The American flag taken from the back of the jacket Peter Fonda wore in the film "Easy Rider" has sold for $89,625 at an auction of the actor's memorabilia from the iconic 1969 movie.
The Rolex watch that Fonda wore in the film was also part of the auction over the weekend at Dallas' Heritage Galleries. The prototype watch sold for $33,460.
Wednesday, 10 October 2007
Rare blue diamond smashes auction record, sells for nearly $8M
A 6.04-carat blue diamond has sold at Sotheby's in Hong Kong for $7.98 million, the highest price ever paid for a rare gemstone at auction, according to Reuters.
"The bidding was fast and furious and you know it's not as if one could go out and buy another one," Quek Chin Yeow, head of Jewellery Asia at Sotheby's, tells BBC News. "It's as rare as getting a Renoir or a wonderful Rothko. When you look at the stone, it sings. The cutting is wonderful."
"The bidding was fast and furious and you know it's not as if one could go out and buy another one," Quek Chin Yeow, head of Jewellery Asia at Sotheby's, tells BBC News. "It's as rare as getting a Renoir or a wonderful Rothko. When you look at the stone, it sings. The cutting is wonderful."
Tuesday, 9 October 2007
How Top Watchmakers Intervene in Auctions
GENEVA -- In the rarefied world of watch collecting, where Wall Street investment bankers and Asian millionaires buy and sell at auctions, a timepiece can command a higher price than a luxury car.
At an April event here, a 1950s Omega platinum watch sold for $351,000, a price that conferred a new peak of prestige on a brand known for mass-produced timepieces.
Watch magazines and retailers hailed the sale, at an auction in the lush Mandarin Oriental Hotel on the River Rhone. Omega trumpeted it, announcing that a "Swiss bidder" had offered "the highest price ever paid for an Omega watch at auction."
What Omega did not say: The buyer was Omega itself.
See the full story in The Wall Street Journal.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119178753176051433.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
At an April event here, a 1950s Omega platinum watch sold for $351,000, a price that conferred a new peak of prestige on a brand known for mass-produced timepieces.
Watch magazines and retailers hailed the sale, at an auction in the lush Mandarin Oriental Hotel on the River Rhone. Omega trumpeted it, announcing that a "Swiss bidder" had offered "the highest price ever paid for an Omega watch at auction."
What Omega did not say: The buyer was Omega itself.
See the full story in The Wall Street Journal.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119178753176051433.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Wednesday, 3 October 2007
Toilet seat from Concorde makes £1,800 at auction
A toilet seat from a Concorde has sold at auction for £1,800.
The luxury loo fitting was one of hundreds of items from the defunct supersonic jet to go under the hammer in France. See our posting of July 29th.
A machometer that registered the moment the plane broke the sound barrier fetched £17,000, far above the 2,000 pounds auction estimate.
Concorde made its maiden voyage in 1969, but was retired in 2003 amid ballooning costs and sagging ticket sales after a crash in 2000 that killed 113 people.
The plane's landing gear weighting just over a tonne was also sold for £17,000
The auction in Toulouse, France, home to plane maker Airbus and its predecessor company behind the Concorde, has been organised by a group of former engineers and executives.
More than 300 collectors and bargain hunters bid for 835 items - also including cabin seats, trays, cutlery and even a captain's headset - at the three-day sale, which ended on Monday.
French auctioneer Marc Labarbe conducted the auction in Toulouse, southern France.
Cockpit gauges, including air speed indicators and horizontal situation indicators and a cabin oven were also on offer.
"The pieces aren't just mechanical parts, they also have an aesthetic dimension - all while bearing one of the best trademarks: Concord." Said the auctioneer. But one item not on sale was the jet's trademark needle nose cone. Three of them were auctioned in London and Paris in 2003 and 2004 - the first of which went for more than a half-million dollars.
The latest auction was criticised by ecologists for selling Concorde parts that claimed were still radioactive, including cabin smoke detectors which they said contained Americium 241.
Airbus sold all the parts on sale to the non-profit Aerotheque association in 2003. The proceeds will go toward a planned airplane museum and park in Toulouse.
The plane, operated by Air France and British Airways, was once the ultimate symbol of jet-set glamour, whisking celebrities and high-powered executives across the Atlantic. With a cruising speed of 1,350 miles per hour, westbound travellers on board got to New York more than 90 minutes before they left Europe.
The luxury loo fitting was one of hundreds of items from the defunct supersonic jet to go under the hammer in France. See our posting of July 29th.
