[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.

Don't use others as a crutch, for we must all go our own ways at one point or another, and read more

Don't use others as a crutch, for we must all go our own ways at one point or another, and when they go you will inevitably fall.

The press was doing its job, and in doing its job, they saw this clash between what they were witnessing read more

The press was doing its job, and in doing its job, they saw this clash between what they were witnessing with their own eyes and what officials were telling them,

We're going to do whatever needs to be done to help us win. The adrenaline was pumping inside me, and read more

We're going to do whatever needs to be done to help us win. The adrenaline was pumping inside me, and all I wanted to do is get guys out.

Once I got there, I noticed that smoke was everywhere, and we noticed that someone had tried to kick one read more

Once I got there, I noticed that smoke was everywhere, and we noticed that someone had tried to kick one of the side doors in to get in the church.

The children are enrolled in school and they are now trying to get back to some type of normalcy,

The children are enrolled in school and they are now trying to get back to some type of normalcy,

That sounds like we're doing short-track or something. This is an extremely close competition. I think it's the first time read more

That sounds like we're doing short-track or something. This is an extremely close competition. I think it's the first time we've been in a competition where it was this close. It just makes everything count that much more.

They really deserved asylum. The conditions that Chavez is subjecting people to - he's torturing people. There's one person to read more

They really deserved asylum. The conditions that Chavez is subjecting people to - he's torturing people. There's one person to blame for all of this, and it's Hugo Chavez.

He's a pretty jovial guy. He's very loyal, a very religious guy, very family-oriented young man. His mom and dad read more

He's a pretty jovial guy. He's very loyal, a very religious guy, very family-oriented young man. His mom and dad were always very important to him.