At an auction of brand names, "John Elduff, a 20-year-old student from Philadelphia, submitted a winning bid of $2,000 for Collier's - the name of a magazine that stopped publishing more than 30 years before he was born." Cool.

An original, three-foot-tall edition of J.J. Audubon's Birds of America, complete with gorgeous illustrations, sold at Sotheby's London recently for $10M, a record. Upon hearing that Birds of America sold for $10M, Lorrie Moore got really excited for a second.

Still looking for that perfect Christmas gift? Stop looking, because I just found it for you: A pair of underwear that supposedly belonged to Queen Elizabeth is being auctioned off. It should go for "around $9,000." [TMZ]

Musician Bob Dylan's handwritten sheet of lyrics to "The Times They Are a-Changin'" is expected to fetch $200,000 to $300,000 at auction. Guess it's time for me to admit that the waters around me have grown, because, really?

Macau casino owner Stanley Ho has a thing for truffles: The billionaire yesterday paid $330,000 for two giant white truffles from Italy—weighing a total of 2.87 pounds. He's done this before, too. Proceeds will go to charity.

This week, the Mexican government auctioned off a cache of narco-bling seized from drug lords in Mexico City. If you were in the market for a $25,000 rosary, this was the place to be! Here are the craziest pieces:

This 24.78-carat "fancy intense pink" diamond just sold for $46 million at a Swiss auction, making it the most expensive jewel ever sold. It's okay, though! The birthstone necklace you bought at a truck stop is very pretty, too.

This Qing Dynasty vase, found in an attic in England, just sold at auction for $69.5 million to an anonymous Chinese buyer—the most ever paid for a Chinese antiquity. Some eccentric billionaire just snagged the perfect umbrella holder.

Earlier today, the U.S. Marshall's Service previewed nearly 500 possessions of Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff and his wife, Ruth, that it will auction off on Saturday. Up for grabs: a bed, piano, 10-carat diamond ring, and shoes. Lots of shoes.

Each day, we all wake up thinking, "Maybe today's the day I buy James Bond's Aston Martin DB5 from Goldfinger." No longer: The car was sold at auction for $4 million today. Maybe you can put missiles on your Prius?

Paul Greenwood has fallen on hard times. Convicted of a $553 million fraud last year, the former hedge fund manager has no choice but to auction his $1.9 million collection of antique teddy bears at Christie's. [Bloomberg, NYMag]

U.S. Marshals are currently auctioning off jewelry seized from Raffaello Follieri, Anne Hathaway's now-imprisoned swindler ex-boyfriend. Anne's old jewelry is fetching only paltry prices. Bid, for the good of the U.S. taxpayer! Photos and prices below.

Hey, eccentric billionaires: You can buy a piece of Lady Liberty's nose! A copper nose tip used in the Statue of Liberty's 1983 renovation is up for auction. Estimated selling price: $150,000-$200,000. Goes well with stuffed grizzly bears.

A fancy shitter that John Lennon had in his home in Tittenhurst Park between 1969-1972 was sold at auction during the Beatles Convention in Liverpool for £9,500 "to a private overseas buyer." Money well spent.

Hey phonies! Want a piece of literary history? Well here you go. A toilet from J.D. Salinger's home, that the reclusive author probably pooped in!, is being auctioned off on eBay for $1M. Next up, one hopes: Sylvia Plath's bidet.

When a company picks up and moves—or when a, say, advertising firm breaks in half—what is there to do but to have a moving sale?

Noble pancake painter-of-the-stars Dan Lacey is doing his part to assist poor incarcerated hero maniac flight attendant Steven Slater—through art. Proceeds from this majestic insta-painting all go to Steven. Plus, see how nice it looks? Bid now. [EBay]

Yesterday a top set of dentures worn during WW2 by Winston Churchill that were specially crafted to keep his well known lisp sold at auction for £15,200 ($23,723). Churchill nominated his dentist, Wilfred Fish, for a knighthood.

Former hip hop mogul Damon Dash ran into some money trouble a few years back (we can think of a few reasons why) and reportedly stopped paying a $78,504.20-per-month mortgage. Now comes the foreclosure auction.

The poor orange hair monster from Bravo's Real Housewives of New Jersey is bankrupt. She's selling her mansion, and now basically everything she and her husband own, including their freaking wedding rings, is being auctioned off. Lots of pics below.