A machometer that registered the moment the plane broke the sound barrier fetched £17,000, far above the 2,000 pounds auction estimate.
Concorde made its maiden voyage in 1969, but was retired in 2003 amid ballooning costs and sagging ticket sales after a crash in 2000 that killed 113 people.
The plane's landing gear weighting just over a tonne was also sold for £17,000
The auction in Toulouse, France, home to plane maker Airbus and its predecessor company behind the Concorde, has been organised by a group of former engineers and executives.
More than 300 collectors and bargain hunters bid for 835 items - also including cabin seats, trays, cutlery and even a captain's headset - at the three-day sale, which ended on Monday.
French auctioneer Marc Labarbe conducted the auction in Toulouse, southern France.
Cockpit gauges, including air speed indicators and horizontal situation indicators and a cabin oven were also on offer.
"The pieces aren't just mechanical parts, they also have an aesthetic dimension - all while bearing one of the best trademarks: Concord." Said the auctioneer. But one item not on sale was the jet's trademark needle nose cone. Three of them were auctioned in London and Paris in 2003 and 2004 - the first of which went for more than a half-million dollars.
The latest auction was criticised by ecologists for selling Concorde parts that claimed were still radioactive, including cabin smoke detectors which they said contained Americium 241.
Airbus sold all the parts on sale to the non-profit Aerotheque association in 2003. The proceeds will go toward a planned airplane museum and park in Toulouse.
The plane, operated by Air France and British Airways, was once the ultimate symbol of jet-set glamour, whisking celebrities and high-powered executives across the Atlantic. With a cruising speed of 1,350 miles per hour, westbound travellers on board got to New York more than 90 minutes before they left Europe.
GENERAL LEE LETTERS SOLD FOR $61,000
Eleven folders of old papers rescued from his parents’ closet sat in Thomas Willcox’s sport utility vehicle for months before he realized that some were signed by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
The three letters written by Lee during the Civil War sold at auction for $61,000.
That was far off the record $630,000 that a Lee item sold for in 2002.
The letters were among more than 400 documents that Willcox put up for auction after a protracted fight with the state, which claimed ownership of the documents that had been in Willcox’s family for years.
The collection details life in South Carolina from 1861 to 1863. Many of the letters are correspondence between generals and the Confederate government and Govs. Francis Wilkinson Pickens and Milledge Luke Bonham.
The letters were supposed to be auctioned in 2004. But South Carolina sued, claiming that they were written as part of official state business and were government property. A federal judge ruled last year that Willcox owned the collection, which was in his family for generations before he found them in his parents’ home after they died.
The legal spat led Willcox to file for bankruptcy.
The three letters written by Lee during the Civil War sold at auction for $61,000.
That was far off the record $630,000 that a Lee item sold for in 2002.
The letters were among more than 400 documents that Willcox put up for auction after a protracted fight with the state, which claimed ownership of the documents that had been in Willcox’s family for years.
The collection details life in South Carolina from 1861 to 1863. Many of the letters are correspondence between generals and the Confederate government and Govs. Francis Wilkinson Pickens and Milledge Luke Bonham.
The letters were supposed to be auctioned in 2004. But South Carolina sued, claiming that they were written as part of official state business and were government property. A federal judge ruled last year that Willcox owned the collection, which was in his family for generations before he found them in his parents’ home after they died.
The legal spat led Willcox to file for bankruptcy.
WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR BOTTLE OF SCOTCH.
A 157-year-old whisky was sold for more than £29,000 on Friday, setting what is thought to be a world record auction price for a bottle of Scotch.
The Bowmore single malt, which was bottled in 1850, was sold at McTear's auctioneers in Glasgow for £29,400 to an anonymous telephone bidder, beating the distillery itself.
It is the oldest known bottle of Bowmore in existence.
Bowmore's brand director Glen Moore said they had planned to bring the bottle back to the distillery to take pride of place in its new visitor centre on the island of Islay, off Scotland's west coast.
Twin brothers William and James Mutter operated the distillery from the 1850s until the early 1890s when Bowmore Distillery Company Limited was formed.
The bottle was presented to William Mutter in 1851 at the time of him giving up his share of the distillery and has remained in the family for generations.
The Bowmore single malt, which was bottled in 1850, was sold at McTear's auctioneers in Glasgow for £29,400 to an anonymous telephone bidder, beating the distillery itself.
It is the oldest known bottle of Bowmore in existence.
Bowmore's brand director Glen Moore said they had planned to bring the bottle back to the distillery to take pride of place in its new visitor centre on the island of Islay, off Scotland's west coast.
