| JIMI HENDRIX: 1966 Fender Mustang Guitar Sells For $400000
Reuters is reporting that Jimi Hendrix's 1966 Red Fender Mustang guitar fetched $400,000 at an auction Saturday (April 21) to benefit musicians who lost everything in Hurricane Katrina.
The auction at New York's Hard Rock Cafe by Julien's Auctions raised $2,436,900, including a 20 percent buyer's fee, for Music Rising, a charity set up by U2 guitarist The Edge and other musicians after the 2005 Gulf Coast hurricane. It marked the first time such a wide selection of U2 memorabilia was available to collectors, organizers said.
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Aust group bids to run New York horse racing
A consortium with its roots in Australia is bidding to run horse racing around New York. It has put in its proposal promising investment of up to $US1.8 billion. Capital Play is one of six companies seeking the franchise to operate Saratoga Racecourse, Belmont Park and Aqueduct racetracks in New York State. Four companies, including Capital Play bid originally for the rights, but the State decided to seek a fresh round of proposals. Capital Play chief executive Karl O'Farrell has outlined three proposals. "Capital Play remains fully committed to its original bid proposal which guarantees an investment of $1.8 billion," Farrell said. "Capital Play is very confident in its bid proposal; it is equally confident in its ability to bring the best marketing and racing model in the world to New York State, restoring the thoroughbred racing industry - including breeding and integrity - to the stature it deserves.
Havurah does Hollywood for auction
A walk down the red carpet is in store for members, friends and the community at Havurah Shalom's sixth biennial auction, "Lights, Camera, Auction," Sunday, April 29 4:30-8 p.m. at the synagogue, 825 NW 18th Ave. in Portland. At this movie-theme gala, the "main attraction" is bidding on Oregon-coast vacations; a trip to Sunriver; a week in Maine; night-on-the-town packages; dozens of restaurant dinners; framed art by local artists; jewelry; sailing on the Columbia River; a gourmet hike on Mt Hood; and more"Short subjects" are abundant hors d'oeuvres, delectable desserts and wine.The "sneak preview" is the chance to win the raffle prize of a new Toshiba 42" Plasma Flat Panel TV. Proceeds of the event are earmarked for Havurah's building fund. Admission is $36 sponsors, $20 friends. Raffle tickets are $10 each or 3 for $25.
Beds firm bids for sporting glory
A Bedfordshire firm which has worked to avoid flooding at some of the worlds most prestigious sporting venues is in the running for ground-breaking contracts at the 30th Olympic Games in London and the first football World Cup to be held in Africa. .
Former police chief sentenced in theft of horse from auction
Canton resident Dennis L. Meeks found himself in a Holmes County courthouse last week, where he admitted stealing a horse from an auction last year. As part of a plea agreement where the Holmes County prosecutor dropped felony charges of theft and theft by deception, Meeks earlier pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor theft charge. In a sentencing hearing Tuesday, Holmes County Common Pleas Judge Thomas White suspended a 90-day jail term for Meeks, 61. He must pay court costs and $800 in restitution to a Virginia man to whom Meeks later sold the stolen horse. According to Holmes County Prosecutor Steve Knowling, last July Meeks went to a Mount Hope horse auction, where an Indiana man bought a horse for $800. Without the Indiana mans knowledge, Meeks convinced an auction employee that he was taking the horse on behalf of the winning bidder, Knowling said.
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