In November 2009 the guitar used by Diddley in his last-ever stage performance sold for $ 60, 000 at auction.

The auction record for a single painting by the artist is $ 7, 026, 500, set at Sotheby's in New York on November 4, 2009, for Pissarro's " Le Pont Boieldieu et la gare d ' Orléans, Roeun, Soleil.

In late 2009, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson launched an auction for their initiative " Grapes Under Pressure ", in support of the cause " Grapes for Humanity ".

It is expected that the 2. 1 GHz will be up for an auction within 2009.

In September 2009, it was announced that letters written by Shipman during his prison sentence were to be sold at auction, but following complaints from victims ' relatives and the media, the letters were removed from sale.

In 2009, Jason Luckhurst and Boyd Kershaw of Practicus, Martin Ainscough of the Ainscough Group and Matthew Riley of Daisy Communications helped raise £ 150, 000 through the auction.

In May, 2009, the facility was sold at auction.

The Rolex Explorer II Reference 1655, is also now so-called Rolex Steve McQueen in the horology collectors world, but the Rolex Submariner Reference 5512 he was often photographed wearing in private moments sold for $ 234, 000 at auction on June 11, 2009, a world-record price for the reference.

His sold for $ 87, 600 at auction on June 11, 2009.

With sales for premier Impressionist, Modern, and contemporary artworks tallying only $ US248. 8 million in comparison to $ US739 million just a year before, a second round of job cuts began after May 2009 when the auction house was still reported to employ 1, 900 people worldwide.

One of the auction house's " rainmakers " in the sale of Impressionist and Modern art, Guy Bennett, resigned from the auction house just prior to the beginning of the summer 2009 sales season.

On January 25, 2009, an auction was held for everything found in the Death Row Records office after the company filed for bankruptcy, including some of Knight's personal items.

In 2009, Norma Herrmann began to auction off her late husband's personal collection on Bonhams. com, adding more interesting details to the two men's relationship.

Each year from 2005 through 2009, Hootie and the Blowfish performed at The Animal Mission ’ s ' Party Animals ' silent auction and concert to benefit the shelter animals in Columbia, South Carolina.

In October, 2009, Martin purchased at auction a D-28 that was played by Elvis Presley in his last concert for $ 106, 200.

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The 1934 roadster was sold at auction in 2009 for $ 1. 79 million dollars.

On 1 October 2009, Swann Galleries auctioned a first edition in the scarce dust jacket of Mrs Dalloway, London, 1925, for $ 18, 000 — a record price for the book at auction.

On January 25, 2009, an auction was held for everything found in the Death Row Records office after the company filed for bankruptcy.

The Olivetti was auctioned on Friday, December 4, 2009 and the auction house, Christie ’ s, estimated it would fetch between $ 15, 000 and $ 20, 000 ; it sold for $ 254, 500.

The transaction was expected to close in early 2009 ; however, a competing bid was entered by the firm's management, who ultimately prevailed in a bankruptcy auction held on December 3, scuttling the deal with Bain and Hellman.

Initially, the exchange proposed limiting price fluctuations in the auction sessions to 2 %; in the end, they removed the closing session entirely in March 2009.

On September 17, 2009, Swann Galleries auctioned an early edition of the Bay Psalm Book, circa 1669-1682, bound with an Edinburgh Bible, for $ 57, 600 — an auction record for any edition of the work.

In 2009, on her album Running for the Drum, Buffy Sainte-Marie released a new version of " America the Beautiful ".

More than 20, 000 people were forced to leave the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2009, an action the DR Congo said was in retaliation for regular expulsion of Congolese diamond miners who were in Angola illegally.

Several robot cities have been planned for the country: the first will be built in 2009 at a cost of 500 billion won, of which 50 billion is direct government investment.

A paper published at the same time as the 2009 classification proposed seven subfamilies for the families recognized in the very first APG classification of 1998.

* 2009 – Chrysler automobile company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

From January – September 2010, bilateral trade with the United States measured approximately $ 150 million, on track for about a 30 percent increase over 2009.

On 10 September 2009, following an Internet campaign, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown made an official public apology on behalf of the British government for " the appalling way he was treated ".

The best current ( 2009 ) estimate of the International Astronomical Union ( IAU ) for the value of the astronomical unit in meters is A = m, based on a comparison of JPL and IAA – RAS ephemerides.

In 2008, effective January 1, 2009, the ADAAA broadened the interpretations and added to the ADA examples of " major life activities " including, but not limited to, " caring for oneself, performing manual tasks, seeing, hearing, eating, sleeping, walking, standing, lifting, bending, speaking, breathing, learning, reading, concentrating, thinking, communicating, and working " as well as the operation of several specified " major bodily functions ".

< li > A unit was sold in September 2009 for $ 17, 000 on eBay.

In 2009, Aachen was ranked 8th among cities in Germany for innovation.

The building work for the stadium which has a capacity of 32. 960, began in May 2008 and was completed by the beginning of 2009.

* Stewart, David, O. Impeached: the Trial of President Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln's Legacy ( 2009 ) Simon and Schuster, New York, NY.

" Resource: Engineering & Technology for a Sustainable World 16. 5 ( 2009 ): 20-22.

In September 2009 criticism over the seven-figure salaries earned by various coaches at Arizona's public universities ( including ASU ) prompted the Arizona Board of Regents to re-evaluate the salary and benefit policy for athletic staff.

In 2009, plans for a $ 24 million expansion to the campus, including a new academic building, a second residence and a sports complex were unveiled.

Although they failed to make the playoffs in 2009, the streak ended when the team rallied to win their final three regular season games to record back-to-back winning seasons for the first time in franchise history.

It was announced at the 2009 state of the franchise meeting that the Falcons would wear 1966 throwback uniforms for a couple games during the 2009 season.

The Atlanta Falcons wore 1966 throwback jerseys for 2 home games in 2009 – against the Carolina Panthers on September 20 and against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on November 29.

Namco Bandai has purchased a 34 % stake in Atari Europe on May 14, 2009, paving the way for its acquisition from Infogrames.

In November 2009 at the Teatro Salieri in Legnago occurred the first staging in modern times of his opera Il mondo alla rovescia, a co-production between the Fondazione Culturale Antonio Salieri and the Fondazione Arena di Verona for the Salieri Opera Festival.

Koeman became the manager for AZ on 17 May 2009.

On 22 May 2009, Dirk Scheringa announced a cooperation with Bayern Munich ; the club has first-option rights for the AZ contracted players.

This production was recorded on DVD, and subsequently won the 2009 Grammy Awards for " Best Classical Album " and " Best Opera Recording.