Beaune Hospices auction raises a record-breaking 29 million euros

The annual Hospices de Beaune wine auction collected €29 million, the most ever for a charity wine auction.

This year's edition also beat the previous record of €14 million set in 2018.

The revenues will benefit other charities as well as the Beaune hospices.

“Ocean Porpoise” Sold for 9 million US Dollars Through Singapore Court Auction

The Singaporean branch of the Bank of America has raised 9 million US dollars by selling the Ocean Porpoise, the 11.998 dwt oil or chemical tanker, in a court action that took place in Singapore on 11th January 2022.

The court has stated that the proceeds of the sale that amount to 9,08...

Brazilian Ministry Conducts New Auction for Unsold 5G Spectrum

Fábio Faria, Brazilian Communications Minister has informed that the government will be scheduling a new 5G spectrum auction. This is being carried out to sell the 26GHz frequency batches that did not attract interest.

Highlights

• Brazilian Commu...

Gavin Wood is ready to invest $774 million in developing crypto network

Gavin Wood, the founder of Polkadot has announced that he will be investing around $774 million for developing an open-source crypto network. Wood is planning to use idle native tokens of Polkadot to fund the development.

Highlights

• Gavin Wood is ready...

Brazil government confirms 5G mobile spectrum auction on November 4

Highlights

• The Brazil government has scheduled an auction for November 4
• All state capitals will have access to the technology by July 2022

The Brazil government has scheduled an auction on November 4 for the fifth generation (5...

The UK, Holland, Canada, and Australia Agricultural Auction Market

The growth in demand for agricultural produce is positively impacting the agricultural industry across UK, Holland, Australia and Canada. However, the capital investment required for agriculture is on the higher side, and it becomes difficult for small and medium farm owners to invest heavily in ...

AUSTRALIA CONCLUDED FIRST 5G SPECTRUM AUCTION IN 2021

Highlights:

• Australia has concluded the first spectrum auction in the year of 5G network
• The ACMA has made 2.4 GHz of the 5G spectrum available in 27 geographic regions across Australia

Australia has been successfully concluded the f...

SOCIAL ALPHA FOUNDATION AUCTIONING NFTS DONATED BY ARTISTS; PROCEEDS TO GO TO OPEN EARTH FOUNDATION

Highlights:

• NFT auction for the good of the environment

• Carbon footprints to be offset by Render Network

Climate change is real and a fight to save it is critical. One of the allegations that the cryptocurrency domain faces ...

TRON FOUNDER, JUSTIN SUN LOST OUT ON A BEEPLE NFT

Highlights:

•        The NFT space is teeming with creative work

•        This aspect of the cryptocurrency domain however also has its critics.

Christie’s auctioned an NFT of artis...

SWEDEN BEGINS WITH 5G AUCTIONS DESPITE PROTESTS BY HUAWEI

Highlights:

• The communications regulator of the Sweden has started its 5G auction despite protests by the company Huawei
• The Post and Telecom Authority or PTS of Sweden said that, its auction for the licenses in the 3.5 GHz have started

SWEDEN: PTS TO RESUME 5G AUCTIONS DESPITE LEGAL CHALLENGE FROM HUAWEI

Highlights:

• PTS, which is telecoms regulator in Sweden will be resuming the auctions of the 5G spectrum on 19th January 2020
• On Wednesday, the court of Sweden has been backing up an appeal made by PTS against a ruling for stopping the 5G auction
...

FIRST BATMAN COMIC SOLD AT WHOPPING $1.5 MILLION

Highlights

• In a recently held auction, a copy of the very first appearance of Batman was sold for a record sum of $1.5 million

• Speaking about the costliest ever comic sold, the record stays intact with a 9.0 copy of Action Comics No. 1, which happens to be the fi...

TOKYO TOYOSU FISH MARKET’S TUNA AUCTION RESUMES AFTER 8-MONTHS

Highlights –

• Tokyo Toyosu fish market’s tuna auction resumes after 8-months.
• 18 visitors were selected by lottery in advance gathered in the market.
• The market had invited up to 120 spectators per day for the auction event.
...

INCHEON AIRPORT DUTY-FREE AUCTION COMES A CROPPER AMIDST PANDEMIC

• Incheon International Airport, the country's principal doorway, did not succeed to cash in on enough bidders in duty-free auctions Tuesday, its operator said, underlining an extended dip in the duty-free business sector amid the coronavirus pandemic.
• The Incheon Internation...

INDIAN GOVERNMENT PANEL MAY REDUCE SPECTRUM PRICES

HIGHLIGHTS

• TRAI has not reduced the reserve price for spectrum.
• However, the inter-ministerial panel of the Indian government might reduce the prices.

According to unconfirmed source, although the Telecom Regulatory Authority of Indi...

HISTORIC DAY FOR COAL SECTOR AS PM MODI LAUNCHES AUCTION OF COMMERCIAL MINING

Highlights

• After this decision by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 100 percent FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) will be allowed

• The commercialization of these coal blocks will approximately generate Rs 33,000 crore of capital investment in India over the period o...

JAPANESE SPORTS CAR LIKELY TO FETCH HIGH PRICE IN U.S.

Highlights:

• 2000GT broke records at the past auctions.
• Only 351 units of 2000GT were ever built.
• One of 351, will be auctioned at Indiana, the U.S. between May 1-2 2020.

Toyota’s first venture into a sports car, whic...

LAMBORGHINI VENENO ROADSTER HEADS TO AUCTION

Highlights:

• A 2015 Lamborghini Veneno Roadster is ready to be auctioned with RM Sotheby’s on February 5 in Paris, France.
• Only nine Veneno Roadsters were ever made, just one was kept by the carmaker.

Extremely rare, over-the-to...

Yoshitomo Nara Now desires to participate in small-scale exhibitions among Japan's most important living contemporary artists

In the rural setting of Hirosaki, Japan, Yoshitomo Nara grew up alone, where he could communicate better with animals, without words, than with men. He was a rather lonely, solitary latchkey kid with working parents, two brothers who were 10 years older than him and no other kids around, who ende...

The Sixth Annual Balsam Hill Celebrities for Smiles Charity Auction

REDWOOD CITY,— On www.celebritiesforsmiles.com, the Sixth Annual Balsam Hill Celebrities for Smiles Charity Auction was introduced last night until December 18. During the year, in both the United States and the United Kingdom, the people can bid on more than 50 one-of-a-kinds, celebrity-au...