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Huge art sale brings home the Bacon for Sotheby's LONDON (AFP) - A huge contemporary art sale at London auction house Sotheby's this week saw works sold for a total of nearly 95 million pounds -- a European record for the genre, the firm said.   People:Francis Bacon   Source:(AFP)   2008-07-02 eBay told to pay $61M to fashion brand for fakes PARIS - A French commercial court Monday ordered eBay Inc. to pay more than $61 million to a high-end fashion company because counterfeit goods were sold on the auction site.   Source:(AP)   2008-06-30 Man auctions off his life, sale price disappoints SYDNEY (Reuters) - A man who put his life up for auction on eBay found it wasn't worth quite as much as he thought when he settled for around A$100,000 ($96,000) less than his target price.   Nations:Australia   Source:(Reuters)   2008-06-29 Monet painting smashes record, art boom goes on LONDON (Reuters) - A Monet water-lily painting sold for 41 million pounds ($80.5 million) Tuesday, doubling the previous auction record for the artist and ensuring London's key art market season got off to a flying start.   People:Lucian Freud Tatum O'Neal John McEnroe   Source:(Reuters)   2008-06-24 Skype's latest puts focus on watching who you call FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Web communications leader Skype begins public testing on Wednesday of a new version of its software for making free or low-cost phone calls that aims to make casual video chatting more common.   Nations:Luxembourg   Source:(Reuters)   2008-06-18 Headlines Huge art sale brings home the Bacon for Sotheby's 2008-07-02 eBay told to pay $61M to fashion brand for fakes 2008-06-30 Man auctions off his life, sale price disappoints 2008-06-29 Monet painting smashes record, art boom goes on 2008-06-24 Skype's latest puts focus on watching who you call 2008-06-18 Goya sketches to go on sale in London 2008-05-27 Asian art records tumble at Christie's HK auction 2008-05-24 German parents post baby on eBay for 1 euro 2008-05-24 Lucian Freud nude sets new world record at auction 2008-05-15 Craigslist countersues eBay, saying it's competing illegally 2008-05-13 EBay's PayPal rule in Australia draws fire 2008-05-09 Craigslist fires back, blasts eBay actions as unethical 2008-04-23 Dollar's plunge becoming lynchpin in 1Q earnings 2008-04-19 EBay CEO sees more change ahead after profitable 1st quarter 2008-04-17 EBay profit rises 22 pct, fueled by international growth 2008-04-16 Thousands stuck with fake art prints 2008-03-21 EBay sets up affiliate network, hurting ValueClick 2008-03-17 EBay sees growing risks to business in coming year 2008-03-02 EBay ends patent suit with MercExchange 2008-02-28 Record diamond to go under hammer 2008-02-19 eBay to buy back stolen historical items 2008-02-10 Bacon painting sells for 26 million pounds 2008-02-07 More than 100 million pounds of art sold at Christie's auction 2008-02-05 London's blockbuster week of art auctions set to defy financial gloom 2008-02-04 EBay's tweaks to feedback worry sellers 2008-01-31 EBay sellers not happy about fee changes 2008-01-30 EBay lowers listing fees to boost sales 2008-01-29 NY man arrested in eBay sale of historic documents 2008-01-28 Study shows eBay buyers save billions of dollars 2008-01-28 Report: EBay chief preparing to retire 2008-01-22 Bacon triptych set to sizzle British art world: auctioneers 2008-01-07 Noortman art collection sold at auction for 6.1 million euros 2007-12-18 IQ tester complains about offers on eBay 2007-12-18 Callas memorabilia sells at auction 2007-12-13 JK Rowling magic tales fetch $3.98 million 2007-12-13 EBay focusing on "user experience" 2007-12-12 Lively bidding at New York rare spirits auction 2007-12-08 Tiny limestone lion sets auction record 2007-12-06 Yahoo, eBay team up in online auctions 2007-12-04 Web bidding help drives live auctions 2007-11-24 Painting found in trash sells for 1 mln dlrs 2007-11-20 Sotheby's puts new Rowling book on display 2007-11-20 PayPal offers secure way to shop non-PayPal sites 2007-11-19 Napoleon wife's watch sells for 1.3 million dollars 2007-11-13 Prices solid at New York contemporary art auction 2007-11-13 Tech stocks drop after Cisco warning 2007-11-08 New record for Matisse as New York art auction season opens 2007-11-08 Impressionist auction draws $395 million in N.Y. 2007-11-07 New York set for fall art auctions; 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