<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : auction : ATOM 0.3</title><link>http://www.plime.com/</link><description>You can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). Please share it with us in our forum and we'll link it here!</description><language>en-us</language></meta><items><entry><title><![CDATA[Canadian $1M coin up for auction]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/29419/1/" /><id>29419</id><summary><![CDATA[Canadian $1M coin up for auction]]></summary><issued>2007-07-29T09:52:24+01:00</issued><modified>2007-07-29T09:52:24+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A Southern California company plans to auction the world's largest coin, a 220-pound gold piece minted by Canada.<br/><br/><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/l/18957/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Related story</a>]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[India Tries To Stop Auction Of Gandhi Items]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/97682/1/" /><id>97682</id><summary><![CDATA[India Tries To Stop Auction Of Gandhi Items]]></summary><issued>2009-03-04T17:44:53+01:00</issued><modified>2009-03-04T17:44:53+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Despite direct appeals from the Indian government and a last-minute stay from an Indian court, an auction of personal items of Mahatma Gandhi&#8217;s &#8212; including his sandals, bowl, watch and spectacles &#8212; is scheduled to go ahead as planned on Thursday in New York City.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The Michael Jackson Auction]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/95003/1/" /><id>95003</id><summary><![CDATA[The Michael Jackson Auction]]></summary><issued>2009-02-17T10:36:55+01:00</issued><modified>2009-02-17T10:36:55+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[In April, an auction by Julien's Auctions at the Beverley Hills Hilton will provide an unprecedented look into the private world of Michael Jackson.<br/><br/>Pretty wacky stuff]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[World's First Postage Stamp Surfaces in Auction]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/95530/1/" /><id>95530</id><summary><![CDATA[World's First Postage Stamp Surfaces in Auction]]></summary><issued>2009-02-20T10:31:37+01:00</issued><modified>2009-02-20T10:31:37+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The world's first adhesive postage stamp of a public postal system, the &quot;penny black,&quot; along with the world's second issued stamp, the &quot;two-penny blue,&quot; have just surfaced in a Sotheby's auction that will feature other rare and valuable stamps belonging to renowned collector David Barton, who died last year.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Victoria's secret: queen's underwear sells at British auction ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/weird/l/71027/1/" /><id>71027</id><summary><![CDATA[Victoria's secret: queen's underwear sells at British auction ]]></summary><issued>2008-08-03T01:07:38+01:00</issued><modified>2008-08-03T01:07:38+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A giant pair of bloomers which belonged to Queen Victoria sold for nine times their estimate at an auction in Britain Wednesday.<br/><br/>&quot;These pants, considering their provenance and pedigree, are very exciting,&quot; said auctioneer Charles Hanson.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Giant original GORT robot up for auction]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/51923/1/" /><id>51923</id><summary><![CDATA[Giant original GORT robot up for auction]]></summary><issued>2008-02-24T23:40:19+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-24T23:40:19+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[An eight-foot-tall animatronic model of GORT, the robot from &quot;The Day The Earth Stood <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043456/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Still</a>&quot;, is currently up for auction on eBay. According to the ad, &quot;the robot hasn't been activated in years.&quot; So be careful, and remember: Klaatu Barada Nikto!]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Furry pig sells for &#163;250 at swine auction]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/110023/1/" /><id>110023</id><summary><![CDATA[Furry pig sells for &#163;250 at swine auction]]></summary><issued>2009-04-27T10:11:10+01:00</issued><modified>2009-04-27T10:11:10+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A furry pig drew a huge crowd when it was brought to auction and sold for &#163;250.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[84.37-Carat White Diamond sold for $16.2 Million at Auction]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/41645/1/" /><id>41645</id><summary><![CDATA[84.37-Carat White Diamond sold for $16.2 Million at Auction]]></summary><issued>2007-11-14T16:34:58+01:00</issued><modified>2007-11-14T16:34:58+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Guess Founder Georges Marciano was just short setting an all-time auction record for a stone or piece of jewelry, a record held by the same Sotheby's]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Auction On to Kill Rare Scottish White Deer]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/98409/1/" /><id>98409</id><summary><![CDATA[Auction On to Kill Rare Scottish White Deer]]></summary><issued>2009-03-08T22:37:20+01:00</issued><modified>2009-03-08T22:37:20+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[&quot;It needs culling &#8211; it&#8217;s a freak.&quot;<br/><br/>*edit: Hoax alert! After this post went up the daughter of the property owner mentioned in this story joined Plime to give us a very different view. It appears the original journalist went far beyond the truth in his search for publicity and may have endangered Kevin Stuart, who claims that there never was an auction for the life of the animal. Please read the comments.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Teen's TradeMe auction of nude mum pics faked]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/weird/l/128451/1/" /><id>128451</id><summary><![CDATA[Teen's TradeMe auction of nude mum pics faked]]></summary><issued>2009-07-20T14:58:18+01:00</issued><modified>2009-07-20T14:58:18+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[It sounded unbelievable: a teenager put raunchy photos of his mother up for auction online in revenge for making him clean out their garage.