Auction
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Rare Assam tea sells for ₹ 75,000 per kg at auction
India | Oct 30, 2020, 11:12 PM ISTAmidst 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 | Oct 30, 2020, 07:11 PM ISTJewels 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 | Mar 26, 2020, 11:17 PM ISTAs 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 | Feb 26, 2020, 09:12 PM ISTRare 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 | Feb 25, 2020, 03:07 PM ISTThe 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 | Feb 13, 2020, 10:49 AM ISTOriginal 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 | Jan 01, 2020, 09:35 PM ISTFormer 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 | Dec 10, 2019, 04:03 PM ISTA 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 | Nov 20, 2019, 04:53 PM ISTThe 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 | Nov 06, 2019, 08:37 PM ISTThe 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
Jul 12, 2019, 03:55 PM ISTThe 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 | Jun 11, 2019, 08:52 AM ISTThe 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, 12:04 AM ISTNearly 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 | Mar 26, 2019, 07:00 PM ISTAuctioneers 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 | Dec 06, 2018, 10:54 AM ISTThe 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 | Nov 10, 2018, 04:31 PM ISTThe 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 | Oct 07, 2018, 02:12 PM ISTThe 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 | Jun 20, 2018, 09:30 PM ISTThe 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, 06:21 PM ISTThe 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 | Mar 10, 2018, 08:04 AM ISTThe 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.