| Alumni Association holding auction
The University of Maine Alumni Association recently announced the opening of the second Black Bear Online Auction on April 3. All proceeds will benefit the programs dedicated to the school's 95,000 alumni.
Alumni and business sponsors have donated more than 100 unique items that will be up for bid until 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 3. Diana Richardson, assistant to the president of the Alumni Association, said the association hopes to raise between $5,000 and $7,000 through the event.
The auction, in its second year, "came from the association's senior staff and was approved by the board of directors last year," said Richardson, who has devoted countless hours to pulling the auction together and making it run smoothly. "Most of the staff and some members of the board have been instrumental in getting the donations and sponsors."
The current top 10 items up for auction include a night's lodging in Blue Hill, Maine, a game of golf and lunch at the Penobscot Valley Country Club, a 1993 men's Black Bear Hockey team photo autographed by Shawn Walsh, miscellaneous Black Bear paraphernalia and a Moxie T-shirt.
Online bachelor auctions himself
A bachelor who auctioned his hand in marriage on eBay only did it to win back the one true love of his life - an ex-girlfriend from Croydon who captured his heart five years ago. Mark Broughton, from Oxford, took the drastic step of literally putting himself on the online market at the end of January in the hope of tracking down the girl, Natalie. However, the auction ended in heartbreak for 37-year-old Mark after a hoaxer won the bid for his hand in marriage for just £17. The former parking attendant has contacted the Croydon Guardian in a last-ditch attempt to find Natalie, who was working as a hospital receptionist the last time he saw her. He said: "Me and Natalie met over the internet seven years ago and I would travel down to see her at weekends.
Russian Days at Sotheby's auction fetch 51 million dollars
NEW YORK. April 19. KAZINFORM - The Russian Days held in the framework of the Sotheby's s auction in New York on Tuesday fetched 51 million dollars. The Vision of St. Sergius When a Child" picture by modern Russian painter Nesterov proved the most expensive lot sold for 3.8 million dollars. Given a bonus the bidder is to pay to the Sotheby's fund the cost of the picture totaled 4.296 million dollars. The "Happy Arcadia" by Konstantin Makovsky was sold for 3.4 million dollars (bonus included). The bidders showed an unexpected interest in the "Young Flower Girls" picture by Alexei Kharlamov finally sold for 2.8 million dollars after numerous bids. Passions were running high over two more pictures Pirosmani's "Arsenal Hill at Night and "Lady with a Parasol" by Natalia Goncharova finally sold for 1.6 and 1.5 million dollars, respectively.
PSO bidding date extended to May 19
KARACHI: The Privatisation Commission (PC) Board has declared Attock Group ineligible to participate further in PSO privatisation and extended the oil marketing giants bidding date to May 19.
The PC Board, which met here on Thursday with Zahid Hamid, Federal Minister for Privatisation and Investment in the chair, decided to accept the recommendations of Pakistan State Oil Privatisation Transaction Committee to disqualify the Attock Group of Companies from participating in the privatisation process of the PSO.
This decision has been taken in accordance with the PC law, rules, regulations and procedures and keeping in view the guidelines contained in the judgment of the Supreme Court in Pakistan Steel Mills case.
The decision has been taken inter alia for non-disclosure of material information by the Attock Group as required in the RSoQ (Request for Statement of Qualification) rendering the Group liable for disqualification.
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