to be sold at an online auction by Profiles in History on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Profiles in History)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7e88dd0b-3a6c-4b6e-a497-b78e60811365.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="357" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7e88dd0b-3a6c-4b6e-a497-b78e60811365.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="172" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this undated photo provided by Profile in History, the second page of a typed draft letter from John Lennon to Linda and Paul McCartney, that reflects the deep animosity between the two Beatles around the time of the foursome's breakup is shown. The letter is among a collection of historical documents to be sold at an online auction by Profiles in History on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Profiles in History)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7a769fe5-734b-4356-a237-bfca3bc5aa74.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="352" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7a769fe5-734b-4356-a237-bfca3bc5aa74.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="175" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this undated photo provided by Profile in History, the first page of a handwritten letter from Marilyn Monroe which expresses suicidal thoughts to her mentor, Lee Strasberg, is shown. The letter is among a collection of historical documents to be sold at an online auction by Profiles in History on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Profiles in History)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=62706426-aba1-4602-8724-a88193555008.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="342" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=62706426-aba1-4602-8724-a88193555008.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this undated photo provided by Profile in History, the second page of a handwritten letter from Marilyn Monroe which expresses suicidal thoughts to her mentor, Lee Strasberg, is shown. The letter is among a collection of historical documents to be sold at an online auction by Profiles in History on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Profiles in History)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Edward Hopper painting coming to NYC auction</title>
<description><![CDATA[An Edward Hopper painting of New York City's Roosevelt Island is coming to auction where it's estimated to sell for up to $20 million.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/26/17473168-edward-hopper-painting-coming-to-nyc-auction</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/26/17473168-edward-hopper-painting-coming-to-nyc-auction</guid><category>us</category><category>auction</category><category>new-york-city</category><category>us-news</category><category>hopper</category><category>edward-hopper</category><category>roosevelt-island</category><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:26:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c992906a-89ef-47ba-ad04-266e75b83075.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="231" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c992906a-89ef-47ba-ad04-266e75b83075.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="70" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This image provided by Christie's auction house shows the painting &quot;Blackwell's Island&quot; by Edward Hopper. Painted in 1928, it's been exhibited in major museums, including New York's Museum of Modern Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. The painting of Roosevelt Island, once known as Blackwell's Island, in New York City will be auctioned May 23 at Christie's, where it's estimated to sell for up to $20 million.  (AP Photo/Christie's)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Letter from DNA discoverer to be auctioned in NYC</title>
<description><![CDATA[Sixty years ago scientist Francis Crick wrote a letter to his 12-year-old son saying he and a colleague had discovered something "very beautiful" &#8212; the structure of DNA.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen Matthews]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Karen Matthews]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/23/17431016-letter-from-dna-discoverer-to-be-auctioned-in-nyc</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/23/17431016-letter-from-dna-discoverer-to-be-auctioned-in-nyc</guid><category>us</category><category>auction</category><category>letter</category><category>science</category><category>dna</category><category>francis-crick</category><pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 19:21:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Autographed Sgt. Pepper album up for auction</title>
<description><![CDATA[Advance bids for a copy of The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album autographed by all four band members are even higher than the auction house anticipated.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/22/17416762-autographed-sgt-pepper-album-up-for-auction</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/22/17416762-autographed-sgt-pepper-album-up-for-auction</guid><category>us</category><category>auction</category><category>us-news</category><category>pepper-lonely-hearts-club-band"</category><category>sgt-pepper</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:02:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2bb5e6a8-8c69-47e0-ae5d-170eefd788bf.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="199" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2bb5e6a8-8c69-47e0-ae5d-170eefd788bf.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="60" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated image provided by Heritage Auctions shows what is described as a pristine copy of The Beatles Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band album autographed by all four members of the band, that is up for auction. A statement from Dallas-based Heritage Auctions says the bidding for the album has passed $110,000 and could surpass $150,000 by the time bidding is closed on March 30. (AP Photo/Heritage Auctions)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Rare Chinese bowl, $3 at tag sale, sells for $2.2M</title>
<description><![CDATA[A rare Chinese bowl bought at a tag sale for $3 has sold at a New York auction for more than $2.22 million.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17376098-rare-chinese-bowl-3-at-tag-sale-sells-for-22m</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17376098-rare-chinese-bowl-3-at-tag-sale-sells-for-22m</guid><category>us</category><category>new-york</category><category>auction</category><category>bowl</category><category>rare</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 23:38:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=38a0288f-14c6-4df5-a54b-30089aefa548.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="277" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=38a0288f-14c6-4df5-a54b-30089aefa548.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated photo provided by Sothebys Auction House in New York shows a 1,000-year-old Chinese Ding bowl from the Northern Song Dynasty. The bowl, purchased from a tag sale for no more than three dollars, was sold by Sothebys for more than $2.22 million during the opening session of Sotheby's fine Chinese ceramics and works of art auction Tuesday, March 19, 2013 in New York. (AP Photo/Sothebys Auction House) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Virgin Sex Doll Auction Vs. Tehran Rats: The Weird News Top 10 Showdown (VOTE, VIDEO)</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Sex of a different nature popped up in Brazil where an online sex store called&nbsp;Sex&ocirc;nicois currently holding a bidding war for the virginity of Valentina,&nbsp;Brazil's first life-like sex doll.
