4 d. ago EPA forced to auction off 20,000 lab rats, mice, and rabbits as Trump shuts down research projects

Approximately three quarters of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development — representing 1,000 scientist positions — will be cut under the Trump administration

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2 w. ago Renovation cottage in hidden village location with miles of famous countryside on the doorstep

It is going to auction with a guide price of £200,000

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2 w. ago David Lynch’s belongings fetch $4.25m at auction, including scripts for unfinished film

Items ranged from video cameras and guitars to taxidermy deer heads, props from Twin Peaks and Mulholland Drive – and the director’s personal coffee machinePersonal effects belonging to the film-maker David Lynch, who died in January, have fetched more than $4m at auction in Los Angeles, with the highest bid of $195,000 going to scripts for his unrealised film project Ronnie Rocket.Wednesday’s auction of almost 450 items included props from Lynch’s films, personal items such as video cameras and music equipment, his director’s chair, two taxidermy deer heads, his 35mm print of his debut feature Eraserhead – and his beloved La Marzocco GS/3 home espresso machine, which fetched $45,500 and presumably produces a damn fine cup of coffee. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago 16th century letter signed by Mary Queen of Scots sells for £15,000 at auction

The rare 16th-century letter from Mary Queen of Scots and Lord Darnley to the Rose family has sold for thousands

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2 w. ago It's a steal! Former police station complete with its own courtroom and cells is expected to be sold at auction for £550,000

Potential buyers can lock in a good deal when the space, which features 20 bedrooms, 10 bathrooms and 10 living rooms, goes under the hammer on July 23.

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2 w. ago New Only Fools & Horses scene emerges after script was 'lost' for 29 years

A script containing a scene that was set to be part of the 1996 Only Fools & Horses episode Heroes & Villains is going up for auction and could fetch as much as £3,000

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2 w. ago Codebreaker Alan Turing’s papers sell for ‘record’ £465K after almost being shredded

Papers belonging to mathematician Alan Turing - who created machines that helped to crack Adolf Hitler's enigma code - have been sold for a record breaking £465,000 at auction

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3 w. ago Voices: The world has gone wild for Labubus. Why the heck is everyone obsessed with these hideous little gremlins?

The latest trend causing society to lose its collective mind is bizarre, childish and – quite frankly – hideous, writes Mike Bedigan

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3 w. ago Freaky 4ft Labubu doll sells for more than £110,000 at auction as viral craze continues

The Labubu craze has seen recent fights in POP MART stores; 235,984 mentions online; celebs like Dua Lipa, Rihanna and LISA sporting the bag-charm; and now a million yuan sale for a life-sized doll

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3 w. ago Voices: A lifesize Labubu just sold for $170,000. Is everyone OK?

The latest trend causing society to lose its collective mind is bizarre, childish and – quite frankly – hideous, writes Mike Bedigan

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3 w. ago John Lennon’s ‘smutty and funny’ letter to future first wife to be sold at auction

Beatle wrote in 1962 letter to Cynthia Powell that he wished he was on his way to her flat with ‘chocies and a throbber’John Lennon is considered by many to be a poet. But the Beatle revealed his more prosaic side in a letter penned in 1962 to his future wife Cynthia Powell, in which he declared: “I wish I was on the way to your flat with the Sunday papers and chocies and a throbber.”The intimate missive, which includes a complaint about his bandmate Paul McCartney’s snoring, is now being sold at auction by Christie’s with a £30,000 to £40,000 estimate. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago The smell of victory: boom in classic football shirts shows no sign of fading

What was once simply a garment that declared your affiliation to a club is now a global business earning millions from collectors of vintage kitsOn the second floor of an unprepossessing building on the outskirts of Amsterdam, there is a metal cabinet that destroys footballers’ DNA. The contraption belongs to MatchWornShirt and was part of a deal to sell the kits of Real Madrid players to the public. To allay concerns that the genetic material of Cristiano Ronaldo might escape into the wild, the steel wardrobe was built so that every shirt could be blasted by a germicidal lamp.For new, read old, because MatchWornShirt sells precisely what the company’s name suggests: kits that have been stuck to the bodies of professional athletes. Want the jersey Son Heung-min pulled on against Manchester United in the Europa League final? You can have it, if you beat the current auction price of £22,000. The very shirt Cole Palmer had on when he scored four first-half goals against Brighton last s...

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