A British firm has paid nearly GBP 9 million at auction for gold formerly owned by the guerrilla group the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. The unprecedented auction took place in the city of Medellin in the Colombian department of Antioquia yesterday (15 December). The auction was organised by the…
This stunning white gold ring with a 5.14-carat diamond is being auctioned by the Belgian authorities after being seized from Pakistani gangsters who reportedly set up a network of petrol stations selling cut-price fuel without paying tax. The gang was active in the 1990s and was eventually raided in early…
A two-year-old pigeon on offer for 180 GBP has sold at an online auction for GBP 1.4 million. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXrGB4Ip2vw&feature=youtu.be PIPA/Newsflash The Pigeon Paradise (PIPA) auction house organised the sale of the bird among 45 competitive pigeons owned by renowned breeder Gaston Van De Wouwer, 76, in the municipality of Berlaar…
A mobile phone number that ends with five ‘eights’ - regarded as the luckiest number in Chinese culture - has sold at auction for an eye-watering 250,000 GBP. The unusual sale took place at a court-organised online auction and had a starting price of 2,000 CNY (218 GBP) on the…
This young Russian woman has tried to auction her virginity for a starting bid of 45,000 GBP before later admitting that she first had sex a long time ago and now cannot get her post deleted. Victoria, 21, from the city of Magnitogorsk in the western Russian region of Chelyabinsk…