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...learned from court documents that he had borrowed money against the house, been unable to repay it, and had his ownership revoked. The house had already been put up for auction three times by the court, without attracting a buyer. If we wanted it, we would now have to bid at the next auction. We were devastated, but decided to fight for the house?and to stop handing any more rent to the general...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: House of Horrors | 4/26/2004 | See Source »

...every item swiped from a plane, there's an eager collector waiting to bid for it. Each day on eBay, travel memorabilia swap hands?from TWA napkins of the 1970s to a large array of Concorde crockery and pepper pots. Judging by the amount of stuff available from the retired supersonic service, it's a wonder that British Airways didn't terminate it sooner due to a lack of cups and plates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fly and Buy | 4/26/2004 | See Source »

...advise that you accumulate anything and everything. Even if you have no interest in safety cards or that bar of hotel soap from Yakutsk, someone will. Online auction sites enable you to share your haul with a much wider market than before, and allow people to compare and competitively bid for memorabilia more easily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fly and Buy | 4/26/2004 | See Source »

...every item swiped from a plane, there's an eager collector waiting to bid for it. Each day on eBay, travel memorabilia swap hands - from TWA napkins of the 1970s to a large array of Concorde crockery and pepper pots. Judging by the amount of stuff available from the retired supersonic service, it's a wonder that British Airways didn't terminate it sooner due to a lack of cups and plates. Travel is an area of collecting that can involve large sums of money (a Concorde nose cone was sold at auction for $550,000 to a U.S.-based...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fly And Buy | 4/25/2004 | See Source »

...announcement. A global turnaround? Not yet. Speed limits vary. - By Adam Smith Hard To Swallow Swiss drugmaker Novartis accepted an invitation for merger talks from Franco-German Aventis. A deal won't be easy: the French government is against foreign ownership of Aventis, favoring the hostile €46 billion bid from its own Sanofi-Synthélabo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Biz Watch | 4/25/2004 | See Source »

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