Apr 16th, 2007 · In case you missed it, a Swiss watchmaker is selling timepieces allegedly made from steel salvaged from the Titanic. How do you top that? You might rush off to Paris, where Christie's is about to auction the skeleton of a prehistoric mammoth. Bidding starts at $200,000. But think how it would look in your garage.
Keywords: Paris · money · salvage · Swiss · Mammoth · Skeleton · auction · prehistoric · Christie · titan · watchmaker · timepieces
Oct 21st, 2006 · Dr. Andrew Norman has a theory about writer Agatha Christie's mysterious 1926 disappearance. Amid a marital crisis, the creator of Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot was missing for 11 days before she was discovered at a hotel in Harrogate, England.
Keywords: Hotel · crisis · creators · Writer · Mystery · mysteries · england · theory · marital · Christie · disappeared · Andrew Norman
Oct 5th, 2006 · Auction house Christie's begins its sale of thousands of Star Trek memorabilia. Visitors can touch the merchandise and see original and close-to-original furniture and costumes. Space stations like Deep Space Nine and various alien weapons are also available.
Keywords: weapons · original · auction · furniture · costumes · merchandise · Christie · memorabilia · Star Trek · Space · Deep Space Nine
Sep 26th, 2006 · Watercolors painted by Adolf Hitler during World War I are up for auction in England. They turned up in a Belgian attic. And Christie's auction house has a treat for fans of the Barbie doll. A Dutch woman is selling her collection of 4,000 Barbie items, including a swimsuit Barbie from 1959.
Keywords: Dutch · england · dolls · auction · attics · watercolors · Hitler · 1959 · Belgian · swimsuits · Christie · Adolf Hitler
Mar 15th, 2006 · As Christie's prepares to auction paraphernalia from the Plaza Hotel, it also attempts to re-create Truman Capote's legendary 1966 Black and White Ball. The original event was the party of the century. The re-creation, not so much.
Keywords: Creation · original · auction · Truman Capote · paraphernalia · Christie · Plaza Hotel · 1966 Black · White Ball
Jun 29th, 2005 · Many of Marlon Brando's belongings are going up for auction at Christie's auction house in New York City on Thursday. Alex Chadwick talks to Helen Bailey, the head of popular arts for Christie's, to see what will be up for bid from the late actor's estate.
Keywords: Alex Chadwick · actor · New York City · Arts · estate · auction · Marlon · Brando · Marlon Brando · Christie · Helen Bailey
Feb 22nd, 2005 · An auction of rare documents and artifacts related to the evolution of computer technology and the Internet will be held at Christie's Auction House in New York on Wednesday. Day to Day technology correspondent Xeni Jardin reports.
Keywords: New York · Computers · technology · Internet · evolution · artifacts · auction · Xeni Jardin · Christie · Auction House