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Arnold Schwarzenegger was reportedly detained by customs officers at Munich airport on Wednesday due to an issue relating to a luxury watch that he owns. The 76-year-old, who starred in the ‘Terminator’ film series, had been taken away for questioning by airport officials after an issue arose at customs. Page Six report the ex-California governor was kept for…
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A set of six jerseys that Lionel Messi wore during Argentina’s victorious 2022 World Cup run will be auctioned in December, Sotheby’s announced Monday, estimating their value at more than $10 million. The football star donned these shirts during the first halves of the group-stage rounds against Saudi Arabia and Mexico, as well as later…
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One of the signature broad, black bicorne hats that Napoleon Bonaparte wore when he ruled 19th-century France and waged war in Europe is expected to fetch upwards of €600,000 at an auction. Other history-laden items in the sale on Sunday of industrialist Jean-Louis Noisiez’s collection of Napoleonic memorabilia include a silver plate looted from Napoleon’s…
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A leather jacket worn by the late pop star Michael Jackson in an advert for Pepsi has sold for £250,000. The jacket, worn by Jackson in the 1984 commercial, fetched the whopping six-figure sum at an auction in London on Friday. It had been estimated to sell for between £200,000 and £400,000. It went under…
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The football which Diego Maradona used to score his ‘Hand of God’ goal against England at the 1986 World Cup is set to go to auction next month with an estimate of £2.5-£3m. Argentina star Maradona famously punched the ball beyond England goalkeeper Peter Shilton to open the scoring in the quarter-final clash at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City. He followed up…
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Kim Kardashian West and her rapper husband Kanye West gave daughter North a special gift for Christmas – a jacket of pop legend Michael Jackson. According to People magazine, on Christmas eve, the 39-year old showed off the gift on her Instagram stories and explained how her 6-year old daughter is a huge fan of…
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Martin Shkreli won the World’s Most Hated Man award, after hiking the price for AIDS drugs by 5,000 per cent from £8.90 to £498. The American pharmaceutical entrepreneur is a co-founder of hedge fund MSMB Capital Management. Martin is also a co-founder and former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a biotechnology firm Retrophin. In September 2015, Martin…
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Thrown into a lake by Cristiano Ronaldo in a fit of frustration with journalists, the microphone belonging to a Correio da Manha reporter has been recovered by a diver, Marca reports. Out for a walk in Lyon before Portugal’s crucial third group match against Hungary, Ronaldo snatched the microphone that had been thrust in front…
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Latest report on the music icon Prince says his yellow guitar is to be sold at an auction in Beverly Hills. Image shows the late music icon, Prince Prince used the uniquely shaped guitar to play tunes such as Cream and Gett Off will be auctioned by Heritage Auctions. The music instrument named “yellow cloud” has an…
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Thumbs up, Harrison Ford! The ‘Star Wars’ actor has put on sale in New York the battered leather jacket he wore in making the movie. The jacket was put on auction to fight a cause very dear to his heart – epilepsy.
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