2014 Event A Van Gogh painting, 'Still Life, Vase with Daisies, and Poppies', sells for $61.8 million, exceeding its estimated worth of $50 million; the artist painted the work at his doctor's home shortly before his death 2014 Event The original lyrics to 'Like a Rolling Stone', handwritten by Bob Dylan on hotel stationery, sells for $2 million at auction 2014 Event Google sells Motorola Mobility to Lenovo for $2.91 billion after purchasing it three years ago for $12.5 billion, and selling off it's cable-box division for $2.4 billion 2013 Event On the first day of its release, Sony's PlayStation 4 sells 1 million units in the U.S. and Canada; the PS4 launches in Europe November 29th, and Japan February 22, 2014 2013 Event The painting, 'Three Studies of Lucian Freud' by Sir Francis Bacon, sells for a record-high price of $142 million at Christie's auction in New York 2012 Event George Lucas sells Lucasfilm Ltd. to the Walt Disney Company for $4.05 billion; the sale includes the rights to the 'Indiana Jones' and 'Star Wars' franchises 2012 Event Liliane Bettencourt, French L'Oreal heiress, sells D'Arros Island to pay tax bills for $60 million 2012 Event After Simon Bolivar's U.K. concert, featuring Venezuela's premier youth orchestra sells out eight months in advance, it is announced that the concert will be live-streamed on June 23rd and 26th, 2012 2012 Event Yahoo! sells off its stake in Alibaba Group for $7.1 billion 2012 Event Roy Lichtenstein's picture, 'Sleeping Girl', sells at auction for $44.9 million, a new record for Lichtenstein's artwork 2012 Event A painting by Francis Bacon sells at Christies for 21.3 million pounds; 'The Portrait of Henrietta Moraes' is the second most valuable post-war contemporary art sold at the auction house 2012 Event Procter & Gamble sells Pringles to the Kellogg Company for $2.7 billion 2011 Event A large, rare, Andy Warhol self-portrait in red and white sells for $10.79 million pounds at Christie's auction house in London, England 2010 Event At auction, John James Audubon's 'Birds of America' sells for a record price of $10.3 million 2010 Event At an auction in Dublin, a handwritten poem written by Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney sells for 4,800 euro 2010 Event An auction at Christie's in New York sets a record for the most expensive work of art sold at auction when it sells Pablo Picasso's 'Nude, Green Leaves and Bust' for $106 million 2010 Event Yahoo! sells HotJobs to Monster.com for a reported $225 million 2006 Event Apple's iTunes store sells it's 1 billionth song 2004 Event After popularizing the PC in the '80s, IBM sells its PC business to a Chinese company 1993 Event Paul Cezannes still life sells for $28,600,000 in New York City 1991 Event Jack Ruby's gun sells for $220,000 in auction 1989 Event Harold E. Ballard sells CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats to David Braley 1988 Event Picasso's "Acrobat and Harlequin" sells for $38.46 million 1988 Event Elton John sells out MSG for a record 26th time 1987 Event Van Gogh's "Irises" sells for record $53.6 M at auction 1987 Event Colt revolver (Peacemaker) of 1873 sells for $242,000 1987 Event Vincent van Goghs "Sunflowers" sells for record 22.5M pounds ($39.7 million) 1986 Event Doubleday Publishing sells New York Mets to Nelson Doubleday and Fred Wilpon 1986 Event Westinghouse sells Muzak 1984 Event Willem de Kooning's "Two Women" sells for $1,980,000 1984 Event Alexander Calder's "Big Crinkly" sells for $852,000 1982 Event Samuel Morses "Gallery of the Louvre" sells for $3,250,000 1980 Event Charlie Finley sells A's for $127M to Haas (owners of Levi Strauss) 1980 Event Turner's painting "Juliet and Her Nurse" sells for $6.4 million 1979 Event Pink Floyd's "The Wall" released, sells 6 million copies in 2 weeks 1978 Event Gutenberg Bible, 1 of 21, sells for $2.4 million, London 1972 Event David Bowie sells out his 1st show in New York's Carnegie Hall 1972 Event U.S. sells grain to U.S.S.R. for $750 million 1972 Event Bootlegger sells wood alcohol to wedding party-100 die-New Delhi 1968 Event John Lennon sells his psychedelic painted Rolls-Royce 1968 Event Leo Fender sells Fender Guitars for $13 million 1962 Event U.S. sells Israel, Hawk anti-aircraft missiles 1961 Event An ailing Bill Veeck sells his interest in White Sox to Arthur Allyn 1959 Event Dorothy Rigney sells 54% of White Sox to Bill Veeck for a reported $27M 1957 Event U.S. Army sells last homing pigeons 1955 Event Tappan sells 1st microwave oven 1955 Event John Williams Cox buys Yankee Stadium, sells grounds to Knights of Columbus, later leaves structure to Rice University (1962) 1953 Event Swanson sells it's 1st "TV dinner" 1952 Event Clarence Birdseye sells 1st frozen peas 1949 Event Bill Veeck sells Indians for $22 million 1947 Event Sam Breadon sells Cards to Robert Hannegan and Fred Saigh for $4M 1946 Event Dreyfuss family, owners of Pittsburgh Pirates since 1900, sells club to Frank McKinney and John Galbreath for $25 million 1945 Event Chandler sells World Series radio rights for $150,000 to Gillette, Ford had been World Series sponsor since 1934, pay $100,000 annually 1934 Event Judge Landis sells World Series broadcast rights to Ford for $100,000 1933 Event Connie Mack sells Mickey Cochrane to Detroit Tigers for $100,000 1926 Event AT&T sells WEAF radio to RCA (New York City) 1923 Event Harry Frazee, sells Red Sox to Ohio businessmen for $1M 1920 Event Joseph Horne Company in Pittsburgh sells radios for $10 1914 Event Connie Mack sells Eddie Collins to the White Sox 1908 Event King Leopold II sells Congo to Belgium 1908 Event Connie Mack sells hurler Rube Waddell to St. Louis Browns for $5,000 1903 Event Ford Motor sells 1st Model A car 1902 Event Denmark sells Virgin Islands to USA 1886 Event Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta sells 1st Coca-Coke (contained cocaine) 1869 Event Charles Elmer Hires sells his 1st root beer, Philadelphia 1850 Event Original Washington's Farewell Address manuscript sells for $2,300 1821 Event Spain sells eastern Florida to United States for $5 million 1820 Event Spain sells part of Florida to U.S. for $5 million 1814 Event Lord Byron's "Corsair" sells 10,000 copies on day of publication 1807 Event Townsend Speakman 1st sells fruit-flavored carbonated drinks in Philadelphia 1683 Event West Indian Company sells 1/3 of Suriname 1673 Event Lord Berkley sells his half of New Jersey to the Quakers 1662 Event England sells Duinkerken to France for 2.5 million livres 1661 Event Holland sells Brazil to Portugal for 8 million guilders 1515 Event George van Saksen-Meissen sells Friesland for 100,000 gold guilders to arch duke Charles
