<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : auction : RSS 2.0</title><link>http://www.plime.com/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><webMaster>plime.com</webMaster><copyright>2009, plime.com.</copyright><lastBuildDate></lastBuildDate><pubDate></pubDate><generator>Plime/1</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><image><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : auction : RSS 2.0</title><url>http://www.plime.com/images/logo.gif</url><link>http://www.plime.com/</link></image><item><title><![CDATA[Giant original GORT robot up for auction]]></title><description><![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!]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/51923/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/51923/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Furry pig sells for &#163;250 at swine auction]]></title><description><![CDATA[A furry pig drew a huge crowd when it was brought to auction and sold for &#163;250.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/110023/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/110023/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[84.37-Carat White Diamond sold for $16.2 Million at Auction]]></title><description><![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]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/41645/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/41645/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Auction On to Kill Rare Scottish White Deer]]></title><description><![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.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/98409/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/98409/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Teen's TradeMe auction of nude mum pics faked]]></title><description><![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;.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/128451/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/128451/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Cher's Auction A Great Success]]></title><description><![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.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/2218/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/2218/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[eBay auction to raise funds for defense of man accused of killing abortion doctor]]></title><description><![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.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/135323/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/135323/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Pooh's dip into honey fetches pounds at auction]]></title><description><![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).]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/81188/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/81188/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Dinosaur dung sells at NYC auction for nearly $1,000]]></title><description><![CDATA[A pile of dinosaur dung 130 million years old sold at a New York auction Wednesday for nearly $1,000.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/60282/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/60282/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian $1M coin up for auction]]></title><description><![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>]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/29419/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/29419/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[India Tries To Stop Auction Of Gandhi Items]]></title><description><![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.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/97682/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/97682/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[The Michael Jackson Auction]]></title><description><![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]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/95003/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/95003/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[World's First Postage Stamp Surfaces in Auction]]></title><description><![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.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/95530/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/95530/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Victoria's secret: queen's underwear sells at British auction ]]></title><description><![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.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/71027/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/71027/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Cher To Auction Off Her Stuff]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cher 'a self-declared pack rat' is putting 783 of her personal items up for auction.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/1509/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/1509/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Marine forced to stop auction for right to legally change his name]]></title><description><![CDATA[Auction violated military rules on commercial endorsements, so there'll still be no &quot;Mr. Wingnut Is Da Bizzomb Diggity Yo!&quot;]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/7491/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/7491/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Mammoth Skeleton Sets Auction Record]]></title><description><![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>.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/16723/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/16723/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[ Shopper gets leg up at Carolina auction]]></title><description><![CDATA[A man who bought a smoker, opened it and saw what he thought was a piece of driftwood wrapped in paper. When he unwrapped it, he found a human leg, cut off 2 to 3 inches above the knee.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/36729/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/36729/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Huge Celeb Memorabilia Auction]]></title><description><![CDATA[From the jeans James Dean wore, to a piece of the car he tragically died in, to a nightstand belonging to Marilyn Monroe.  You can bid on these and more celebrity memorabilia.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/2067/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/2067/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[28 Items You Won't Find at Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch Auction]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gizmodo Photoshop Contest:Some items that you imagine Michael Jackson selling at his &quot;I'm desperate&quot; auction.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/arts/l/96434/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/arts/l/96434/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item></channel></rss>