Members of the Public accounts committee were at loggerheads today at the Committee’s sitting over the demeanour of an auctioneer of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture. The PAC members’ attention were drawn to some unpleasant discussions on going on social media by MP for Ningo-Prampram, Sam George, about the reaction of the auctioneer, Alex … Read more
A signed letter from Muhammad Ali to Nelson Mandela offering his condolences on the death of an anti-apartheid leader has sold for £7,200. The typed letter, signed by the boxing legend on “Muhammad Ali in South Africa” stationery, dates from 1993. It was sold in an auction in Devizes. Auctioneer Andrew Aldridge said: “It’s fair … Read more
A signed letter from Muhammad Ali to Nelson Mandela offering his condolences on the death of an anti-apartheid leader has sold for £7,200. The typed letter, signed by the boxing legend on “Muhammad Ali in South Africa” stationery, dates from 1993. It was sold in an auction in Devizes. Auctioneer Andrew Aldridge said: “It’s fair … Read more
More than 200 items from the Titanic, including a locker key and letters, are to be auctioned later. The key to a life-jacket cupboard was used by a steward to save lives as the liner sank in 1912. It could fetch up to £50,000, according to estimates. A letter to be sold reveals a senior … Read more