So far, the bids for the faux lady's flower have surpassed $105,000, but&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></source><link>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/10/17253487-virgin-sex-doll-auction-vs-tehran-rats-the-weird-news-top-10-showdown-vote-video</link><guid>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/10/17253487-virgin-sex-doll-auction-vs-tehran-rats-the-weird-news-top-10-showdown-vote-video</guid><category>iran</category><category>auction</category><category>porn</category><category>sex</category><category>odd-news</category><category>u-s-news</category><category>rats</category><pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2013 04:12:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-2BBBC997C-1493-8BC1-850E-F53B58234F89.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="389" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-2BBBC997C-1493-8BC1-850E-F53B58234F89.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="117" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Hostess close to selling Wonder bread</title>
<description><![CDATA[Wonder bread is one step closer to getting a new owner.
A  person familiar with the situation says a bid by Flowers Foods to buy  several bread brands from bankrupt Hostess Brands was met with no  competing offers. The individual requested anonymity because the auction  process &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[potato6000]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[potato6000]]></source><link>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/27/17122870-hostess-close-to-selling-wonder-bread</link><guid>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/27/17122870-hostess-close-to-selling-wonder-bread</guid><category>business</category><category>acquisition</category><category>auction</category><category>hostess</category><category>flowers-foods</category><category>hostess-brads</category><category>wonder-read</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 02:10:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=potato6000AFE47BF1-529A-77D3-022C-B160CAA18D40.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=potato6000AFE47BF1-529A-77D3-022C-B160CAA18D40.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Banksy graffiti auction halted after UK outcry</title>
<description><![CDATA[A mural by secretive graffiti artist Banksy has been withdrawn from an auction sale after a campaign by London residents to reclaim it.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/24/17075191-banksy-graffiti-auction-halted-after-uk-outcry</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/24/17075191-banksy-graffiti-auction-halted-after-uk-outcry</guid><category>eu</category><category>britain</category><category>auction</category><category>world-news</category><category>banksy</category><pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2013 13:48:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=627f46a0-2209-4ad3-83dc-0cb178f45175.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=627f46a0-2209-4ad3-83dc-0cb178f45175.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Un mural del artista británico Banksy en una imagen sin fecha proporcionada por el ayuntamiento de Haringey el miércoles 20 de febrero de 2013. El esténcil del artista de grafiti con un niño cosiendo una bandera británica con una vieja máquina de coser fue retirada del muro en el que se pintó y apareció en el catálogo de una casa de subastas de Miami con un precio de entre 500.000 y 700.000 dólares. (Foto AP/Haringey Council) NO ARCHIVE&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=36dacfaf-74f6-49cc-86ea-eb9304aaf0a4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="285" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=36dacfaf-74f6-49cc-86ea-eb9304aaf0a4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People look at  section of wall   Saturday Feb.23, 2013 where a Banksy mural was removed from the side of a Poundland shop north London in mysterious circumstances, only to reappear on the website of a Miami auction house. Listed as &quot;Slave Labor (Bunting Boy),&quot; it was due to be sold Saturday with an estimated price of between $500,000 and $700,000. Slave Labour, which shows a young boy hunched over a sewing machine making Union Jack bunting, appeared on the wall  last May, just before the Diamond Jubilee celebrations. (AP Photo/John Stillwell/PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT - NO SALES - NO ARCHIVES &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Auction house withdraws Banksy art, BBC reports</title>
<description><![CDATA[The BBC is citing a Miami auction house as saying it has withdrawn from sale an artwork by secretive graffiti artist Banksy that was removed from the side of a north London store.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/23/17070563-auction-house-withdraws-banksy-art-bbc-reports</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/23/17070563-auction-house-withdraws-banksy-art-bbc-reports</guid><category>auction</category><category>world-news</category><category>banksy</category><pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2013 22:57:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Original Iwo Jima monument unsold at NYC auction</title>
<description><![CDATA[A long-forgotten World War II statue of the famous flag-raising at Iwo Jima that had been expected to sell for as much as $1.8 million was passed on by bidders in an auction on Friday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jake Pearson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jake Pearson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/22/17060310-original-iwo-jima-monument-unsold-at-nyc-auction</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/22/17060310-original-iwo-jima-monument-unsold-at-nyc-auction</guid><category>us</category><category>auction</category><category>monument</category><category>world-war-ii</category><category>iwo-jima</category><category>new-york-city</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 23:11:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=999c90bc-ad87-4237-9f2f-e3be1c611e83.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=999c90bc-ad87-4237-9f2f-e3be1c611e83.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The original 12 1/2-foot (4 meter) cast stone version of Felix de Weldon's iconic statue depicting soldiers raising the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima is on display, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. The smaller original statue, which was removed in 1947 and hidden under a tarp at the artist's studio for four decades, is expected to fetch up to $1.8 million when it goes on sale at Bonham's auction house in New York on Feb. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>