To help parents meet their children's educational needs, supergroup Fleetwood Mac are auctioning off VIP tickets and meet-and-greets with Mick Fleetwood as a fundraiser. A cooperative, parent-participation nursery school is the beneficiary of the proceeds.

Recently the media world was filled with stories about various tapes and videos about celebrities' private life. Now it's Marilyn Monroe video. The world collection of sex tapes with videos featuring such celebrities as Britney Spears and Paris Hilton has recently been added with a true rarity – the explicit video tape of Marilyn Monroe, The Huffington Post reports.

U.S. banks may be forced to disclose more information on bids for Dutch auctions after dealers stopped buying the securities, causing a wave of failures that has squeezed local governments across the United States .

The sale of an enamel-and-gold Faberge egg topped with a diamond-studded cockerel that had been in the Rothschild banking family for more than a century was a record for a Faberge work of art.

One of the largest rough diamonds ever found has been sold for $US10.4 million and is expected to be transformed into a polished stone of more than 100 carats.

It won only one Oscar, but Orson Welles's 1941 film Citizen Kane is widely considered his best movie. Now the Academy Award Welles received for his masterwork can be bought for a cool million - or maybe more.

Bids are coming in thick and fast for the Top Lots Heritage Auction on eBay, with the first items coming under the hammer. The picture shows 'Get the chance to be a Roman soldier for the afternoon at Arbeia Roman Fort. Tyne and Wear Museums'.

A flawless 6.04 carat blue diamond has sold for $7.98 million at a Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong, making it the world's most expensive precious gemstone per carat.

A newly discovered Faberge egg made for a top banking dynasty is expected to fetch up to nine million pounds ($20 million) when it is sold in London next month, auction house Christie's says.

A 157-year-old whisky has sold for more than 29,000 pounds (about $67,000), setting what is thought to be a world record auction price for a bottle of Scotch.

General Motors reached a landmark today with the sale of the 12-millionth GM remarketed vehicle at auction. The vehicle, a 2007 Buick LaCrosse, was sold today at a special sales event at the Flint Auto Auction in Flint, Mich., to Patsy Lou Buick GMC of Flint, Michigan. Today's GM Sponsored Auctions closed sale included 425 GM used vehicles.

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