<br/>And it was. The &quot;teen&quot; is actually 22-year-old student Michael Chal who pulled the stunt for a social media project to &quot;get people chattering&quot;.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Cher's Auction A Great Success]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/2218/1/" /><id>2218</id><summary><![CDATA[Cher's Auction A Great Success]]></summary><issued>2006-10-05T16:21:40+01:00</issued><modified>2006-10-05T16:21:40+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[To show how relevant Cher still is, every item in her 700 item auction was sold.  The auction raised double the expectations as well.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[eBay auction to raise funds for defense of man accused of killing abortion doctor]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/135323/1/" /><id>135323</id><summary><![CDATA[eBay auction to raise funds for defense of man accused of killing abortion doctor]]></summary><issued>2009-11-03T08:14:56+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-03T08:14:56+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[&#8220;I really am hopeful that eBay can see that once this is up, that it is not a glorification of violence,&#8221; said auction organizer Dave Leach, an abortion opponent from Iowa. &#8220;If the auction stays up, it will only be because eBay has been shamed into recognizing the nonviolent nature of the items.&#8221;<br/><br/>Items organizers said were being donated for the auction include an Army of God manual that describes dozens of ways to shut down abortion clinics; and a prison cookbook compiled by Shelley Shannon, who is serving time for clinic arsons and bombings.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Pooh's dip into honey fetches pounds at auction]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/81188/1/" /><id>81188</id><summary><![CDATA[Pooh's dip into honey fetches pounds at auction]]></summary><issued>2008-11-06T08:40:41+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-06T08:40:41+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A sketch by Winnie the Pooh illustrator E.H. Shepard titled &quot;Tiggers Don't Like Honey&quot; fetched 31,200 pounds ($49,770) at auction Tuesday, well above the pre-sale estimate of 15,000 to 20,000 pounds ($24,000 to $32,000).]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Dinosaur dung sells at NYC auction for nearly $1,000]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/60282/1/" /><id>60282</id><summary><![CDATA[Dinosaur dung sells at NYC auction for nearly $1,000]]></summary><issued>2008-05-01T09:15:55+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-01T09:15:55+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A pile of dinosaur dung 130 million years old sold at a New York auction Wednesday for nearly $1,000.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Cher To Auction Off Her Stuff]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/1509/1/" /><id>1509</id><summary><![CDATA[Cher To Auction Off Her Stuff]]></summary><issued>2006-09-28T16:21:29+01:00</issued><modified>2006-09-28T16:21:29+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Cher 'a self-declared pack rat' is putting 783 of her personal items up for auction.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Marine forced to stop auction for right to legally change his name]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/weird/l/7491/1/" /><id>7491</id><summary><![CDATA[Marine forced to stop auction for right to legally change his name]]></summary><issued>2006-12-12T14:03:02+01:00</issued><modified>2006-12-12T14:03:02+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Auction violated military rules on commercial endorsements, so there'll still be no &quot;Mr. Wingnut Is Da Bizzomb Diggity Yo!&quot;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Mammoth Skeleton Sets Auction Record]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/16723/1/" /><id>16723</id><summary><![CDATA[Mammoth Skeleton Sets Auction Record]]></summary><issued>2007-04-17T10:26:26+01:00</issued><modified>2007-04-17T10:26:26+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[If you were looking for the skeleton of a prehistoric mammoth, Monday was your day to buy. Christie's auction house sold one for $421,200 _ a world record.<br/><br/>Follow up to <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/l/16578/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">this story</a>.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[First comic book featuring Superman sells for $317,200]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/99890/1/" /><id>99890</id><summary><![CDATA[First comic book featuring Superman sells for $317,200]]></summary><issued>2009-03-15T22:43:38+01:00</issued><modified>2009-03-15T22:43:38+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A rare copy of the first comic book featuring Superman has sold for $317,200 in an Internet auction. The previous owner had bought it for less than a buck. It's one of the highest prices ever paid for a comic book, a likely testament to the volume's rarity and its excellent condition.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Unemployed Teen Auctions Off His Name]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/135386/1/" /><id>135386</id><summary><![CDATA[Unemployed Teen Auctions Off His Name]]></summary><issued>2009-11-04T21:13:49+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-04T21:13:49+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The out-of-work is auctioning off the right to change his legal name in an eBay auction slated to end early Sunday.<br/><br/>The auction, titled &#8220;I will legally change my name to anything,&#8221; seeks a minimum bid of $5,000. Four days in, Gosz has a handful of people tracking the page but no bids.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[British auction offers white Christmas]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/weird/l/7464/1/" /><id>7464</id><summary><![CDATA[British auction offers white Christmas]]></summary><issued>2006-12-11T22:58:24+01:00</issued><modified>2006-12-11T22:58:24+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[An eBay listing has promised British bidders the winner will receive 10 tons of snow delivered to the door on Christmas Eve.<br/><br/>I'd give the snow from my driveway for free!]]></content></entry></items></xml>