Feline groovy: Scenting a bargain.(News)

The Birmingham Post (England);  June 13, 2003 ;     50 words ...Assistant valuer Helen Murray with a rare Victorian glass scent bottle with a silver cover modelled as a cat's head. The bottle, worth an estimated pounds...

Pan with a pounds100k price tag

Western Daily Press (Bristol UK);  July 23, 2007 ;     174 words ......diamond cooking pan priced at pounds100,000. The department store describes the two-handled pot as being "probably the most precious pot in the world". Made by German cookware firm Fissler, it contains 200 diamonds of varying sizes. Meanwhile the 144 piece solid...

AINSLEY HARRIOTT: MY FAVOURITE THINGS; With two TV series on the go,...

The People (London, England);  October 15, 2000 ;     700+ words ...My wife's legs I ADORE my wife Clare's long legs. She's about 5ft 10ins tall and I was stunned by her legs the first time I saw her and plucked up the courage to ask her on a date. People might think I ooze confidence, but the truth is I was never very good at dating girls and I was really nervous.

ANTIQUES & COLLECTING: Eager bidders send sales soaring; Sally Hoban heads...

The Birmingham Post (England);  March 4, 2006 ;     700+ words ......success in their latest sales of fine art and antiques. Directors Nicholas Davies and William Farmer are joined by senior valuer Helen Powell and auctioneer and valuer Andrew Mayall at the company's premises in Mill House Lane. Fieldings offers a good selection...

[pounds sterling]100,000 casserole brings bling to the dining table.

The Daily Mail (London, England);  July 23, 2007 ;     216 words ......thanyour average aluminium pan. Fissler is hoping it will be included in theGuinness Book of Records as the world's most precious pot. If fine dining rather than cooking is more to your taste, you might prefer the144- piece solid silver cutlery set, set with...

The Gifts of the Mayas; National Geographic's Treasures of the Past

The Washington Post;  January 15, 1987 ;     700+ words ......Maya civilization under the guise of saving it for Christianity, they called the depth "The Cenote of Sacrifice." From this precious pot, Edward Herbert Thompson, the American consul at Merida, recovered between 1904 and 1911 what are still believed to be the...

On The Tee: Mike turns on the style.

Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  May 17, 2001 ;     455 words ......the Ryder Cup was reborn as Tony Jacklin's team won the trophy at The Belfry after years of American domination - and the precious pot was delivered into the hands of McDonald for safe keeping. He knew the Moor Hall course better than anybody and proudly stated...

On The Tee: Mike turns on the style

Evening Mail;  May 17, 2001 ;     452 words ......the Ryder Cup was reborn as Tony Jacklin's team won the trophy at The Belfry after years of American domination - and the precious pot was delivered into the hands of McDonald for safe keeping. He knew the Moor Hall course better than anybody and proudly stated...

Muir the merrier as West end is avoided

Scotland on Sunday;  December 9, 2001 ;     700+ words ......embarrassed a tiring West defence with a simple tap and dive over from five yards, Reilly finally converting to ironic applause. Boroughmuir had scored 34 points without reply, and their hands were still on their precious pot... As Paxton observed l