As his assets were seized and sold at auction, Courbet drank himself to death.
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More than 300 years later they were discovered in Chirk Castle before being sold at auction.
Sold in 2002, the Winter Egg held the previous record for a Faberg?? egg sold at auction.
Houses could be built on the site of an underground Victorian reservoir after it was sold at auction.
That sale set a record not only for Prince's work but also for a photograph sold at auction.
Figures obtained by BBC Radio Derby showed three vehicles have been sold at auction by the council since 2008-9.
Two water towers in Somerset are to be sold at auction next month.
It was then sold at auction and used as a garden shed until Ipswich Transport Museum acquired it in 2003.
The cream-colored woolen outfit is the only zoot suit known to have been sold at auction in the United States.
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Last year, Mitchell's canvases were the two most expensive works by any woman artist sold at auction, according to auction database Artnet.
Clayton reservoir, which was built in 1884 under land in Back Lane, Clayton-le-Woods, Lancashire, was sold at auction by owner United Utilities.
An armour-plated "battle bus", believed to have been used by former prime minister Margaret Thatcher, has been sold at auction in Northamptonshire.
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The most expensive piece of Titanic memorabilia sold at auction - the 33-feet long design plan - is coming back to Belfast.
Councils only recoup a fraction of the cost of rounding up fly-grazing horses, which are then either given to charities or sold at auction.
The 17th Century pieces lay undiscovered in the library of Chirk Castle until 1969 when they were sold at auction to an anonymous bidder.
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But his appraisal was based on selling the jewels retail, where gems can fetch a lot more than when sold at auction under financial duress.
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If they are not claimed, they are then sold at auction.
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Though the drawing was not one of the top 10 sellers of the day, it does represent a new record for a work by Robert Longo sold at auction.
In a firmer market it would surely be happy to see some of the stock sold at auction, so long as the proceeds were split between the government and itself.
Within two years, the central bank will own 20% of the long-term debt the Japanese government has sold at auction, up from a little over 12% currently, according to some estimates.
The sale to an anonymous buyer is a landmark moment for the London art market and establishes a record price for any Post-War work of art sold at auction in Europe.
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One of these is the way in which auction houses use third-party guarantees, where an outside individual or company agrees in advance to pay a set amount for a work sold at auction, in return for a cut of proceeds if the consignment sells for more than that.
Following the expiration of a statutory period, unpaid tax liens are typically sold at public auction where interested bidders seek to acquire the lien at a favorable interest rate that the delinquent homeowner will pay upon redemption.
Experts estimate the items taken could be worth "hundreds of millions of euros" if sold legally at auction.
Marinello said the items taken could be worth "hundreds of millions of euros" - if sold legally at auction.
Vacant land was sold at public auction, and speculation, fraud and corruption flourished as buying and selling lots became the biggest game in town.
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