auctions

The assets of the Big Apple Circus could be yours if you've got the cash!

A tiny piece of paper that a 19th-century human originally bought for one cent was purchased yesterday by a 21st-century human for $9.5 million.

A Sotheby's auction of Brooke Astor's belongings closed last night and managed to bring in $18.8 million, nearly double the $9.7 million that the auction house expected.