auction
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A 1945 bottle sold at auction in March for a record $812,500.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
“These additional allowances would not only endanger our emissions targets, they would also flood the auction market and depress cap-and-invest revenues,” said Pam Odell of the group Climate Action California.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026
To celebrate Monroe’s 100th birthday on June 1, five photos from the shoot are being auctioned off through proxy bidding until Tuesday morning, when the live auction will occur.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
Eurozone government bonds might be impacted by significant supply coming from an Italian auction as well as from Austrian and Portuguese bond syndications.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
The codes arrived in my inbox a few minutes after the auction ended.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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