Twin brothers William and James Mutter operated the distillery from the 1850s until the early 1890s when Bowmore Distillery Company Limited was formed.
The bottle was presented to William Mutter in 1851 at the time of him giving up his share of the distillery and has remained in the family for generations.
Tuesday, 25 September 2007
Tokyo Fish Auction.
Interesting description of the Tokyo Fish auction in this blog:
http://www.theurbanbrain.com/denver/2007/09/24/tokyo-part-ii/
http://www.theurbanbrain.com/denver/2007/09/24/tokyo-part-ii/
Titanic key makes £90,000 in auction
A tiny key that might have helped prevent the Belfast-built Titanic sinking has fetched £90,000 at auction.
The key, with the tag "Crows Nest Telephone Titanic" opened the binoculars store, but was not on the ship when it sailed from Southampton. It was in the pocket of an officer transferred off the vessel days before its maiden voyage. He forgot to hand it to his replacement as he left. As a result lookouts had to rely on the naked eye.
Second officer David Blair held the key during the short journey from Belfast, where Titanic was built, to the south coast.
One of the lookouts on the Titanic told an inquiry into the sinking that with the binoculars the Titanic might have been able to dodge the iceberg. On the difference the binoculars might have made, lookout Fred Fleet said: "Well, enough to get out of the way."
The key, with the tag "Crows Nest Telephone Titanic" opened the binoculars store, but was not on the ship when it sailed from Southampton. It was in the pocket of an officer transferred off the vessel days before its maiden voyage. He forgot to hand it to his replacement as he left. As a result lookouts had to rely on the naked eye.
Second officer David Blair held the key during the short journey from Belfast, where Titanic was built, to the south coast.
One of the lookouts on the Titanic told an inquiry into the sinking that with the binoculars the Titanic might have been able to dodge the iceberg. On the difference the binoculars might have made, lookout Fred Fleet said: "Well, enough to get out of the way."
Wednesday, 19 September 2007
'Easy Rider' items up for auction
Heritage Auction Galleries in Dallas will auction some of Peter Fonda’s memorabilia from the ‘Easy Rider’ film on October 6th.
Among the items up for grabs are:
• The American flag taken from the back of the jacket Mr. Fonda wore throughout the film, with an estimated value of $50,000.
• A Department of Defence pin that adorned the jacket, valued at $15,000.
• Mr. Fonda's gold record for the film's soundtrack album, valued at $2,000.
• His personal collection of six movie posters, including those for Easy Rider and Ulee's Gold, Mr. Fonda's most honoured performance, with an estimated value of $500.
Wednesday, 12 September 2007
The Parrot And The Auctioneer
To celebrate my 100th blog entry, I thought that I would include a joke. There really is not enough laughter in the world.
One day a man went to an auction. While there, he bid on a parrot. He really wanted this bird, so he got caught up in the bidding. He kept on bidding, but kept getting outbid, so he bid higher and higher and higher.
Finally, after he bid way more than he intended, he won the bid - the parrot was his at last!
As he was paying for the parrot, he said to the Auctioneer, "I sure hope this parrot can talk. I would hate to have paid this much for it, only to find out that he can't talk!"
"Don't worry." said the Auctioneer, "He can talk. Who do you think kept bidding against you?"
One day a man went to an auction. While there, he bid on a parrot. He really wanted this bird, so he got caught up in the bidding. He kept on bidding, but kept getting outbid, so he bid higher and higher and higher.
Finally, after he bid way more than he intended, he won the bid - the parrot was his at last!
As he was paying for the parrot, he said to the Auctioneer, "I sure hope this parrot can talk. I would hate to have paid this much for it, only to find out that he can't talk!"
"Don't worry." said the Auctioneer, "He can talk. Who do you think kept bidding against you?"
Auction at Green Party Conference.
The Green Party Annual Conference takes place from to-morrow Sept. 13th until Sunday next at The Cornerstone building of Liverpool Hope University, at Haigh Street, Liverpool L3 8QB.
I am conducting a fundraising auction for our GLA election campaign.
The event takes place on Friday evening at 8pm.
Here are a few of the items for sale:
1) Have your housekeeping done by Darren Johnson, London Assembly Member.
2) Tea for three and a tour of the House of Lords plus seats for a debate. Donated by Lord Beaumont.
3) Tony Benn's pipe - autographed by him.
4) An original ballot paper from the first free elections in South Africa, 1994, features Nelson Mandela etc.
