In addition to the premiere auction item, 10 small flasks The Macallan Lalique Bottle auctioned off around the world starting back in April 2010 and culminating in the final record-breaking Lalique decanter sale last night.

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Steve Yankovich, vice president of eBay Mobile, said it plans to take advantage of the always-on ability of the apps to offer features that it can't include on its website, such as notifying users when bidding on an auction item is about to end.

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If you give an item to a charity auction, you usually get to deduct the lesser of (a) the item's fair market value or (b) your cost.

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We searched for the vessel on the auction site--sure enough, item 4611149242 popped up, a "405' stunning new Frank Mulder Design Gigayacht" with a "luxury office area, salon, cinema room, fitness room, and two person cabins for children, personal assistant, or bodyguards".

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In May, he saw a newspaper item about the upcoming T. bataar auction.

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It's rare that you'll be able to recover your purchase price if you have to return an item bought from a dealer or from an auction house.

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Who gets the deduction when a donated item goes for a lavish sum at a charity auction?

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The "very, very rare" item was among 322 lots at the annual Beatles memorabilia auction.

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