When they were sold, they fetched, on average, about 15 percent of the original appraisals.
We admired the signed wedding portrait of William and Kate Middleton and wondered how much it might fetch on eBay.
Policy makers had suggested the government would have paid higher prices for the securities than they could fetch on the open market, something that would have helped reduce the financial pressure on Citigroup.
"These people have been defrauding the Venezuelan people over the past 10 years," he added, arguing that this "mafia" made Venezuelans believe their cars were worth up to six times what they would fetch on the international market.
The underlying value of those assets may be much greater than the debt, but the amount they could fetch on the market is unclear.
And the assets could be priced in a way that allowed for some upside for south European states if they fetch more on the market.
And when you and your agents tell them what they can realistically fetch on the sale market, they just shrug and say, "OK, no problem, I'll stay put"?
Days later, when a shipment fails to arrive to its intended destination, the nuts may already be in another state or on a ship destined for Europe or Asia, where they fetch top dollar on the black market, authorities say.
The trees are in short supply and restrictions on exports mean that they fetch thousands of dollars on the international black market.
Although all food is welcome, the Ahmadis prefer spicy kofte, spinach and fragrant rice - Afghan food - the ingredients for which they fetch from the town on rickety bicycles donated by locals.
