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You want a piece of Al Capone? Some personal effects are up for auction.

by Dylan Miettinen
Aug 25, 2021
Among them dinnerware, figurines, a 14-carat gold and diamond matchbook cover and his favorite Colt pistol.
Gangster Al Capone, left, with U.S. Marshal Laubenheimer.
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A big auction is the latest in America’s race to 5G

by Molly Wood
Nov 26, 2018
But are we too late to the party?
Picture shows a 5G antenna at Deutsche Telekom stand on the first day of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) on February 26, 2018 in Barcelona.
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We all want the vintage Apple sneakers, but none of us can afford them

by Jana Kasperkevic
Jun 8, 2017
The opening bid is $15,000, but they're the 'holy grail' for size 9 1/2 fans.
Want to look like an Apple employee from the early 1990s? Then you need these sneakers, which the company made exclusively for its staff.
Courtesy of Heritage Auctions
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A painting that gets better as art if it sells for $100 million

by David Brancaccio
Nov 13, 2013
Last night, a Francis Bacon triptych sold for $142.4 million. Tonight, an Andy Warhol painting may top it. And one art critic says that may actually make it better as art.
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Why you shouldn't sell historic art on eBay

by Jason Slotkin
Jul 29, 2013
eBay sellers who listed a piece of the original Schindler's list received no bids for the historic document.
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