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Kenya Lion Statue Auction Raises Big Money
Offbeat  (tags: kenya, lions statues, record money, auction, conservation )

Simone
- 20 days ago - capitalfm.co.ke
- Conservationists in Kenya raised around Sh12.6 million at a sale of 49 life-size lion statues overnight, the auctioneer said early Saturday.
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Wild Stallion Injures Man in Escape Bid
Offbeat  (tags: wild stallion, rounded up, auction, escape route, injured elderly man, freedom )

Simone
- 31 days ago - horsetalk.co.nz
A wayward stallion trying to escape from a pen sent auction-goers scrambling for safety as 78 wild horses taken in a muster from Theodore Roosevelt National Park went under the hammer.
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T-Rex Skeleton Looking for a Buyer
Offbeat  (tags: dinosaurs, T-rex, auction )

Michelle
- 106 days ago - france24.com
Samson, a Tyrannosaurus Rex whose near-complete skeleton was found in South Dakota in 1992, is up for sale in Las Vegas. Auctioneers hope to get between 6 and 8 million dollars for the skeleton thought to be 66 million years old.
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Dinosaur Skulls Sold at Auction
Offbeat  (tags: dinosaur skulls, auction, interesting )

Cher
- 178 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Two dinosaur skulls have fetched top prices at an auction in New York.
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Man Pays Nearly a Grand for Prehistoric Poop
Offbeat  (tags: dinosaur dung, auction )

Brian
- 573 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
Despite all the worries about a recession, here's a sure sign the economy is not in the dumper: A pile of dinosaur dung 130 million years old sold at a New York auction this week for nearly $1,000.
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Titanic Ticket Sold at Auction
Offbeat  (tags: history, titanic, auction, news, interesting )

Marty
- 585 days ago - us.rd.yahoo.com
One of the last tickets for the Titanic's doomed maiden voyage and a pocket watch which stopped when it sank have been sold by a relative of a survivor, a British auctioneer said Sunday.
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Dickens Works to Go Under Hammer
Offbeat  (tags: Charles Dickens, auction )

Ingrid
- 603 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The largest auction of Charles Dickens' works for more than three decades is expected to fetch around $2 million at Christies in New York.
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301 Pennies Auctioned Off for $10.7M
Offbeat  (tags: coins, pennies, auction )

Little
- 649 days ago - boston.com
LONG BEACH, Calif.--A penny saved is not necessarily just a penny earned: One man's collection of rare American cents has turned into a $10.7 million auction windfall. The collection of 301 cents featured some...
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Texas Ghost Town Is Sold on EBay
Offbeat  (tags: Texas, ghost town, ebay, USA, Italy, auction )

Kate
- 733 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
A small, uninhabited town in Texas has been sold on the internet auction site, eBay, to a buyer in Italy for a little over $3m (£1.45m).
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Blue Diamond Sets Auction Record
Offbeat  (tags: offbeat, interesting, Auction )

Jim
- 779 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
A flawless blue diamond that fetched $7.98m (£3.93m) has set a record as the most expensive gemstone per carat bought at auction
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Nerds to Auction Themselves to Women
Offbeat  (tags: auction, off-beat, computer skills, dating, nerds, sorority girls, computer nerds )

Terri
- 793 days ago - newsday.com
Looking to recruit more women, and perhaps date some sorority girls, the largest computer club at Washington State University hopes to hold a "nerd auction."
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