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Jean Paul Engelen of Phillips Auction House pictured in front of 'The Moat, Breccles'

Churchill painting gifted to Onassis sells for $1.85m

A painting by former British prime minister Winston Churchill that was gifted to Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis sold for $1.85 million (€1.55m) at a Phillips auction in New York.

World • 24 Jun 21

Van Gogh painting fetches €14m at auction

A Vincent Van Gogh painting of a Paris street scene, held in a private collection for over a century, sold for €14m at auction today.

News Lens • 25 Mar 21

Shares of G4S have surged more than 80% since GardaWorld first made its offer public in September

Allied Universal wins G4S auction with £3.8 billion bid

Allied Universal made the highest bid in an auction for Britain's G4S, defeating a sweetened final bid from Canada's GardaWorld after a months-long battle for the security specialist.

Business • 22 Feb 21

The NTMA's Treasury Bills, which have a maturity of six months, were sold at a yield of -0.49%.

NTMA sells €750m of Treasury Bills by auction

The National Treasury Management Agency has today completed an auction of Irish Treasury Bills, selling the target amount of €750m.

Business • 18 Jun 20

The piece has 'no function other than beauty' (Courtesy: Sheppard's Irish Auction House)

Cork family's Ming flask sells for €610k at auction

A Ming masterpiece owned by a Cork family has sold at auction for more than €600,000.

News Lens • 09 Nov 19

The auction was more than three times oversubscribed

NTMA auctions off €500 million of Treasury Bills

The National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) has sold a new tranche of Irish Treasury Bills, worth €500 million, by auction.

Business • 14 Mar 19

Kiyoshi Kimura, right, president of sushi restaurant chain Sushi-Zanmai, with his 278kg bluefin tuna

Record $3.1m paid for tuna at auction in Japan

A Japanese sushi entrepreneur paid a record $3.1 million for a giant tuna today as Tokyo's new fish market, which replaced the world-famous Tsukiji late last year, held its first pre-dawn New Year's auction.

World • 05 Jan 19

The piece had connected the top two floors of the Eiffel Tower

Piece of Eiffel Tower staircase sells for €169,000

A piece of the original spiral staircase from the Eiffel Tower, Paris's most famous attraction, sold for €169,000 yesterday, a spokesperson for auction house Artcurial said, three times the initial estimate.

Europe • 28 Nov 18

The final price, including taxes and commissions, was 17 times the auction house's $32,000 upper estimate

French wine fetches record-breaking $558,000 at auction

A bottle of 1945 Romanée-Conti wine fetched a record-breaking $558,000 at a Sotheby's auction in New York today, at which two bottles broke the previous record.

World • 13 Oct 18

Sky is at centre of a bidding battle between Fox, which already owns 39% of it, and US cable giant Comcast

Sky takeover fight to be settled by rare auction

A protracted $34 billion bidding war for European broadcaster Sky between US rivals Comcast and Twenty-First Century Fox could be settled by a quick-fire auction on Saturday, UK regulators said today.

Business • 20 Sep 18

The letter was written by Pearse on 30 April 1916, shortly before he surrendered to Brigadier General William Lowe

Owner of Pearse letter applies for export licence

The final letter of surrender written by Pádraig Pearse during the 1916 Rising has been withdrawn from a public auction after failing to meet its reserve.

News • 07 Dec 16

The NTMA has already raised €6.5 billion out of a guided range of €6-10 billion of debt to fund the state into 2017

NTMA to hold two more bond auctions this year

The National Treasury Management Agency said it will hold two more bond auctions this year as it seeks to further fund the state during 2017 at record-low interest rates.

Business • 03 Oct 16

The NTMA has now raised €6.5 billion out of a guided range of €6 billion to €10 billion of debt for the year

NTMA sells €1 billion of 10-year bonds

The National Treasury Management Agency said it sold €1 billion of 10-year debt as planned today at a yield of 0.33%.

Business • 08 Sep 16

Since January the NTMA has raised almost €5 billion out of a guided range of €6-10 billion to finance the state into 2017

NTMA to hold bond auction on Thursday

The National Treasury Management Agency has said it will hold a bond auction on Thursday.

Business • 09 May 16

The NTMA last month raised €100m through its first 100-year debt placement

NTMA to auction €750m of 10-year debt this week

The National Treasury Management Agency will sell €750m of 10-year debt on Thursday as it seeks to lock in further funding near record low interest rates.

Business • 11 Apr 16

Today's T-bill sale saw yields of -0.22%

NTMA sells €500m of 6-month Treasury Bills

The National Treasury Management Agency said it sold €500m of six-month treasury bills today at a yield of -0.22%.

Business • 10 Mar 16

NTMA planning sale of 10 year bonds later this week

NTMA to auction €1 billion 10-year bond this week

The National Treasury Management Agency has said it plans to auction €1 billion of 10-year bonds on Thursday.

Business • 08 Feb 16

The NTMA has raised €12 billion out of a guided range of €12-15 billion of debt to fund the state for next year

NTMA to sell €1 billion of bonds on Thursday

The National Treasury Management Agency said it will auction €1 billion of 15-year debt on Thursday as it seeks to pre-fund the state in full for next year.

Business • 05 Oct 15

The NTMA has already raised €12 billion of an indicated €12-15 billion needed to fund itself up to the end of 2016

NTMA to hold just one more bond auction this year

The National Treasury Management agency said today that it will hold a bond auction next week, the only sale scheduled for the final quarter of the year.

Business • 01 Oct 15

The NTMA has raised €11bn out of a guided range of €12-15bn of debt to fund the state for 2016

NTMA to auction €1 billion of bonds on Thursday

The National Treasury Management Agency said it will auction €1bn of 15-year debt on Thursday.

Business • 07 Sep 15

Greece has not only very limited access to long-term capital markets since the start of its debt crisis in 2010

Greece raises €1.4 billion in T-bill sale

Greece today raised €1.137 billion in an auction of six-month treasury bills at the same 2.97% interest rate it last sold them at last month.

Business • 02 Sep 15

The bond will be sold by competitive auction

NTMA to auction €750m bond on Thursday

The National Treasury Management Agency is to auction €750m worth of debt on Thursday, 11 June.

Business • 08 Jun 15

Rhett Butler (Gable) kisses the hand of a tearful Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind

Scarlett O'Hara's dress sells for €126k at auction

The grey and black dress worn by Vivien Leigh when she played Scarlett O'Hara in the 1939 classic 'Gone with the Wind' has been sold at auction for $137,000 (€126,787).

News • 20 Apr 15

The NTMA has now completed €9.5 billion of its target of €12-15 billion for 2106

NTMA sells €1 billion in 30 year bonds

The National Treasury Management Agency has sold €1 billion of a 30 year bond at a yield of 1.307% today.

Business • 12 Mar 15

The sale added to the 2.4% Treasury Bond 2030

NTMA raises €500m in 15 year bond auction

The National Treasury Management Agency has raised €500m through the auction of a 15 year bond.

Business • 12 Feb 15

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