5) Self portrait sketch and autograph by David Baddiel.
6) A genuine ROMAN COIN of the Emperor Constantius 11 (337-361 a.d.)
I am now accepting bids on the above. Please ring me on 07961 44 1722 or reply to this e-mail up to Wednesday night.
I am conducting a fundraising auction for our GLA election campaign.
The event takes place on Friday evening at 8pm.
Here are a few of the items for sale:
1) Have your housekeeping done by Darren Johnson, London Assembly Member.
2) Tea for three and a tour of the House of Lords plus seats for a debate. Donated by Lord Beaumont.
3) Tony Benn's pipe - autographed by him.
4) An original ballot paper from the first free elections in South Africa, 1994, features Nelson Mandela etc.
5) Self portrait sketch and autograph by David Baddiel.
6) A genuine ROMAN COIN of the Emperor Constantius 11 (337-361 a.d.)
I am now accepting bids on the above. Please ring me on 07961 44 1722 or reply to this e-mail up to Wednesday night.
Tuesday, 11 September 2007
Maria Callas Memorabilia for Auction.
A collection of Maria Callas memorabilia from her husband's estate, including letters, photographs and musical scores, will be auctioned later this year.
The collection includes 63 love letters from Callas to industrialist Giovanni Battista Meneghini, who was married to the soprano during her rise to operatic fame, Sotheby's Milan said Monday.
Meneghini married Callas in 1949. She left him for Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis a decade later.
Letters from friends including Leonard Bernstein and Franco Zeffirelli; 300 musical scores, many including handwritten notes by Callas; concert gowns; and photos of Callas onstage and in the company of dignitaries such as President Kennedy will also be sold.
The auction will be held Dec. 12. The collection will be on public display in Milan on Dec. 7, Dec. 10 and Dec. 11, the auction house said.
The collection includes 63 love letters from Callas to industrialist Giovanni Battista Meneghini, who was married to the soprano during her rise to operatic fame, Sotheby's Milan said Monday.
Meneghini married Callas in 1949. She left him for Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis a decade later.
Letters from friends including Leonard Bernstein and Franco Zeffirelli; 300 musical scores, many including handwritten notes by Callas; concert gowns; and photos of Callas onstage and in the company of dignitaries such as President Kennedy will also be sold.
The auction will be held Dec. 12. The collection will be on public display in Milan on Dec. 7, Dec. 10 and Dec. 11, the auction house said.
Monday, 10 September 2007
Synagogue seats for auction
Two lifetime front-row seats to services at a Miami Beach synagogue are being auctioned off on eBay with bids starting at $1.8 million.
The winning family’s name will be engraved on Seats 1 and 2 of Row 1, Section DD, at Temple Emanu-El, The Associated Press reported. The winner also will receive free parking, two custom-made tallitot and yarmulkes, as well a tax write-off. The seats can be passed down to family members.
"It's a gift that goes from one generation to another," said Rabbi Kliel Rose, who came up with the concept with the help of two congregants who work in advertising and marketing.
The auction ends today, three days before the High Holy Days, but as of Saturday evening no one had bid.
Temple Emanu-El, a 1,400-seat Conservative congregation, was founded in the 1940s on South Beach.
The winning family’s name will be engraved on Seats 1 and 2 of Row 1, Section DD, at Temple Emanu-El, The Associated Press reported. The winner also will receive free parking, two custom-made tallitot and yarmulkes, as well a tax write-off. The seats can be passed down to family members.
"It's a gift that goes from one generation to another," said Rabbi Kliel Rose, who came up with the concept with the help of two congregants who work in advertising and marketing.
The auction ends today, three days before the High Holy Days, but as of Saturday evening no one had bid.
Temple Emanu-El, a 1,400-seat Conservative congregation, was founded in the 1940s on South Beach.
Thursday, 6 September 2007
WEST HAM FOOTBALL MEMORABILIA FOR AUCTION
RETIRED WEST HAM UNITED SENIOR OFFICIAL'S MEMORABILIA AND AUTOGRAPH COLLECTION OF WEST HAM UNITED, LEAGUE, F.A. SOCCER, AND SPORTING ITEMS COMING UP FOR AUCTION ON THIS COMING SUNDAY, 9TH SEPTEMBER 2007.
The West Ham United and Sporting Collection of Memorabilia accumulated by a retired senior West Ham United Official over a twenty year employment period with the Upton Park Club is to come up for auction on
Sunday 9th September at
South Eastern Auctions Ltd, 104 Branbridges Road, East Peckham, Tonbridge, Kent, TN12 5HH.
