Iconic 'Gherkin' sold for Â£600m
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Insurance giant Swiss Re sells off 'the Gherkin' its landmark building in the heart of the UK financial district for Â£600m.
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A white grand piano used by Frank Sinatra sold for more than four times its estimated value Tuesday as London's famous Savoy Hotel began selling its furniture before a massive restoration, auctioneers said.
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The record price for a painting by contemporary British artist David Hockney was smashed again after one of his most familiar works fetched 2.6 million pounds (3.8 million euros, 4.8 million dollars) at a London auction.
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Art collector Charles Saatchi is offered Â£6.25 million for Damien Hirst's famous 14-foot tiger shark.
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A 50-year-old painting by Dublin-born artist Francis Bacon set an auction record for his work on Thursday when it was sold at Christie's for 14.02 million pounds ($27.56 million).
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THE clan Macdonald are in line for a Â£150m windfall following the sale of the world-renowned Scotch whisky maker to Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy.
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One of the most distinctive buildings in The City financial district of London, the Swiss Re Tower or &quot;Gherkin&quot;, has gone up for sale.
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A painting by John Singer Sargent sells for $23.5m (Â£12.1m), setting a new auction record for the artist.
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The iconic black dress worn by Audrey  Hepburn in the 1961 film "Breakfast at Tiffany's" sold for  410,000 pounds ($800,000) on Tuesday, around seven times its  pre-sale estimate.
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A bamboo cane used by Charlie Chaplin in seminal 1936 film "Modern Times" sold for 47,800 pounds at an auction.
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An unknown painting by old master El  Greco, discovered by chance in a brown envelope in a flat in  Spain, will be offered for sale in December with a starting  price of 600,000 pounds ($1.1 million).
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The rights to TV programme Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? have been sold as part of a Â£106m deal.
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A rare violin is sold for a record figure, "well in excess" of the previous top price of $3.54m (Â£1.8m).
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LONDON (Reuters Life!) - One of the first editions of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic "The Hobbit" is expected to fetch over 30,000 pounds ($58,560) when it goes up for auction next month.
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A set of paintings by Jack Vettriano has fetched more than Â£1m at auction. Bluebird at Bonneville, one of seven originally commissioned by Sir Terence Conran, went for Â£468,000 - the second-highest price for a Vettriano after the Singing Butler sold for Â£744,500 in 2004
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A guitar played by George Harrison of  the Beatles was sold for $567,500 on Friday, topping the bill  at what auction house Christie's said was its biggest ever sale  of show business memorabilia.
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The government gives the go-ahead for the Â£1.06bn sale of helicopter maker AgustaWestland, based in Somerset.