Mar 28th, 2012 at 12:00PM: For those who have enjoyed delicious steak and seafood dishes at Matsuri, or late night dancing in the Hiro Ballroom, there's sad news. These two popular New York venues in the Maritime Hotel, which have hosted guests like Mick Jagger, Nicole Kidman and Karl Lagerfeld, are set to close their doors for good. Luckily, the owners have decided to give people the chance to take home a piece of the Big ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Matsuri Restaurant and Hiro Ballroom give people a chance to own a piece of New York City history
Mar 28th, 2012 at 12:00PM: For those who have enjoyed delicious steak and seafood dishes at Matsuri, or late night dancing in the Hiro Ballroom, there's sad news. These two popular New York venues in the Maritime Hotel, which have hosted guests like Mick Jagger, Nicole Kidman and Karl Lagerfeld, are set to close their doors for good. Luckily, the owners have decided to give people the chance to take home a piece of the Big ...Sotheby's: the museum where you can buy the art
Sep 4th, 2011 at 2:00PM: Have you ever looked at a work of art hanging on a museum wall and thought, "That would look great in my living room"? Well, at one of the best "museums" in London you really can take it home with you.
Sotheby's is London's oldest auction house, and has been a London institution since 1744. They sell everything from fine art to vintage wine to antique furniture. While most items are beyond the ...Off & Away goes international
Jun 5th, 2010 at 11:00AM:
Off & Away the recently launched luxury travel auction site is offering up its first international destination. On June 7, 2010, the site will send a stay at La Amada in Cancun under the virtual gavel. Other upcoming auctions include the Andaz in New York (June 9, 2010), Turtle Bay in Hawaii (June 9, 2010) and the Alexis in Seattle (June 10, 2010).
The greatest concentration of luxury ...Royal Caribbean brings hammer down on art auctions
May 14th, 2010 at 1:00PM: If you liked the art auctions on your Royal Caribbean cruises, brace yourself. In a post on his blog, the company's president and CEO, Adam Goldstein, wrote that the contract it had with Park West Art Services to run its auctions on the ships expired and that it isn't going to renew.
He adds that other art-related endeavors could be on the chopping block as well: "We are evaluating what if any ...Own a piece of Paris: Eiffel Tower stairs, other artifacts up for auction
Oct 1st, 2009 at 10:30AM:
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Want to own a piece of Paris? You'll have a chance when historic pieces of the City of Lights go up for grabs on December 14. At the "Paris Mon Amour" (Paris My Love) sale, 18th century tourists maps, antique street benches, and a public phone box ...Watergate to go on the block
Jul 18th, 2009 at 4:00PM: Monument Realty hopes the action on the Watergate Hotel Tuesday will rival what made it famous. The storied property, a monument to our eventual freedom from President Richard Nixon, is set to be auctioned. The real estate developer that bought it five years ago – hoping to restore it – received a foreclosure notice and had to find a buyer. Originally, Monument had its figurative ...
