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  2. Michell Group of Companies - Wikipedia

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    George Henry Michell founded the company G. H. Michell & Sons of wool brokers and processors at Undalya, South Australia around 1895, then in July 1903 purchased the wool-scouring works at 33 Adam Street, Hindmarsh, previously run by W. Peacock and Sons, and transferred all its activities there; all four sons were employed in the business.

  3. List of most expensive paintings - Wikipedia

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    Auction house $0.03 million Magdalen in the Desert: Antonio da Correggio: 1746: Augustus III of Poland: Private sale [171] $0.04 million (110,000 French francs) Sistine Madonna: Raphael: c. 1513–1514 1759: Piacenza: Augustus III of Poland: Private sale [171] $0.08 million (£16,000) Adoration of the Mystic Lamb: Hubert and Jan van Eyck: 1432 ...

  4. List of most expensive cars sold at auction - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the most expensive cars sold in public auto auctions through the traditional bidding process.. On May 5, 2022, in a secret auction at the brand's museum in Germany, Mercedes-Benz sold one of just two 1955 300 SLR Uhlenhaut coupes from its extensive collection of historical automobiles—which dates back to the earliest days of the car in the late 19th century.

  5. Mellor Brothers - Wikipedia

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    The sons of Joseph Mellor may have been educated at J. L. Young's Adelaide Educational Institution, [21] but if so none was mentioned in any of the school's prizegiving ceremonies. Thomas Fox Mellor (1836 – 24 December 1898) was born in Rastrick, Yorkshire and came to South Australia with his parents as a four-year-old child. Unlike his ...

  6. Edmond de Belamy - Wikipedia

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    The print is known for being sold for US$432,500 during a Christie's 's auction. [2] The name Belamy is a pun based on Ian Goodfellow, inventor of GANs. In French, "bel ami" means "good friend", which is an allude to Goodfellow's name. The work has been criticized as having been created with another AI artist's uncredited code.

  7. James Mellor (judge) - Wikipedia

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    Mellor was called to the bar in 1986 and began practice at 8 New Square Chambers in 1987, specialising in intellectual property. [5] Mellor was appointed King's Counsel in 2006. [5] In August 2015, the Lord Chancellor appointed Mellor as an 'Appointed Person', allowing him to hear appeals against decisions from the Intellectual Property Office. [6]

  8. Vickrey–Clarke–Groves auction - Wikipedia

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    It is a generalization of a Vickrey auction for multiple items. The auction is named after William Vickrey, [2] Edward H. Clarke, [3] and Theodore Groves [4] for their papers that successively generalized the idea. The VCG auction is a specific use of the more general VCG mechanism. While the VCG auction tries to make a socially optimal ...

  9. 1946 New Year Honours (British Empire Medal) - Wikipedia

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    7380250 Corporal James Ernest Mellor, Royal Army Medical Corps. 2065665 Sergeant Rupert Stanger Merriman, Royal Regiment of Artillery. 4394888 Lance-Corporal (acting) Stanley Metcalfe, Corps of Military Police. 14394934 Lance-Corporal Winston Metcalfe, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. 2056848 Sergeant John Middleton, Royal Regiment of Artillery.