Concorde's nose fetches 278,650
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bq. PARIS (Reuters) - The sleek needle-nose of the supersonic Concorde was sold to an anonymous buyer for 278,650 pounds at an auction, over 30 times the price it was expected to fetch, auctioneers Christie's say.
bq. Over two hundred Concorde souvenirs, from the plane's instruction manual to its engine, were up for grabs in the auction, which brought in a total of 3.29 million euros.
bq. Christie's had expected to bring in a total of only about 250,000 euros from the sale, whose proceeds go to the Air France foundation, a charity for under-privileged children.
The proceeds go to a charity so this is quite cool... Wouldn't have minded a bit of it myself but then again, Seattle just landed an entire plane so I can go visit that one anytime I want... :-)
Posted by DaveH at November 16, 2003 8:05 PM