Internet auction sees 256,000 Kyoto offsets sold

Oct. 2, 2008

LONDON (Reuters) - A total of 255,592 Kyoto offsets were sold via online auction on Thursday, brokers and auction organizers CantorCO2e said.

Township to auction naming rights

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- A Pennsylvania township is set to auction off the naming rights for a main thoroughfare running through a posh new development.

British government holds carbon auction

LONDON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The British government announced it held Europe's first carbon allowance auction.

Economic woes reach London art world

LONDON, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- An art auction that failed to meet expectations indicates the world's economic downturn may have reached the London art world, an expert says.

Warhol painting sold for discount price

LONDON, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- A painting created by noted artist Andy Warhol has sold at a London auction for significantly less than expected, experts say.

RGGI holds first carbon credit auction

NEW YORK, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- The first regional carbon credit auction in the United States yielded more than $38 million.

Sweden to hold whiskey auction

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Sweden's first-ever whiskey auction will be held Oct. 7, officials have announced.

Ford-Monroe sex sofa up for auction

DALLAS, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- The couch on which Hollywood film star Glenn Ford said he had sex with Marilyn Monroe is to go up for sale next month, Heritage Auction Galleries said.

Hirst auctioning off his art

LONDON, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Artist Damien Hirst says he hopes to reduce his art backlog by placing hundreds of pieces up for auction with the British auction house Sotheby's.

eBay fixes sights on fixed sales

SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Internet auction giant eBay is lowering fees for "Buy It Now" listings to encourage fixed-price transactions, analysts said.

FAA to auction slots at Newark airport

NEWARK, N.J., Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Plane rights at New Jersey's Newark Liberty Airport will be auctioned in part to gauge their worth, U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters said Tuesday.

James Brown auction nets $850,000

NEW YORK, July 19 (UPI) -- A New York auction of items once owned by late soul singer James Brown has earned more than $850,000 after a legal battle, Brown family members said.

Beatrix Potter watercolor sold for $600K

LONDON, July 18 (UPI) -- "The Rabbits' Christmas Party," an original watercolor illustration by Beatrix Potter, has been sold for nearly $600,000 at an auction in London.

Goya drawings go for $8M at auction

LONDON, July 9 (UPI) -- Three drawings by Spanish artist Francisco de Goya, which haven't been seen in public since 1877, have sold for $8 million at a London auction.

British royal auction nets nearly $900,000

LONDON, July 5 (UPI) -- A collection of letters, photographs and artifacts related to the British royal family sold for nearly $900,000 Saturday, an auction house says.

Man sells life on eBay after divorce

PERTH, Australia, June 23 (UPI) -- An Australian man who is trying to auction off his life on eBay says he just wants to "move on" following the breakup of his 8-year marriage.