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Rare "Harry Potter" first edition fetches record auction price

(Reuters) - A unique first edition of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" annotated by author J.K. Rowling has sold for a record 150,000 pounds ($227,421) at a London charity auction, Sotheby's said on Tuesday.

Want to Meet Top VCs? Score Face-Time With Donation

On the heels of the $610,000 coffee date with Apple CEO Tim Cook, online charity auction platform CharityBuzz is offering lunches with some of Silicon Valley's top venture capitalists.

WWII-Era Parisian Apartment Found Stopped In Time

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Love letters from fans bundled with a ribbon. A Giovanni Boldini painting worth more than $2 million. Hairbrushes caked in 70 years' worth of dust. All sitting right where the owner left them during World War II.

Creepy Auction Offers Chance to Be Servant for Downton Abbey Actor

Everyone, from the dandiest Diddy to the poorest party spangler"s daughter loves Downton Abbey. Every week, we gather "round our television sets to watch our favorite characters die.

Lenovo ThinkPad S3 and S5 teased, show off aluminum 'floating design'

Starting to get bored of the ThinkPad's classic look but not keen on the Edge series? Then we have good news for you! Earlier today we received a couple of photos that show off two upcoming Lenovo Ultrabooks: the 13-inch ThinkPad S3 (codename "Labatt") and the 15-inch ThinkPad S5 ("Guinness").

The Great Gatsby's world is every bit as unequal as Britain under the coalition Aditya Chakrabortty

The wealthy in America and Britain no longer resemble the prewar elite, but appearances cannot mask how cut off they are from the rest of us

"Gatsby was overwhelmingly aware of the youth and mystery that wealth imprisons and preserves, of the freshness of many clothes, and of Daisy, gleamin

The harsh reality behind Here Comes Honey Boo Boo Rob Lavine

TLC's show seems sympathetic to its characters but, like much reality TV, plays into the idea of a moral divide between classes

Recently, you might have seen the spate of billboard adverts featuring a piglet wearing a tiara, signalling the UK launch of an American TV channel called TLC.

Alabama Football: $105,000 for a Shattered BCS Trophy Seriously

While that may not be entirely accurate, SEC fans routinely make Internet waves with creative tattoos, wedding cakes and even music videos—most of which fail miserably (looking at you, Missouri)—that demonstrate their obsession with the sport.

John Lennon's guitar fetches $408,000 at auction

Semi-hollow-body instrument, also played by fellow Beatle George Harrison, sold in New York to anonymous US buyer

A custom-made electric guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison has fetched $408,000 (£265,000) at an auction in New York.

Beatles' guitar auctioned to the tune of $408,000

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A custom-made electric guitar played by the late John Lennon and George Harrison of the Beatles sold at a New York auction on Saturday for $408,000, said officials with the company behind the event.