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...estate sale for next to nothing in the past few years. Three fetched mammoth prices at Christie's; the fourth is on its way. Magnolias on a Wooden Table, bought by a Racine, Wis., resident for $5, will fetch $200,000 to $300,000, Christie's estimates, at auction on May 25. Two Magnolias on Blue Plush, which cost a Wausau, Wis., man $29, sold at Christie's last May for $882,500. And Magnolia Blossoms on Blue Velvet and Cherokee Roses were purchased together in Tucson, Ariz., for $88. They sold at Christie's in December...
...show is over--let the bidding begin! After 10 long, torrid years, the hit TV sitcom Beverly Hills, 90210 is in its final season on Fox. But bereaved fans can console themselves at AsSeenIn.com a website that's putting costumes, props and sets from the show up for auction online. Among the big-ticket items are Dylan's 1963 Triumph motorcycle, a Betsey Johnson dress worn by Donna, and a jukebox, right, from the characters' perennial hangout, the Peach Pit. The bidding begins May 1. Proceeds go to the Cosmetic Surgery Fund for Aging Teen Stars. Just kidding...
...other side, there is an additional fear that the breakup will not be strong enough. The portion of Microsoft controlling the operating system could retain a monopoly. Some suggest that a better solution would be to auction the Windows source code to several other companies, immediately creating competing systems. However, competing versions of Windows could be sufficiently similar to create customer confusion and remove any real advantage from the split. Furthermore, were competing versions of Windows introduced while Microsoft still held on to its applications software, it would not be long before Office became more compatible with Microsoft's version...
...company and were horrified when it looked like Arnault--of whom Ford has said, "We could teach [him] a few things about this business"--would capture Gucci. To fend off the raider, the partners brought in self-made French billionaire Francois Pinault, the owner of Christie's auction house and part owner of Converse shoes, who used a controversial clause in Gucci's bylaws to purchase a 42% stake in the firm for $2.9 billion. Arnault insists Gucci's white-knight strategy was illegal, and the battle for the company is still wending through Dutch courts. (Gucci is incorporated...
Kate A. Agresta '02 was there to watch her roommate Becca P. Mercer '02 auction off a "singing, tap dancing telegram" from their third roommate Heather G. Childs...