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POPSDespite Outcry, Gandhi Items Sell for $1.8 Million For Mr. Otis, the sale was to be a means to promote pacifist causes, although the uproar later proved to be upsetting. Antiquorum Auctioneers insisted that the sale would go on regardless. The dispute drew comparisons to an incident at Christie’s in Paris last month in which a Chinese collector said he was the winning bidder for Qing Dynasty bronze sculptures but refused to pay, saying he was sabotaging the auction because the works had been looted in the 19th century.
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POPSTerracotta vase left in garden for 20 years is ancient Egyptian relic The owner of the ancient jar, who does not want to be named, said: "It came from an uncle who was a bit of a collector and when he died about 20 years ago it came to us. "We didn't know what it was and we have kept it on the patio and in the shed over the years. It was just used as a decorative piece, a lump of stone. "Then I looked at it and saw it had a face and it looked a bit Egyptian so we took it in to be valued and was told it was from ancient Egypt.
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POPS22-Year-Old Sells Virginity Online and Feds Can't Do a Thing to Stop Her."Nevada has been out of step with the rest of the country for many years with regards to prostitution, and that's why I think it's important for federal prosecutors to look into this, so that Nevada does not dictate the morals and moral decency for the rest of the nation," Staver told FOXNews.com. But federal authorities said there wasn't much they could do about the case, and deflected attention toward local statutes. "Being that prostitution is legal in the area that she's listing from, and she's over 18 and it's consensual, I would defer it to local police authorities," said David Staretz, a spokesman for the FBI's Las Vegas field office.