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Amazon.com, Sotheby's Auction House Team Up to Offer Upscale Items.
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Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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November 19, 1999
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Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Nov. 20 -- Have you ever considered bidding on an original Marc Chagall lithograph, but felt intimidated by a live auction?
Or perhaps Austin Powers' psychedelic Volkswagen Beetle was the very thing you wanted for Christmas, but you didn't know where to find it?
Now these things are available for purchase in the comfort of your own home.
The venerable 255-year-old auction house Sotheby's has formed a clever partnership with Amazon.com. Now you can buy fine china or diamond brooches from Tiffany & Co. with the click of a mouse.
Amazon.com, considered by many to be the most successful online retailer, sells music, books, ...
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