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#auction

The final results are in for an auction launched on the 2025 finale of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver to benefit public media. As reported by , items including a record-setting Bob Ross painting and a bidet signed by GWAR's Blöthar the Berserker raised a total of nearly $1.54 million dedicated to assisting local public broadcasters by the time bids closed on Monday night.

Outfits worn by actors including Johnny Depp, Cate Blanchett and Kate Winslet are to go on display in London. The costumes will be available to view in a free exhibition in Bermondsey from Wednesday until 25 November when they will be sold off during auction. The outfit expected to fetch the highest price - an estimated 45,000, is an early 19th century suit Depp wore towards the end of the 1999 film Sleepy Hollow in his role as Ichabod Crane.

Gene wanted to direct, and play Hannibal Lecter, Harris's agent, Robert Bookman, told Deadline in 2017. Work on a screenplay was under way when Hackman suddenly got cold feet and abandoned the project, apparently because it was too dark. Bookman recalled: Gene Hackman's daughter read the book. And she called her father and said, Daddy, you're not making this movie.' The Silence of the Lambs was released in 1991, directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Anthony Hopkins, and won all five of the top Oscars.

British auction house Omega Auctions anticipates the note, dated Dec. 1, 2017, will sell for anywhere from A5,000 (about $6,579) to A10,000 (about $13,158) when it goes up for auction Dec. 2. Liam, Long time no see! the Life of a Showgirl crooner wrote on stationery emblazoned with her name. I'm so excited for you, you'reA crushing it out there. I'm obsessed with Bedroom Floor.' It's so cool to see you from afar. I'm always cheering you on. Good luck tonight! Taylor.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.

Now the electronic equipment and musical instruments Florian Schneider used to create some of the band's best-known songs in the 1970s and 1980s could fetch hundreds of thousands of dollars when they are sold at auction next month. Music for a solo project that the 73-year-old Schneider was working on just before he died from cancer in 2020 can also be heard for the first time in a video about the auction, shared with the Guardian.

A five-story office building just steps from South Station will be auctioned on Nov. 5. Paul E. Saperstein Co. Auctioneers & Appraisers is listing the 98,000-square-foot property at 99 Bedford St. The building, which dates back to 1899, houses five tenants and features a renovated lobby completed in 2020. Ground-level tenants include Forefront Eye Care and TALK English School, while state filings show that Korb & Associates PLLC also leases office space in the building.

The Pregunta began life as a Diablo, but its transformation was anything but subtle. French coachbuilder Carrosserie Heuliez-Torino was commissioned to craft a completely new carbon fiber body, drawing inspiration from the Dassault Rafale fighter jet. The connection was more than superficial: the car was finished in the same matte dark grey paint used on the aircraft, creating an appearance that felt more military prototype than production-ready supercar.

For those that don't know, the "Prerelease Raichu" card is the stuff of legend. According to reports dating back to the late '90s, around 11 copies of the original Raichu card with "PRERELEASE" text stamped in the corner of the artwork were accidentally produced by Wizards of the Coast employees. These cards were mixed in with pre-release Clefable cards that were given out at events in the '90s, and they were supposed to have been destroyed, though a few were supposedly saved by WOTC workers.

Iconic movie props from a galaxy far, far away, and from a search for the Holy Grail much closer to home, are for sale in a blockbuster auction in California featuring a trove of silver screen history. Darth Vader's lightsaber from the final two films of the original Star Wars trilogy is the most valuable lot in the three-day online auction hosted by Propstore, a Los Angeles company specializing in movie memorabilia.

Last summer, the Mirage announced it was closing permanently to make way for the Hard Rock Las Vegas. The Mirage, which opened in 1989, ushered in the era of Vegas "megaresorts"; at the time, it was one of the most expensive and largest hotels ever built anywhere on Earth. Its marquee attraction was a volcano that erupted every 15 minutes.

The 1959 Porsche 718 RSK Spyder, one of only 24 built, combines historical significance, racing pedigree, and a projected auction price of over $3.5 million.

The marquee event features plenty of high ticket items, including a pocket watch from the 1923 World Series given to Babe Ruth and a game worn Mickey Mantle jersey.

Elvis Presley's Omega wristwatch, gifted by Johnny Cash, sold for $103,700 in a recent music memorabilia auction, showcasing the growing interest in music collectibles.

The Bolide is engineered entirely for track performance, housing an 8.0-liter quad-turbocharged W16 engine that delivers an extraordinary 1,600 horsepower.

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This Martian meteorite is the largest piece of Mars we have ever found by a long shot. So it's more than double the size of what we previously thought was the largest piece of Mars.

The 40th Leitz Photographica Auction featured serial number 105, a rare Leica 0-series camera prototype gifted to Oskar Barnack, fetching a final hammer price of €14.4 million.

Helena Newman shares a remarkable restitution story involving the loss of a family's Kandinsky painting in Nazi-era Germany, blending her love of music with art appreciation.

A number of props, costumes and even a lifelike llama from Monty Python's final live show are being auctioned, and you can bid now.

Democratic citizens want "to exercise in arms for the defense of their country: of 80000 men able to bear arms among them it is believed scarcely any will refuse to sign this demand."

Miller and Miller Auctions recently auctioned a rare game-issued hockey stick owned and signed by Bill Barilko for a record $60,000, far exceeding expectations.