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Getting Rich on eBay

Nice article detailing how the powersellers achieve their success on eBay, and how much work is really involved in reaching that status: Does Anyone Get Rich on eBay? Yahoo! News Elizabeth Millard, newsfactor.com Mon Jul 3, 2006 “In its nearly 11 years of...

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Rare British Coin

Rare coin breaks auction record BBC NEWS | England 29 June 2006 “A buyer has paid 460,000 pounds (about US $850,200) at auction for a rare medieval gold coin which has broken the record for a British coin. The Edward III double florin, known as a double leopard...

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Soaring Art Market

The Klimt Sensation: A Mona Lisa for America SPIEGEL ONLINE – News June 26, 2006 By Thomas Huetlin, Ulrike Knofel and Joachim Kronsbein “Early last week painter Gustav Klimt’s “Gold Adele” became the most expensive painting of all time,...

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World’s Most Expensive Painting

Klimt painting sold for record $135 million Yahoo! News June 18, 2006 “WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A 1907 portrait by Gustav Klimt has been purchased by cosmetics magnate Ronald S. Lauder for $135 million, the highest amount ever paid for a painting, The New...

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