Auto Auctions

• Oldest Known Flying 'Car' Up for Auction (Wired News)
  It's from 1934, and it doesn't look like a car, and it doesn't look like it would fly.
• Bentley Fetches Top Price at $1.5 Million Classic-Car Auction (Bloomberg)
  March 7 (Bloomberg) -- A 1950s Bentley was the top lot in a U.K. auction of classic cars last night that raised a total of 1 million pounds ($1.5 million). Bidders were encouraged by vehicles with low estimates and avoided some with higher prices.
• Summary Box: Rates mixed after auction (San Francisco Chronicle)
  BUCKING A TREND: Interest rates fell in the bond market as strong demand for new Treasury notes lifted prices for already issued government debt. That broke with bonds' pattern of falling when stocks rise. THE AUCTION: The Treasury's sale of $40 billion in... United States Treasury security - Bond market - Interest rate - Business - Auction
• NZ Woman Sells 'Bottled Ghosts' At Auction (WFMZ Eastern Pennsylvania and Western New Jersey)
  WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- The rare spirits that went under the gavel at a recent online auction in New Zealand weren't aged brandies or hard-to-find liqueurs.
• Kwame Brown Promises to Pay Fine After His Car Gets Towed (DCist)
  Photo by jsmjr D.C. Council member Kwame Brown's car was towed Monday afternoon, and he's promised to go ahead and pay the $100 fine --- even though by law, Council members, much like members of Congress, are exempt from parking fines inside the District. "I'm going to pay it, because that's my responsibility," said Brown, an At-large member of the council. "It was rush hour. I should have known ...