The collection includes a rare signed and dedicated monochrome picture of BOBBY MOORE HOLDING THE 1966 WORLD CUP ON THE WEMBLEY PITCH together with the official 28th June 1993 Westminster Abbey "service of thanksgiving for the life of Bobby Moore", a rare signed champagne bottle autographed and dedicated by completely teetotal Trevor Booking, a miniature bottle of whiskey signed by the West Ham football team, a 1980 West Ham v Arsenal official F A Cup Final program, West Ham United presentation crystal goblets, bound match programs, black and white pictures of West Ham Football teams from the 1890's to the 1940's, signed autographs of George Best, Denis Law, Gordon Banks, Ron Harris, Emlyn Hughes, Henry Cooper, official 1966 World Cup stamps, 1980 silk West Ham v Arsenal Cup Final pennant etc.
Viewing is on Saturday 8th September 10.00am - 5.00pm. Auction takes place Sunday 9th September at 11.00am with viewing from 9.00am.
See the full catalogue at
http://www.southeasternauctions.co.uk/
I will be doing the auction, so I hope to meet some of my readers there.
The West Ham United and Sporting Collection of Memorabilia accumulated by a retired senior West Ham United Official over a twenty year employment period with the Upton Park Club is to come up for auction on
Sunday 9th September at
South Eastern Auctions Ltd, 104 Branbridges Road, East Peckham, Tonbridge, Kent, TN12 5HH.
The collection includes a rare signed and dedicated monochrome picture of BOBBY MOORE HOLDING THE 1966 WORLD CUP ON THE WEMBLEY PITCH together with the official 28th June 1993 Westminster Abbey "service of thanksgiving for the life of Bobby Moore", a rare signed champagne bottle autographed and dedicated by completely teetotal Trevor Booking, a miniature bottle of whiskey signed by the West Ham football team, a 1980 West Ham v Arsenal official F A Cup Final program, West Ham United presentation crystal goblets, bound match programs, black and white pictures of West Ham Football teams from the 1890's to the 1940's, signed autographs of George Best, Denis Law, Gordon Banks, Ron Harris, Emlyn Hughes, Henry Cooper, official 1966 World Cup stamps, 1980 silk West Ham v Arsenal Cup Final pennant etc.
Viewing is on Saturday 8th September 10.00am - 5.00pm. Auction takes place Sunday 9th September at 11.00am with viewing from 9.00am.
See the full catalogue at
http://www.southeasternauctions.co.uk/
I will be doing the auction, so I hope to meet some of my readers there.
Wednesday, 5 September 2007
New Super Villain – The Auctioneer.
Action Comics has introduced a new villain to the DC Universe–The Auctioneer.
This is an alien that steals stuff, like Churches, National Monuments, and Superheroes. He then sells them to the highest bidder. He makes his first appearance in no. 842. In Action Comics 843, you find out that he also sells the TV rights to his battle with Superman.
This is an alien that steals stuff, like Churches, National Monuments, and Superheroes. He then sells them to the highest bidder. He makes his first appearance in no. 842. In Action Comics 843, you find out that he also sells the TV rights to his battle with Superman.
Tuesday, 4 September 2007
Lock of Che Guevara's Hair for auction
A former CIA operative and Cuban exile plans to auction what he says is a lock of Che Guevara's hair, snipped before the Argentinean revolutionary and friend of Fidel Castro was buried in 1967.
Gustavo Villoldo, 71, was involved in Guevara's capture in the jungles of Bolivia. He plans to auction the hair and other items kept in a scrapbook since the joint CIA-Bolivian army mission 40 years ago.
The scrapbook also holds a map used to track down Guevara in Bolivia, photos of Guevara's body, intercepted messages between Guevara and his rebels and a set of Guevara's fingerprints taken before his burial.
“It's hard to predict how much the collection will net at auction because there is nothing comparable on the market” said Tom Slater, of Heritage Auctions of Dallas, where the items will be sold on Oct. 25/26.
I’m told that weight for weight, celebrity hair is the world’s costliest commodity.
Gustavo Villoldo, 71, was involved in Guevara's capture in the jungles of Bolivia. He plans to auction the hair and other items kept in a scrapbook since the joint CIA-Bolivian army mission 40 years ago.
The scrapbook also holds a map used to track down Guevara in Bolivia, photos of Guevara's body, intercepted messages between Guevara and his rebels and a set of Guevara's fingerprints taken before his burial.
