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  Rare Assam tea sells for ₹ 75,000 per kg at auction

  India | October 30, 2020 23:12 IST

  Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the Guwahati Tea Auction Centre (GTAC) on Thursday sold a Speciality Tea at a record price of Rs 75,000 per kg, the highest this year, an official said.

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  Jewels from Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s treasury auctioned in UK

  World | October 30, 2020 19:11 IST

  Jewels that once belonged to Maharani Jindan Kaur, the last wife of Sikh Empire ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh, and which were later inherited by her granddaughter, Princess Bamba Sutherland, were among the highlights of an auction in London. 

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  RBI holds OMO auction worth Rs 15,000 crore

  Business | March 26, 2020 23:17 IST

  As part of its continuing efforts to keep the system with adequate liquidity, the Reserve Bank on Thursday held an open market operation (OMO) auction for Rs 15,000 crore. 

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  Auction of Nirav Modi's assets postponed; live auction on March 5

  Business | February 26, 2020 21:12 IST

  Rare paintings, exquisite wrist watches and luxury cars belonging to fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi will be auctioned next month, auction house Saffronart said on Wednesday. 

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  MF Husain, Amrita Sher-Gil paintings, luxury cars, watches, handbags: Nirav Modi's assets on auction

  Business | February 25, 2020 15:07 IST

  The lots going under the hammer in two separate auctions would include major artworks by top contemporary and modern Indian artists, coveted luxury watches, handbags and cars. Leading the pack in the sale are works by M. F. Husain, Amrita Sher-Gil.

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  Banksy artwork to be auctioned for Australia bushfire relief

  World | February 13, 2020 10:49 IST

  Original artwork by Banksy, the acclaimed anonymous British street artist, will be auctioned in Australia to raise money for bushfire relief, it was reported on Thursday.  

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  Amaravati farmers' protest: Chandrababu Naidu's wife donates her gold bangles for auction

  India | January 01, 2020 21:35 IST

  ​Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu's wife N. Bhuvaneswari on Wednesday contributed her gold bangles for the ongoing movement by farmers to demand continuation of Amaravati as the capital.

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  Over Rs 15 crore raised by auctioning gifts presented to PM Modi

  India | December 10, 2019 16:03 IST

  A total of Rs 15.13 crore were raised from the auction of mementos and gifts presented to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the last five years. The declaration was made by the Culture Ministry in the Parliament on Tuesday.   

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  8th time in 3 years, Mallya's Kingfisher House will be up for auction again

  Business | November 20, 2019 16:53 IST

  The Kingfisher House -- the erstwhile headquarters of the defunct Kingfisher Airlines Ltd. (KAL) - owned by absconding liquor baron Vijay Mallya, will be up for auction again. The 8th time in barely three years.  

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  I-T auctions Mumbai flat at over Rs 12 crore in case against Bofors agent Win Chadha

  India | November 06, 2019 20:37 IST

  The I-T Department has auctioned a flat at a posh south Mumbai locality for over Rs 12 crore in the process to recover multi-crore dues of late Win Chadha, an alleged middleman whose name cropped up in the Bofors deal case.  

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  After art auctioning, now meteorites and extraterrestrial bodies open for bidding too

  Science | July 12, 2019 15:55 IST

  The objects also include Gibeon Meteorites that landed on landed on Earth thousands of years ago when a wandering iron mass slammed exploded and rained down in the Kalahari Desert in Nambia. 

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  Bhupen Khakhar's painting on homosexuality breaks auction record

  World | June 11, 2019 8:52 IST

  The sale took place at the Sotheby's auction house on Monday. Going under the hammer was the "Coups de Coeur: The Guy and Helen Barbier Family Collection", an offering of 29 artworks from one of the finest collections of 20th century Indian art in private hands.

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  Shah Jahan's dagger, Gayatri Devi's necklace among 400 Indian royal artefacts up for auction in US

  India | May 28, 2019 0:04 IST

  Nearly 400 Indian royal artefacts -- including a diamond encrusted sword hilt of Maharaja Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala, natural pearl necklace belonging to Rajmata Gayatri Devi and a jade hilted dagger of Mughal king Shah Jahan, would go under the hammer here next month.

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  Nirav Modi-owned classics by VS Gaitonde, Raja Ravi Varma, Akbar Padamsee to go under hammer

  Business | March 26, 2019 19:00 IST

  Auctioneers say the sale is the first of its kind in a country where tax authorities have usually auctioned property, gold and luxury items, but not art.

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  Albert Einstein's 'God Letter' auctioned for whopping USD 3 million

  World | December 06, 2018 10:54 IST

  The two-page letter, dated January 3, 1954, was written to German philosopher Eric Gutkind, who had sent Einstein a copy of his book "Choose Life: The Biblical Call To Revolt".   

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  Stephen Hawking's wheelchair and thesis fetch more than $1 million at auction

  World | November 10, 2018 16:31 IST

  The motorized chair, used by Hawking after he was paralyzed with motor neuron disease, raised 296,750 pounds in a Christie’s online auction.

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  Banksy’s artwork destroys itself after being sold for over £1mn at auction, artist reveals secret behind prank

  Trending | October 07, 2018 14:12 IST

  The 2006 artwork by street artist Banksy, which shows a girl reaching towards a heart-shaped balloon, got sold for £1.042mn.

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  New Delhi: Taj Group acquires Connaught hotel in Lutyens' Delhi in Municipal Council auction

  India | June 20, 2018 21:30 IST

  The licensing rights have been granted for a period of 33 years. 

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  Last surviving naked Donald Trump statue sold for $28,000 at an auction

  Trending | May 04, 2018 18:21 IST

  The most controversial statue is the last sculpture that has not been vandalized or destroyed.

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  Rare signed Gandhi photo fetches over $41,000 at US auction

  World | March 10, 2018 8:04 IST

  The September 1931 photo, in which Gandhi is seen walking alongside Indian politician Madan Mohan Malaviya after the second session of India's Round Table Conference in London, is signed "MK Gandhi" with a fountain pen, Efe reported.