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November 4, 2009

A house in a historic district determined by the city building department to be unsafe for habitation and approved for demolition was taken down earlier this month and transformed into a vacant lot. ...more

October 28, 2009

Plant City Entertainment will present its first production next month at its new home, 101 N. Thomas St. ...more

October 24, 2009

A softcover copy of the first Harry Potter book has sold for just over $19,000, according to a Dallas auction house. ...more

March 10, 2009

DALLAS (AP) -- A softcover copy of the first Harry Potter book has sold for just over $19,000, according to a Dallas auction house. "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" was one of only 200 copies from the first printing issued with illustrated wrappers by London publisher Bloomsbury. The 1997 work about the boy wizard was published in the United States as "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" and includes an illustrated card signed by author J. K. Rowling. ...more

March 9, 2009

Michael Jackson has filed a lawsuit to try to stop the scheduled auction of thousands of his personal possessions. ...more

March 4, 2009

I'm an eBayer. EBay, that's the Internet's garage sale. In fact it's the largest garage sale known to mankind, although the company is actually considered an auction house. ...more

February 28, 2009

The King of Pop is lightening his load. At an April auction featuring more than 2,000 personal items, Michael Jackson is set to sell his American Music Award for "Thriller," a velvet cape given to him by his children for Father's Day in 1998, a pair of rhinestone-trimmed socks from 1981, a basketball signed by Michael Jordan and his own original artwork. ...more

February 17, 2009

Luke Skywalker's light saber has been on Star Wars fans' Christmas lists for more than 30 years. ...more

December 12, 2008

An auctioneer in Maine says the sale price of a historic Colt Walker pistol has broken a record for all guns made by the company. ...more

October 10, 2008