| Kovels' List of Top Antiques Searches Reflect Current Events
Kovels has released the Top 20 list of antiques and collectibles for March based on results of hundreds of thousands of searches on its website. The top three searches - Pottery, Glass and Furniture - rarely change and are always the major areas of interest because they are useful antiques or collectibles found in every home. But the other items reflect a special interest often influenced by current news or auctions. For example, the recent ruling against selling war medals has created a problem for dealers and a change in prices of World War II souvenirs so it moved to number 10. The auctions of several large toy collections created extra publicity and interest in toy prices, and Toys made it into the 7th position. The entire top 20 list follows: Pottery and porcelain Glass Furniture Jewelry Bottles Metals Toys Prints, pictures, paintings, paper Royal Doulton World War II Stoves Coca-Cola Advertising Alabaster Silver plate Lighters Folk art Occupied Japan Weapons Music Kovels.com offers the Web's largest free price guide for antiques and collectibles.
EnergySolutions Stops Bidding on $10 Billion UK Contract
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Salt Lake City-based EnergySolutions is no longer bidding for a five-year, $10 billion contract to run nuclear sites in the United Kingdom. Philip Strawbridge, EnergySolutions International group president, says the company needs to focus on its other U.K. business. The company is already bidding to manage the U.K.'s national repository of low-level radioactive waste and pursuing the decommissioning of U.K. reactor sites. Strawbridge says the company shouldn't lead all three efforts, but the decision doesn't diminish the company's global efforts. ------ Information from: Salt Lake Tribune www.sltrib.com (Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) .voteWin { font-size: 12px; position: absolute; z-index: 99; border-top: 1px solid #bbb; border-left: 1px solid #bbb; border-right: 1px solid #bbb; top: 17px; width: 117px; } .red { color: #000; display: block; background: url(/resources/comments/graphics/sel_n_off.gif); border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; padding-left: 25px; padding-top: 2px; width: 92px; height: 18px; } .red:hover { color: #fff; background: url(/resources/comments/graphics/sel_n_on.gif); } .green { color: #000; display: block; background: url(/resources/comments/graphics/sel_y_off.gif); border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; padding-left: 25px; padding-top: 2px; width: 92px; height: 18px; } .green:hover { color: #fff; background: url(/resources/comments/graphics/sel_y_on.gif); } .loginWin { font-size: 12px; position: absolute; z-index: 99; top: 17px; left: 0px; width: 119px; height: 53px; background: url(/resources/comments/graphics/loginBox_1.gif); } .loginWinb { font-size: 12px; position: absolute; z-index: 99; top: 17px; left: 0px; width: 119px; height: 53px; background: url(/resources/comments/graphics/loginBox_2.gif); } .loginWin a { display: block; width: 119px; height: 53px; } .loginWinb a { display: block; width: 119px; height: 53px; } .loginWin a:hover { } .loginWinb a:hover { } .firstcomment { color: #444; background: url(/resources/comments/firstComment.gif) no-repeat top left; padding-top: 40px; padding-left: 60px; } .adminmsg { border: 2px solid #369; background-color: #95C2EF; color: #369; padding: 2px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 12px; } .votehistory { border: 1px solid #e5e5c4; width: 100px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffe; top: 18px; left: -6px; z-index: 99; } .avatar { width: 30px; height: 30px; border: 1px solid #ddd; margin: 1px 6px 4px -2px; float: left; } .collapsespan { float: right; color: #900; font-size: 11px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 1px; } .reportab { float: right; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; color: #bbb; margin: 1px 6px 0px 0px; font-family: tahoma; } .reportab a { color: #bbb; } .reportab a:hover { color: #911; text-decoration: underline; } .signature { margin-top: 5px; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; color: #999; } .
NASA auction closing soon
However, when collecting artifacts documenting mans endeavors in outer space, the enterprise provides an indication of the future as well. Manions International is currently offering a collection of historic importance. A former NASA Saftey Inspector amassed the items during his lifelong service with the organization, and features personal items from many different space missions. It is a huge collection of items documenting a very exciting time, said Manions representative John Conway. Its not only historically important, but technologically as well. One highlight of the lot is a group of items belonging to Astronaut Wally Schirra. It includes a framed photo with signature, a set of his Astronaut wings, a USN flight suit nametag featuring wings of the same design, and two of his id badges.
Knotty Pine going to auction
After having their Knotty Pine Cafe property on the market for more than 16 months while keeping the long-running mom-and-pop restaurant open, owners Shelby "Gene" and Leslie Jackson have decided to offer it at auction. An auction by F.C. Tucker Auction Services is set for 5 p.m., May 7, at the cafe location at Virginia and Main streets, according to Dannetta Hiatt, the leasing agent. .
Steinbrenners pull out of bidding group
The Steinbrenner family and the real estate development company Tishman-Speyer have dropped out of Excelsior Racing Associates, one of the groups that is bidding on the franchise held by the New York Racing Association, a spokesman for the Steinbrenners and the company said Monday. The announcement came three days after Jennifer Steinbrenner, the daughter of New York Yankees managing partner George Steinbrenner, filed for divorce from her husband, Steve Swindal, a member of the Excelsior partnership and a general partner of the Yankees. After the announcement of the divorce filing, Excelsior said that Swindal would remain a member of the partnership. "The Steinbrenner family and all of their related entities have withdrawn from the Excelsior bid," Howard Rubenstein, the Steinbrenner spokesman, said in a statement.
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