A collection of stories tagged 'christie' from NPR. http://www.reverbiage.com/ Copyright 2006 Reverbiage.com. Reverbiage is not affiliated with NPR nor its member stations. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:49:21 EST More than 13 hours of audio tapes recorded by Agatha Christie have been discovered by her grandson. The reel-to-reel tapes are notes that the famed mystery author took while preparing to write her autobiography. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/55837 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94658968&ft=1&f=1001 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 06:00:00 EDT With the housing market in shambles, certain properties are being pitched with more than "charming" and "must see inside." They're being auctioned as art. Of course, it helps when they have a name like Richard Neutra or Louis Kahn attached to them. A house designed by Neutra was auctioned off by Christie's last week for $15 million (it had been estimated at $25 million) and a Louis Kahn (one of his few house designs that was actually built) went on the block Sunday. Alex Schmidt of member station WHYY reports. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/49601 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90645066&ft=1&f=1001 Tue, 20 May 2008 16:37:00 EDT The first liquor auction since Prohibition is taking place at Christie's auction house in New York this weekend. Some bottles of rare whiskey are expected to go for tens of thousand of dollars. Ted "Dr. Cocktail" Haigh talks about what makes these bottles of liquor so special. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/42672 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16970096&ft=1&f=1051 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:19:00 EST Three big auction houses -- Christie's, Sotheby's and Philips de Pury -- are selling works whose value they estimate at more than $900 million. Lindsay Pollock, a journalist specializing in the art market, considers whether the contemporary art bubble could burst. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/41823 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16280926&ft=1&f=1008 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 07:00:00 EST By New Jersey U.S. Attorney Chris Christie's count, he's prosecuted 126 Garden State officials on corruption charges in his six years on the job. Most officials Christie has prosecuted have been Democrats, and some charge him of "political profiling." http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/40716 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15334483&ft=1&f=1001 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:30:00 EDT An extraordinary collection of historical letters has been found in a filing cabinet tucked away in a Swiss laundry room. Thomas Venning, director of Books and Manuscripts at Christie's of London, talks about the collection of almost 1,000 documents, including a love letter written by Napoleon. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/35339 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10736005 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:58:00 EDT A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including: President George W. Bush; Queen Elizabeth II; British Prime Minister Tony Blair; Roberto Tejada, a resident of Catalina Island; US Attorney Christopher J. Christie; J. P. Weiss, F.B.I. special agent; Representative John Conyers, Jr. (D - MI); Attorney General Alberto Gonzales; Colonel John Nicholson; and Catholic theologian Leonardo Boff. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/34422 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10158486 Sun, 13 May 2007 08:00:00 EDT Christie's is putting up for sale the only known oil painting of Jane Austen. The portrait could fetch up to $800,000 at auction, but some skeptics say the young girl in the painting is just too pretty to be the author. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/33500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9669835 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:01:00 EDT In case you missed it, a Swiss watchmaker is selling timepieces allegedly made from steel salvaged from the Titanic. How do you top that? You might rush off to Paris, where Christie's is about to auction the skeleton of a prehistoric mammoth. Bidding starts at $200,000. But think how it would look in your garage. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/33421 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9598799 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 06:00:00 EDT Dr. Andrew Norman has a theory about writer Agatha Christie's mysterious 1926 disappearance. Amid a marital crisis, the creator of Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot was missing for 11 days before she was discovered at a hotel in Harrogate, England. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/24984 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6358697 Sat, 21 Oct 2006 09:41:00 EDT Auction house Christie's begins its sale of thousands of Star Trek memorabilia. Visitors can touch the merchandise and see original and close-to-original furniture and costumes. Space stations like Deep Space Nine and various alien weapons are also available. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/24424 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6203981 Thu, 05 Oct 2006 14:58:00 EDT Watercolors painted by Adolf Hitler during World War I are up for auction in England. They turned up in a Belgian attic. And Christie's auction house has a treat for fans of the Barbie doll. A Dutch woman is selling her collection of 4,000 Barbie items, including a swimsuit Barbie from 1959. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/24065 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6144545 Tue, 26 Sep 2006 08:05:03 EDT As Christie's prepares to auction paraphernalia from the Plaza Hotel, it also attempts to re-create Truman Capote's legendary 1966 Black and White Ball. The original event was the party of the century. The re-creation, not so much. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/17316 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5282203 Wed, 15 Mar 2006 18:36:43 EST Many of Marlon Brando's belongings are going up for auction at Christie's auction house in New York City on Thursday. Alex Chadwick talks to Helen Bailey, the head of popular arts for Christie's, to see what will be up for bid from the late actor's estate. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/4865 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4723215 Wed, 29 Jun 2005 00:00:00 EDT An auction of rare documents and artifacts related to the evolution of computer technology and the Internet will be held at Christie's Auction House in New York on Wednesday. Day to Day technology correspondent Xeni Jardin reports. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/10663 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4508455 Tue, 22 Feb 2005 00:00:00 EST