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Thoughts on the last Esmeralda auction

By James Hoffmann ⋅ May 24, 2008 ⋅ 14 comments

According to the owner of the stoneworks auction website, I was one of up to 3000 users watching or participating in the latest auction. It went on for 9 hours and you had to feel very, very sorry for the…

From Costa Rica until Christmas

By James Hoffmann ⋅ December 23, 2007 ⋅ 13 comments

This blog has been very quiet these last couple of weeks, the main reason being that I haven not! (Warning - long post to follow!)

So last time I posted it was about the evil Broca, which no one likes. The…

Off to Costa Rica

By James Hoffmann ⋅ December 9, 2007 ⋅ 2 comments

Writing this from Miami airport (not a likeable airport at all, but that could be jetlag/travel cynicism kicking in). About to catch my flight down to San Jose and then I am there for a week doing various bits and…

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