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By Kipp • Dec 29th, 2009 • Category: Kipp's BlogAED1.52 million for a car license plate. Welcome to Dubai, where such things matter.
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AED1.52 million for a car license plate. Welcome to Dubai, where such things matter.
Istithmar loses millions
By Dana El Baltaji • Dec 9th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Dubai, Finance, InternationalIstithmar World, part of Dubai World, lost rights to the W Union Square New York hotel in a foreclosure auction in the New York.
RTA raises AED15 million from number plate auction
By Kipp • Oct 10th, 2009 • Category: Dubai, Middle East Business NewsThe Roads and Transport Authority’s (RTA) latest…
Under the hammer
By Dana El Baltaji • Sep 27th, 2009 • Category: Art, Cover Story, Dubai, InterviewThis isn’t the best time in the world to sell art, but if you’re an auction house, the show must go on. Kipp speaks to Matthew Girling, chief executive of Bonhams Dubai, about the art market, and whether the financial crisis has changed the way the auction house does business.
The best tomb in the house
By Dana El Baltaji • Aug 18th, 2009 • Category: Kipp's Blog...above Marilyn Monroe
Why was UAE’s first property auction a flop?
By Parinaaz Navdar • May 27th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Dubai, Real estate, The WorkDubai’s first property auction fared worse than it expected. The market needs to step up its drive to attract investors.
The Orientalists
By Parinaaz Navdar • May 7th, 2009 • Category: Art, Cover Story, DubaiBonhams to auction a collection of rare Orientalist paintings and works of art in Dubai.
Pieces of ‘The Lady’
By Dana El Baltaji • Apr 29th, 2009 • Category: Art, Cover Story, Dubai, The PeopleJewelry and watches belonging to the legendary Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum went under the hammer on Tuesday in Dubai.
What’s in a number plate?
By Aarti Nagraj • Apr 26th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Money, Nation, The LifeApparently, a lot. Car number plates can fetch big money in the UAE.
Ringing up sales
By Aarti Nagraj • Jan 6th, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Article, Cover Story, Money, The Life, spend itSeveral Du and Etisalat mobile numbers are currently being auctioned on Souq.com and the bidding wars are going strong.
Going, going, gone…
By Kipp • Nov 23rd, 2008 • Category: Cover Story, Entertainment, The LifeAlthough many industries in Dubai crumble under the pressure of the global economic slowdown, the art isn’t slowing down.
