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Palm Valley School closes after 74 years amid bankruptcy, leaving parents devastated; its 36-acre California campus with 53 classrooms is up for sale for $14 million

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Palm Valley School closes after 74 years amid bankruptcy, leaving parents devastated; its 36-acre California campus with 53 classrooms is up for sale for $14 million

Palm Valley School in Rancho Mirage has closed after 74 years following financial difficulties and a Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing. (Photo: Google Maps) A 74-year-old private school in Southern California has been put up for sale for $14 million, just months after abruptly shutting its doors and filing for bankruptcy.The former campus of Palm Valley … Read more

Florida couple’s colorful Sarasota cottage village houses 17 small businesses; a 324-apartment plan threatened demolition, but owners canceled the sale and took the property off market

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Florida couple’s colorful Sarasota cottage village houses 17 small businesses; a 324-apartment plan threatened demolition, but owners canceled the sale and took the property off market

Sarasota cottage village Screen grab from: ABC7 news A cluster of colorful cottages along Fruitville Road in downtown Sarasota has been spared from demolition, at least for now. The Historic Downtown Village, home to 17 locally owned businesses, was under contract to be sold to a developer who planned to replace the bungalows with a … Read more

A Michigan collector paid $30 for a seashell painting at an estate sale; it was later identified as a 1951 Gertrude Abercrombie work; now it has sold in New York for a record $1,352,600!

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A Michigan collector paid $30 for a seashell painting at an estate sale; it was later identified as a 1951 Gertrude Abercrombie work; now it has sold in New York for a record $1,352,600!

Alderman Merriam’s Shells, 1951​ Everyone peeks at an estate sale. He did too. He thought he would get his hands on some records or perhaps some mid-century furniture. That’s when he saw a painting hanging in the dark corner of a hallway. For most people, it may not necessarily have been an extraordinary painting. All … Read more

A New Jersey woman paid $25 for a mouldy table at a garage sale; 30 years later, it was identified as a rare 18th-century card table made by John Seymour & Son and sold for $541,500

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A New Jersey woman paid $25 for a mouldy table at a garage sale; 30 years later, it was identified as a rare 18th-century card table made by John Seymour & Son and sold for $541,500

A New Jersey schoolteacher who bought a mouldy, pitch-black table at a garage sale for just $25 ended up owning a rare piece of American furniture worth more than half a million dollars. Claire Wiegand-Beckmann purchased the table roughly three decades before it appeared on Antiques Roadshow, when she was moving into a new home … Read more

A Connecticut man paid $35 for a bowl at a yard sale in 2020; experts revealed it was a rare 15th-century Chinese treasure and it sold for $721,800

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A Connecticut man paid $35 for a bowl at a yard sale in 2020; experts revealed it was a rare 15th-century Chinese treasure and it sold for $721,800

A Connecticut man paid $35 for a small blue-and-white porcelain bowl at a yard sale near New Haven in 2020, unaware that he had stumbled upon an exceptionally rare Chinese imperial-era artefact. The unnamed antiques enthusiast suspected the bowl might be special and later sent photographs to Sotheby’s for an evaluation. Specialists identified it as … Read more

‘Would like to buy some?’: Trump offered Xi US weapons as Washington sought to downplay Taiwan arms sale

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'Would like to buy some?': Trump offered Xi US weapons as Washington sought to downplay Taiwan arms sale

Trump and Xi continued to discuss future US arms sales to Taiwan. US President Donald Trump sought to downplay Washington’s pending arms sale to Taiwan by telling Chinese President Xi Jinping that the US sells weapons to countries around the world, and even asking whether China would like to buy some, according to US ambassador … Read more

In 2024, Allen Treibitz paid $50 for a painting at a Hamptons barn sale; months later it was authenticated as Emily Carr’s 1912 Masset, Q.C.I. and sold at a Toronto auction for C$290,000

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In 2024, Allen Treibitz paid $50 for a painting at a Hamptons barn sale; months later it was authenticated as Emily Carr’s 1912 Masset, Q.C.I. and sold at a Toronto auction for C$290,000

According to the report, the painting’s provenance offered another intriguing chapter. It is believed to have been given by Carr to her friends Nell Cozier and her husband during the 1930s. A dusty barn sale in the Hamptons is not where most people expect to encounter a significant work of Canadian art. Yet that is … Read more

A South Dakota collector paid $750 for an old crock more than 30 years ago; a $32,000 sale revealed he had its rare twin

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A South Dakota collector paid $750 for an old crock more than 30 years ago; a $32,000 sale revealed he had its rare twin

Image: Colleen Williams/Ken Bramer More than 30 years ago, a South Dakota collector who goes only by Rick paid $750 for a 30-gallon Red Wing stoneware crock at an auction, storing it in an old granary on his farm, where it sat largely forgotten for decades. It wasn’t until he saw photos of a nearly … Read more

A gold-domed New York City penthouse first listed for $25 million has sold for $9 million after 530 days on the market, with owner Greg Carr directing the sale proceeds to his conservation project

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A gold-domed New York City penthouse first listed for $25 million has sold for $9 million after 530 days on the market, with owner Greg Carr directing the sale proceeds to his conservation project

The buyer remains unknown. (Concierge Auctions) A historic Manhattan penthouse set inside a gold leaf dome has sold at auction for $9 million, ending a 530 day stretch on the market that saw its original asking price cut by 64 percent. The landmark home atop the historic Sohmer Piano Building in the Flatiron District was … Read more

A couple found a rare Mickey Mantle photo inside a baseball book at a garage sale; it later sold for $20,740

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A couple found a rare Mickey Mantle photo inside a baseball book at a garage sale; it later sold for $20,740

Mickey Mantle, PC: Wikipedia A couple browsing an oversized Topps baseball-card coffee-table book at a local garage sale made an unexpected discovery when they found a rare photograph of a young Mickey Mantle tucked inside. The photograph, later authenticated by PSA/DNA as a Type 2 print, captured Mantle during spring training early in his rookie … Read more