auction
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Germany will auction April 2031 Bobls on Tuesday and February 2036 Bunds on Wednesday.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 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
Benchmark 10-year Treasury yields, meanwhile, held steady at around 4.43% following the April CPI release and ahead of a $42 billion auction later this afternoon.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
I wonder where she put that auction letter?
From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio
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