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Here’s What A $160 Million Beverly Hills Mansion Looks Like [Video]
15 Jan 2021 by Carrie / No Comments
Take a look inside the 20 000-square-foot mansion, known as Villa Firenze, up for auction in Beverly Hills.
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A List Of The Odd SAA Goodies You Can Buy On Auction
19 Nov 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Fancy 32 000 chopsticks, or 540 000 toothpicks? Don’t stress, there is also a wide assortment of alcohol up for grabs.
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Historic NASA Photos Up For Auction
10 Nov 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Christie’s is auctioning off images from those first few years of space exploration, captured when photography was still analogue.
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Banksy’s Monet Rip-off Sells For R160 Million – Titled ‘Show Me The Monet’
22 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
The latest Banksy original to go under the hammer was his 2005 parody of one of Claude Monet’s famous ‘Water Lilies’ paintings.
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“End Of An Era” For SA Model And Famous Cape Mansion
06 Jul 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The story of Candice van der Merwe, the $15,5 million gift she received from the prime minister of Lebanon in 2013, and her family’s battle with SARS has a new chapter.
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Five-Star Bush Trips, Michelin Dinners, And More Incredible Experiences In Online Charity Auction
12 Jun 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Five-star stays in Kenya and the Okavango Delta, dining at Michelin-star chef Jan Hendrik van der Westhuizen’s restaurant, yachting in Cape Town – the COURAGE charity auction is definitely worth a cheeky punt.
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Clifton Auction: Two Prime Properties For Sale This Month
26 May 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Two sought-after Clifton properties are going under the hammer in June via online auction.
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The Influencer Who Offered To Sell Her Virginity For COVID-19
25 May 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
An Instagram influencer has had to do damage control after she faked wanting to auction off her virginity on Instagram.
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Enjoy This Guy’s Reaction When He Finds Out How Much His Old Rolex is Worth [Video]
29 Jan 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
A US Air Force veteran had no idea that he was sitting on a small fortune, until he showed an old watch to an appraiser on ‘Antiques Roadshow’.
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Three Incredible Supercars Sold At Sotheby’s Auction
21 Jan 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
RM Sotheby’s Scottsdale auction happened last week, and on the docket were some cars that certainly caught the eye.
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Auction Of Whisky’s ‘Perfect Collection’ Expected To Fetch Around R150 Million – Take A Tour [Video]
10 Dec 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
The late Richard Gooding amassed a selection of whiskies dubbed “the perfect collection”, and it’s going under the hammer next year.
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High-Stakes Game Of Rock, Paper, Scissors Proves That There Is Skill Involved
28 Aug 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Japanese electronics giant Maspro Denkoh Corporation couldn’t decide which auction house to use to sell $20 million worth of art, so they turned to an age-old game.
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Small Town SA – Bull Escapes Auction And Rampages Through Town [Video]
20 Aug 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
You can expect to encounter a lot of things outside a KFC in South Africa, but a raging bull isn’t usually one of them.
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So That ‘First Porsche Ever’ Auction Was A Bit Of A Balls-Up
19 Aug 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Porsche says that the world’s first Porsche isn’t a Porsche at all. Then there’s the attempt to auction it off, which didn’t go as planned.
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Another Rare Clifton Plot Is Up For Auction
13 Aug 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
A second incredibly rare plot of land in Clifton is going under the hammer, at a starting price of a cool R15 million.
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This Sandhurst Home Was The Most Expensive Property Auctioned In SA Last Year
03 Apr 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
A massive manor house in Johannesburg, dubbed Villa Royale, was the most expensive residential property auctioned in South Africa last year.
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Photo Of Hitler Hugging Young Girl Hides A Dark History
14 Nov 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
The photograph of a smiling Adolf Hitler hugging a young Jewish girl, that recently sold for $11 520 at auction, hides an unlikely friendship and a dark tale.
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This Computer-Generated Portrait Sold For R6,3 Million
26 Oct 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
A painting of a European man, generated by AI, has fetched 43 times more than its estimated value at a Christie’s auction. But is it art?
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Banksy Admits That Shredder Machine Stunt Was Actually A Balls-Up
19 Oct 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
Banksy has admitted that his stunt at the Sotheby’s auction of his famous ‘Girl With Balloon’ painting didn’t go exactly as planned.
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They Reckon This Will Be The Most Valuable Work Of Art By A Living Artist
14 Sep 2018 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Many of the world’s most famous artists died without the fame and fortune now associated with their names, but that is not the case for David Hockney.
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10 Photos That Sold For Staggering Sums Of Money
05 Sep 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
You’re pretty stoked with that Instagram photo that received just shy of 100 likes, aren’t you? How about flogging a photo for a cool R60 million?
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Obviously Elvis Had A Mobile Home – Here Are The Pics And Video To Prove It
17 Aug 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
Elvis Presley fans will get the chance to own a piece of rock ‘n roll history, when one of his trailers goes up for auction next week.
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Famous Villa Above Llandudno Caught Up In Auction Drama
20 Jun 2018 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Just before you hit Suikerbossie and head down into Hout Bay, you’ll see a villa on the left-hand side of the road. To auction or not to auction, that is the question.
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City Of Cape Town Auctioning Off This Clifton House To Fund Water Projects [Images]
12 Mar 2018 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
In order to get some extra cash for its water projects, the City of Cape Town has put a Clifton bungalow up for auction. What do you think?
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Steve Jobs’ 1973 Pre-Apple Job Application Should Give You Hope
02 Mar 2018 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
Steve Jobs might have gone on to co-found one of the greatest tech companies of all time, but before that he was just a regular guy trying to land some work.
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If You Want To Own Ringo Starr’s Old Wheels You’re Going To Have To Pay Up
16 Nov 2017 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
Back in the 60s, every member of The Beatles was gifted a car by manager Brian Epstein. Of course Ringo tinkered with his, and now it’s going on auction.
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WORLD RECORD: This Is What A R6,5 Billion Painting Looks Like
16 Nov 2017 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
Referred to as the Holy Grail of the Old Masters, a Leonardo da Vinci painting was auctioned yesterday for a pretty penny. We’re talking very pretty.
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Someone’s About To Pay A Fortune For The Da Vinci Painting Of Jesus Christ
15 Nov 2017 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
After disappearing from the public eye for a couple of centuries, one of Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpieces is set to go up for auction today.
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Everything We Know About The Rolex That Just Sold For R250 Million
27 Oct 2017 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
Arguably the most iconic collector’s wristwatch of the 20th century, Paul Newman’s Rolex Daytona sold for a whopping R250 million at an auction yesterday. Damn.
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The Beautiful Story Of How Einstein Giving A Delivery Guy A Tip In 1922 Made History
25 Oct 2017 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
When he didn’t have any change, Albert Einstein scribbled his theories on happiness on two pieces of paper as a tip. Turns out those theories have aged well.
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