Word: auctioneers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...resounding titles, which for sheer euphony tops that of many a noble duke and earl, is held by the Lord of the Manor of Circum cum Wilcocks alias Fransham Parva in the parish of Little Fransham. Last week, along with 26 other manorial lordships, it was knocked down at auction for a paltry $924. At the same auction, London Bookseller William Alfred Foyle bought himself five lordships...
...collection also comprises the complete diaries of John Adams, John Quincy Adams, and Charles Francis Adams, covering the years 1755 to 1886. "If these private papers were sold at an auction," Thomas B. Adams said, "They could bring over a million dollars...
...marquise has sold all the historic tapestries, paintings and furniture," complained the contractor's attorney. Last week the château was put up for auction. The townspeople, outbidding everyone else, bid 20 million francs ($57,000) for the sagging but prized tourist attraction. "We shall do everything possible," promised the mayor, "to repair and preserve its marvelous heritage...
Defense Rests. In Covington, Ky., Prosecutor James E. Quill's case against Cafe Owner Joseph Martin for receiving stolen goods collapsed when Quill discovered that the police had accidentally sold at auction the stolen goods that Martin was accused of receiving...
KAISER-WILLYS is on the auction block, may be broken up and sold piecemeal. President Edgar Kaiser offered it to Chrysler Corp., but was turned down. Chrysler has shown interest in the money-making jeep business and Packard in the Maywood (Calif.) assembly plant. But nobody seems to want Kaiser-Willys as a package. The sale is being forced by continuous losses and the fact that Henry J., now 72, needs son Edgar on the West Coast to help run the rest of the Kaiser empire...