Auction

A collection of rare and never-seen-before photos of Hollywood star Marilyn Monroe taken by one of her most devoted fans in the 1950s is up for auction.

The 183 images are included in the personal collection of James Collins which was a member of the ‘Monroe Six’, a group of fans who followed Monroe so often that she gave them special access into her life, as Daily Mail writes.

An explicit Western sex manual entitled Aristotle’s Masterpiece is set to go on auction.

The sex guide was described as the dirtiest book of the time when published in 1684 and is full of 17th-century erotica and graphic love-making tips.

The Plenary Council of the State ordered the change of objective property values so that these are based on actual commercial prices in 2015, causing a mad scramble by the government to avoid returning taxes or result in the state losing  2.65 billion euros from the single property tax (ENFIA) in 2016.

In an online auction on Dec 11, rare 'Star Wars' items will go on sale. Bids are expected from across the globe when the three-hour auction goes liveLuke Skywalker doll for $18,000, a Darth Vader helmet or a cuddly Yoda for $100 are just some of the items "Star Wars" fans will dig deep to splash their cash on to get some of the rarest merchandise on the planet.

The dress worn by Hollywood screen star Judy Garland when she played Dorothy in “The Wizard of Oz” was auctioned at $1.56 million in New York. It was the chief highlight in a sale by Bonhams auction house where 400 pieces of Hollywood memorabilia were auctioned. Total sales by the auction house and Turner Classic Movies netted total sales worth more than $4 million.

Turkey's Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) will again put local lender Adabank up for auction on Feb. 23, 2016, after previous auctions did not yield results, as was announced in the Official Gazette on Nov. 21. 

The insurance fund has put an appraisal price of $60 million on some 94.4 percent of Adabank, $17.5 million less than the previous 2014 appraisal price.

The Bulgarian businessman Spas Rusev has reportedly acquired the leading Bulgarian telecommunications company Vivacom after a bidding, which lasted for nearly sixteen hours.

According to media reports, he won the auction by offering EUR 330 M, Darik radio reports.

The other bidder was the Greek businessman Panos Germanos, who is owner of the Olympia Group.

Greek government is heading to a major drop in the threshold for the protection of first residence from auctions in order to reach an agreement with Europeans and get the 2 billion euroes tranche.

The initial proposal submitted by Greek government covered 99% of the loans, while according to sources the new proposal covers 56% to 65% of the loans.

Greek government continues the talks with the four representatives of the Institutions in order to reach an agreement on first residence auctions before the Euro Working Group meeting which is scheduled for Monday.

A blue period Picasso with a double-sided erotic portrait, 'La Gommeuse' fetches more than $300 million at Sotheby's auction of Impressionist and modern art, setting a new record Sotheby's set a new record on Nov.