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Wake effects and government's insistence on sticking with old system that includes possible negative bidding for repetition of flopped 2025 auction may result in another failure, Aegir Insights ...

An anonymous bidder has won the solution to a 35-year-old puzzle for nearly $1 million. The top-secret code could be used to solve Kryptos, an infamously enigmatic sculpture containing four hidden ...

The creator of the Kryptos panels, Jim Sanborn, sought to unburden himself of the puzzle, and then discovered before an auction he had archived its solution in the Smithsonian. By John Schwartz John ...

A nonprofit news organization that is funded entirely by the U.S. government began selling off a large amount of its equipment on a public auction site – with many items being sold for pennies on the ...

It is one of the world's most famous unsolved codes whose answer could sell for a fortune—but two US friends say they have already found the secret hidden by "Kryptos." The S-shaped copper sculpture ...

An industrial site in Canton that once housed operations for Atlantic Foods is heading to auction. The auction, slated for Dec. 15, was listed by the real estate data sites Ten-X and CoStar. Up for ...

A distressed Holiday Inn site will hit the auction block next month, signaling a possible jumpstart for redeveloping one of the last major parcels in downtown Miami. The property at 340 Biscayne ...

BOSTON (AP) — When Jim Sanborn was commissioned to create a sculpture at CIA headquarters, he wanted to do something that spoke to its world of spies and secret codes. Today in History: December 29, ...

Bidding for Preston Plaza, a 10-story office tower located at 17950 Preston Road, will take place Nov. 10-12 with bids starting at $2.25 million. Courtesy of Cushman & Wakefield A mostly-empty office ...

One person’s lost items could become another person’s treasure. The Pittsburgh International Airport’s annual auction for lost and found items is once again underway. This year’s auction is online.

POWNAL — Another potentially impactful auction of the former Green Mountain Race Track property has been scheduled at the site in January. Mortgage-holder Bayview Loan Servicing LLC plans a real ...