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The Porsche 911 Sally Special sold at the RM Sotheby’s Monterey Auction on Saturday evening for a record $3.6 million (auction hammer price). In the charged atmosphere of the packed bidding hall, the one-of-one car attracted significant interest, with the final winning offer coming from a telephone bidder. The price was a record for a new Porsche sold at auction, according to the auction house.The sale reunited members of the original Cars team who created both the car in the Disney and Pixar film and the life-size Sally Carrera, based on a 2002 Porsche 911 Carrera. That team included actress Bonnie Hunt, the voice of Sally Carrera, Jay Ward, Creative Director of Franchise at Pixar Animation Studios, and Bob Pauley, who, as Production Designer for Cars, sketched Sally for the first time 20 years ago. They were joined by Kjell Gruner, President and CEO of Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (PCNA), and key members of Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur’s Sonderwunsch team including Alexander Fabig and Boris Apenbrink.
An Aston Martin DB10 car designed for the latest James Bond film "Spectre" has sold for some $3.5 million at auction, far exceeding its reserve price. Edward Baran reports.
A 25.59-carat Burmese ruby sells for a world record-breaking price of $30.3 million (USD) at an auction in Geneva. Sharon Reich reports.
Kabul (Afghanistan), Oct 9 (EFE / EPA).- Some 3.2 million children under the age of five are at risk of severe malnutrition in Afghanistan at the end of the year. This has been announced by the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef), which relates the increase in these data with the takeover of the country by the Taliban.FOOTAGE OF AFGHAN CHILDREN IN KABUL.
Dhaka, Aug 7 (EFE / EPA).- (Camera: Monirul Alam) The vaccination campaign against Covid-19 continued this Saturday in a makeshift center on the outskirts of Dhaka to administer the dose of Sinopharm. FOOTAGE OF THE COVID-19 VACCINATION CAMPAIGN IN DHAKA, BANGLADESH.
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