[One such item was an early 1900s royal scepter of England's King Edward VII. The lot opened with a minimum read more

[One such item was an early 1900s royal scepter of England's King Edward VII. The lot opened with a minimum of $1,000. Thirty-five bids later, it sold for $40,100.] Any time an item sells for 40 times its opening bid, you've got to give it the credit it deserves, ... This auction has gone a long way to establishing the standards for many collectibles that to this point did not have benchmarks.

We don't have qualified people to speak. They don't have experts and commentators. There's no political discourse in this city, read more

We don't have qualified people to speak. They don't have experts and commentators. There's no political discourse in this city, and it showed.

Katie's only a junior, but she really stepped up this year. She always works hard. You know you can count read more

Katie's only a junior, but she really stepped up this year. She always works hard. You know you can count on her when you're out there on the court.

It's not a shortage of money -- that's just an excuse. It's just a sloppy system.

It's not a shortage of money -- that's just an excuse. It's just a sloppy system.

Until the study is complete and presented to NASA and DOD senior officials in October, it is premature to comment read more

Until the study is complete and presented to NASA and DOD senior officials in October, it is premature to comment on specifics and possible recommendations.

The International Brigades and the British volunteers were, numerically, only a small part of the Republican forces, but nearly all read more

The International Brigades and the British volunteers were, numerically, only a small part of the Republican forces, but nearly all had accepted the need for organization and order in civilian life.

It's special, especially in a team sport. It took a team effort to win. We weren't looking at this game read more

It's special, especially in a team sport. It took a team effort to win. We weren't looking at this game as his 300th win, we just looked at it as our first game of the season.

That's essentially the entire refining capacity of Canada. That's called a severe supply shock, and that really affects the wholesale read more

That's essentially the entire refining capacity of Canada. That's called a severe supply shock, and that really affects the wholesale market, or the price at the refineries.

We have to treat every game like a playoff game right now because they are. I think the guys have, read more

We have to treat every game like a playoff game right now because they are. I think the guys have, and I think we'll continue that way. We have a lot of confidence that we are going to get in.