Including Victorian gallery back sideboard, £350; mirror back sideboard, £280; w/c drawing signed Morrison, £190; carved walnut hall chair, £170; 6 walnut dining chairs, £160; telescopic dining table, £160.

A souvenir from a BBC Northern Ireland journalist’s dive to the final resting place of the Titanic has raised £590 for Children in Need.
Environment correspondent Mike McKimm trailed three polystyrene cups in a net outside the submersible which took him down 12,850 feet to the wreckage in the North Atlantic.
The huge water pressure [...]

One of Galway’s oldest bakeries, Griffin’s on Shop Street, has been put up for sale, with a guide price of €10 million.
The 5,048 square feet site, located beside The King’s Head and backing onto Middle Street will be sold as a redevelopment site.Griffin’s has been trading in Galway since 1876 and has served breads, cakes [...]

Microsoft Corp.’s scarce new Xbox 360 has sold out at most stores with many new owners flipping the video game consoles by the thousands on Web auction site eBay Inc. for almost twice the retail price. Big retailers, including Best Buy Co. Inc. (BBY.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and Target Corp. [...]

While eBay claims less than .01 percent of eBay transactions are fraudulent, being victimized is still painful - no matter how rare it is.
A bit of due diligence by bidders will help buyers avoid problems.These eight tip offs of potential fraud will help eBay shoppers avoid scams during the Holiday buying season.
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