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Nicolas Chow, Sotheby’s Asia Deputy Chairman, holds the Chinese Song Dynasty ceramics Ruyao Washer at the Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong Wednesday, April 4, 2012. The 900-year-old dish smashed the world record for Chinese Song Dynasty ceramics sold at auction, fetching US$26.7 million. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
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This Feb. 13, 2012 handout photo provided by Heritage Auction shows the CGC-Certified 3.0 copy of Action Comics #1 from the Billy Wright Collection at Heritage Auctions in Dallas,Texas. On Wednesday, the collection is expected to bring more than $2 million when Heritage Auctions offers the comics at auction in New York City. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Heritage Auctions)
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This undated photo provided by Christie's shows Tiffany's circa 1910 "Wisteria" leaded glass and bronze table lamp in deep purples, violets and blues. The lamp, which graced San Francisco's popular Eddie Rickenbacker bar, is being sold on June 14th by Christie's auction house in New York. Eddie Rickenbacker's colorful proprietor, Norman Jay Hobday, died in February 2011. Hobday's Tiffany collection of six lamps and one chandelier is expected to bring more than $2 million on June 14. (AP Photo/Christie's)
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A look at the items to garner big price tags on the auction block.