#8677, aired 2022-07-05 | ECONOMICS $400: Paul Milgrom shared a Nobel Economics Prize for inventions of new formats for these events; $400, $400, $400... who'll ring in? auctions |
#7489, aired 2017-03-16 | ENTERTAINMENT "MORE" OR "LESS" $2000: Dennis Quaid and Kate Bosworth star in this streaming show set in the world of high-stakes auctions The Art of More |
#6529, aired 2013-01-24 | LET'S MAKE A QUILT $400: The 19th-century style of quilt named for this Maryland city can fetch 6-figure sums at auctions today a Baltimore quilt |
#6164, aired 2011-06-02 | LET'S GO SHOPPING $400: At spectrum auctions, the government sells parts of this 9-letter spectrum broadcast |
#5835, aired 2010-01-15 | WANTED BY THE FBI $200: Hen Ben Haim is accused of running more than 500 fraudulent auctions on this website eBay |
#5370, aired 2008-01-04 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $800: (Hi, I'm Jane Kaczmarek.) My husband & I founded a charity that auctions off designer outfits to benefit kids; naturally, it's called these "Off Our Back" The Clothes |
#4599, aired 2004-09-09 | BOND, COMMON BOND $1200: Lots,
gavel,
bidders auctions |
#3851, aired 2001-05-07 | PROPS $400: Fox Auctions isn't saying if it's Patrick Stewart's or Ian McKellen's coffee cup from this film X-Men |
#3060, aired 1997-12-12 | HAMMERS $300: Goods being sold "under the hammer" are found at these events Auctions |
#906, aired 1988-07-11 | AUCTIONS $200: In any given transaction, the auctioneer acts primarily as agent for this party the seller |
#906, aired 1988-07-11 | AUCTIONS $400: In January 1988, this former Texas governor auctioned off his belongings due to bankruptcy (John) Connally |
#906, aired 1988-07-11 | AUCTIONS $600: At a "with reserve" auction, the seller reserves the right to do this to take back the sale or the buy himself |
#906, aired 1988-07-11 | AUCTIONS $800: At Christie's, a bidder has a right to withdraw his bid at any time up until this happens when the gavel falls |
#906, aired 1988-07-11 | AUCTIONS $1000: Highest auction price for any Art Nouveau piece was $360,000 in 1980 for a lamp by this craftsman Tiffany |
#851, aired 1988-04-25 | AUCTIONS $400: Highest price paid for an autograph of a living person was for a Reagan letter praising this crooner Frank Sinatra |
#851, aired 1988-04-25 | AUCTIONS $600: The word auction comes from the Latin "augere" which means to do this add or augment |
#851, aired 1988-04-25 | AUCTIONS $800: Founded in 1766, this world's oldest auction house is 2nd only to Sotheby's in dollar sales Christie's |
#851, aired 1988-04-25 | AUCTIONS $1000: Guinness says greatest corporate auction was this Co's purchase of Hughes Aircraft for $5 billion General Motors |
#811, aired 1988-02-29 | AUCTIONS $200: Auctioneer's action that signifies the moment at which a contract is created between buyer & seller the banging of the gavel |
#811, aired 1988-02-29 | AUCTIONS $400: In 1983, Sotheby's auction house dropped these 2 names & became simply Sotheby's Parke-Bernet |
#811, aired 1988-02-29 | AUCTIONS $600: 2 of the 3 options that Christie's offers you if you can't bid in person (2 of) by proxy (a representative of Christie's) and by mail (or telephone) |