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The auction ended without a sale. [21] In January 2004, a seaworthy 16,000-ton Brazilian aircraft carrier Minas Gerais, formerly the British HMS Vengeance, was listed. The auction was removed when eBay determined that the vessel qualified as ordnance, even though all weapons systems had been removed. [22]
Since 1993, Park West Gallery has been conducting fine art auctions aboard cruise ships, and is the largest business in this field. [6] It has sold art on: Carnival, Celebrity Cruises, Disney Cruise Line, Holland America Line, Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises, and Royal Caribbean International. Park West claims that it is "the world's ...
Carnival glass was made in a wide array of colours, shades, colour combinations and variants. More than fifty have been formally classified. These classifications do not go by the surface colours showing, which can be even more varied, but by the 'base' colours of the glass before application of the iridizing mineral salts.
Joseph Earl Sheffield (June 19, 1793 – February 17, 1882) was an American railroad magnate and philanthropist. [ 1 ] Sheffield was born in Southport, Connecticut , the son of Paul King Sheffield, a shipowner, and his wife Mabel (née Thorpe).
Sheffield Archives (located in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England) collects, preserves and lists records (or archives) relating to Sheffield and South Yorkshire and makes them available for reference and research. Sheffield Archives is a joint service with Sheffield Local Studies Library.
It was founded in 1943 by Professor W. E. S. Turner [2] [3] of the University, who additionally was the senior author on many papers on glass technology. [4] One of the exhibits is the wedding dress of his wife Helen Monro Turner (Helen Nairn, married 1 July 1943 [ 5 ] ) which is made of glass fibre, as are the matching shoes.
The largest consumer-to-consumer online auction site is eBay, which researchers suggest is popular because it is a convenient, efficient, and effective method for buying and selling goods. [ 6 ] Despite the benefits of online auctions, the anonymity of the internet, the large market, and the ease of access makes online auction fraud easier than ...
Sheffield is a city [a] in South Yorkshire, England, situated 37 miles (60 km) south of Leeds and 38 miles (61 km) east of Manchester.Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through Sheffield albeit in culverts underneath the city centre. [1]