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  • US Marshals Service PIECES OF THE MADOFFS: More than 400 pieces of Madoff property are set to be sold at auction next month, including a desk, a pair of monogrammed 'BLM' black-velvet slippers, a bull sculpture and jewelry.

    More Madoff Property Headed for Auction Block Jenny Roth 2010

  • “Put on the mask, borachín,” Estefan said to Skye as he held out the black-velvet half mask decorated with purple and black laces and feathers.

    Crusade Nancy Holder 2010

  • I am dressed in a traditional black-velvet Afghan vest, sewn with mirrors and loops of silver braid.

    Scents & Sensibility 2007

  • We had plenty of offers for a striped Free People sweater and ended up accepting a swap that netted us a suede Giani Bernini tote bag, a Gap backpack and a pair of dressy black-velvet gloves.

    Sites Let You Swap Till You Drop 2009

  • I am dressed in a traditional black-velvet Afghan vest, sewn with mirrors and loops of silver braid.

    Scents & Sensibility 2007

  • In this mercado you could find boots, lamps, nudie playing cards, knives of every description, black-velvet paintings, statuary and just about anything you could think of.

    Tijuana: a taste of Mexico - part 3 2006

  • In this mercado you could find boots, lamps, nudie playing cards, knives of every description, black-velvet paintings, statuary and just about anything you could think of.

    Tijuana: a taste of Mexico - part 3 2006

  • In snapshots taken when she was four months old, she appears to be the epitome of sweetness and serenity, with tigerlike stripes adorning her black-velvet body and green eyes glowing like heated emeralds.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Loving Our Cats Jack Canfield 2008

  • Last summer, the safety light out back went out, and we decided not to replace it because we were so bedazzled by the spectacle of a night-sky unfaded by city lights, blanketing its majesty overhead like diamond-encrusted black-velvet robes.

    Deanie Mills: How To Kill A Two-Headed Snake 2008

  • In snapshots taken when she was four months old, she appears to be the epitome of sweetness and serenity, with tigerlike stripes adorning her black-velvet body and green eyes glowing like heated emeralds.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Loving Our Cats Jack Canfield 2008

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