28 million dollars collected from Beijing Olympics assets auctions

New Delhi, July 1 (ANI): The last auction of Beijing Olympic assets closed, bringing the total deals to 189 million yuan (27.7 million dollars), an increment of 260 percent from the evaluation price.

Seventy-six items, including sofas and seats at the chairman platform in the Bird's Nest, or the National Stadium, were sold for 563,000 yuan on Tuesday.

The Beijing Equity Exchange have sold out more than 700,000 items from the 2008 Games at 25 auctions in nearly a year, including furniture, household appliance and properties at the Games' opening ceremony. (ANI)