“It's hard to predict how much the collection will net at auction because there is nothing comparable on the market” said Tom Slater, of Heritage Auctions of Dallas, where the items will be sold on Oct. 25/26.
I’m told that weight for weight, celebrity hair is the world’s costliest commodity.
Monday, 3 September 2007
Attempt to stop auction of Oscars.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is suing the heirs of late Hollywood legends Mary Pickford and Charles "Buddy" Rogers over alleged plans to sell the late couple's Oscar statuettes.
Pickford won an Oscar for best actress for her role in the 1929 film "Coquette" and was awarded an Oscar for lifetime achievement in 1976. Rogers, who married Pickford in 1937, was honoured by the academy in 1986 with his own statuette as recipient of a Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
The Academy claims that they have the right of refusal to buy these Oscars. They have filed a complaint in Los Angeles Superior Court.
The academy has the right of first refusal to buy the three Oscars, according to a complaint filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court.. It is seeking an order to buy the Oscars back from the heirs for $10 each.
Pickford won an Oscar for best actress for her role in the 1929 film "Coquette" and was awarded an Oscar for lifetime achievement in 1976. Rogers, who married Pickford in 1937, was honoured by the academy in 1986 with his own statuette as recipient of a Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
The Academy claims that they have the right of refusal to buy these Oscars. They have filed a complaint in Los Angeles Superior Court.
The academy has the right of first refusal to buy the three Oscars, according to a complaint filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court.. It is seeking an order to buy the Oscars back from the heirs for $10 each.
Sunday, 2 September 2007
Social Networking patent for auction
Ocean Tomo Auctions will offer the “Jaipuria Patent” for sale, U.S. Patent 7,047,202 which was filed back in 2001 and is considered one of the most important patents related to social networking. It will be offered as Lot 54 at the Ocean Tomo Fall 2007 Live IP Auction on October 25th at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago.
The patent claims priority to an earlier Indian patent and describes many of the fundamental workings of social networks, including creating an online social network including individual users and groups, accessing and using social network via the Internet or wireless devices, and advanced user privacy features.
In other words, this patent describes much of how all social networks are created, and thus gives the owner a significant advantage over the competition.
If the hype surrounding this one is true, MySpace, LinkedIn, Facebook and others may all be using processes covered by it.
For more information on the Jaipuria Patent or to register to bid at the Ocean Tomo Fall 2007 Live IP Auction, you can visit www.OceanTomoAuctions.com or auctions@oceantomo.com.
The patent claims priority to an earlier Indian patent and describes many of the fundamental workings of social networks, including creating an online social network including individual users and groups, accessing and using social network via the Internet or wireless devices, and advanced user privacy features.
In other words, this patent describes much of how all social networks are created, and thus gives the owner a significant advantage over the competition.
If the hype surrounding this one is true, MySpace, LinkedIn, Facebook and others may all be using processes covered by it.
For more information on the Jaipuria Patent or to register to bid at the Ocean Tomo Fall 2007 Live IP Auction, you can visit www.OceanTomoAuctions.com or auctions@oceantomo.com.
Friday, 31 August 2007
Titanic key for auction
A tiny key which could have saved the Titanic will go for auction in Devises, Wiltshire, on September 22. It has been described as "one of the most important artefacts from the ship to have come to light".
The key to the ship's crow's nest binocular store survived the 1912 sinking of the vessel which killed 1,522 people because it was not on board.
Instead, it was with David Blair, the Titanic’s original second officer who was transferred off the ship shortly before she set sail on her fateful maiden voyage.
Blair realised too late that he had the key and kept it as a memento.
One of the ship's lookouts, Fred Fleet, said binoculars would have allowed the crew to spot the iceberg which sunk the ship and given them time to "get out of the way" despite it being dark.
The key and a postcard Blair wrote to his sister shortly before the Titanic set sail are expected to fetch £70,000.
Thursday, 30 August 2007
$8,000 for Walrus Penis at auction
A 4.5 foot fossilized walrus penis sold this week at the I.M. Chait auctionrooms in Beverly Hills.
The 12,000 year old penis is thought to be the largest specimen ever to come on the market.
It was purchased by the museum chain ‘Ripley’s believe It of Not’
A spokesman commented:
” When it comes to fossils, size matters"
The 12,000 year old penis is thought to be the largest specimen ever to come on the market.
It was purchased by the museum chain ‘Ripley’s believe It of Not’
A spokesman commented:
” When it comes to fossils, size matters"
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