14th CENTURY YUAN DYNASTY JAR SET TO MAKE HK$10,000,000 TO HK$15,000,000 AT BONHAMS MAY AUCTIONS IN HONG KONG Bonhams first series of auctions of fine Asian Art in Hong on May 26 – at the Asian International Art and Antiques Fair – features three categories: Contemporary Asian Art, Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art as well as a single-owner consignment, The Green Willow Hall Collection of Jade. The auctions take place at the Asiaworld Expo in Hong Kong. Start times are: 1pm, Contemporary Asian Art: 3pm, Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art: and 5pm, ... Read the full story

The opening day of the 5th Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Event saw record attendance figures as more than 80 special interest automobiles were sold, at No Reserve, in front of a packed house, broadcast on television among an audience of avid enthusiasts. SPEED broadcast for more than three hours on the auction block as Craig Jackson, CEO of the Barrett-Jackson Auction Company, introduced the afternoon session that saw a diverse mix of collector vehicles go under the hammer. The first day of the year’s most prestige Palm Beach collector car event ... Read the full story

On Wednesday 4 April Bonhams & Goodman will conduct its first Fine Jewellery auction for 2007. ‘We are very fortunate to have secured five estates, two large private collections and an insolvency matter, making this first sale of the year possibly the best opening sale we have had the pleasure of offering,’ Gary Draper, National Head of Jewellery commented. There are over 250 lots of antique and contemporary jewellery on offer. A few of the many highlights include a good selection of large diamonds over 1ct – in particular Lot 74 an ... Read the full story

Legendary Hot Rod builder Boyd Coddington, host of TLC’s hit TV show AMERICAN HOT ROD, announces three Boyd Coddington Collector Car Auctions scheduled for 2007: 1. June 1st and 2nd in Springfield, MO at the Missouri Entertainment and Events Center 2. August 11th and 12th in Pomona, CA at the Los Angeles Fair Grounds 3. November 2nd and 3rd in Springfield, MO at the Missouri Entertainment and Events Center Every Boyd Coddington Collector Car Auction will consign a select 300 cars of all types, including hot rods, customs, muscle cars, ... Read the full story

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (TSX: RBA) (NYSE: RBA), the world’s largest truck and industrial equipment auctioneer, will be unveiling its new state-of-the-art auction facility in Denver (Mead), Colorado at its grand opening reception being held April 4, and at its first unreserved truck and industrial equipment auction being held there on April 5 and 6, 2007. Bidders from around the world are expected to attend the Company’s first auction at its permanent facility. The new 160-acre Longmont permanent auction site is one of 18 auction sites the ... Read the full story

H&H, Europe’s largest specialist auctioneers of classic cars, motorcycles, bicycles and related memorabilia, has signed a landmark sponsorship agreement with the Vintage Sports-Car Club (VSCC), one of the most established and significant of all UK car clubs. The multi faceted deal guarantees the auction house ongoing title sponsorship of a range of VSCC events. From hereon, all VSCC advertising material will carry the H&H logo and vice versa, while VSCC members will be entitled to 40% discount from the vendor’s commission at all ... Read the full story

Complete Auto, an RCAU Company (PINK SHEETS: RCAU), an eBay Motors certified solution provider, is pleased to announce today that it has unexpectedly penetrated the 10,000 vehicle listing’s barrier, and is continuously listing vehicles on a rapid basis. At the time of writing, CompleteAuto currently has 10,191 vehicles listed on eBay Motors. In addition, inquiries submitted by dealers throughout the United States for requests to begin utilizing the CompleteAuto software, are pouring in at elevated rates. Each vehicle listed on eBay Motors via the ... Read the full story

A new study filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) finds that the FCC’s use of auctions for assigning spectrum licenses could be subject to anti-competitive behavior by incumbent carriers. The study performed by Dr. Simon Wilkie, former chief economist at the FCC and current head of the University of Southern California Center for Communications Law and Policy, reviews past auction results and finds that auctions do not work in all circumstances to secure for the public the benefits of the efficient use of spectrum as the law requires ... Read the full story

Innovex, Inc. has selected Stuart B. Millner & Associates to sell Surplus Assets from the restructuring that are related to the Company’s plan to accelerate end-of-life production for Flex Suspension Assembly (FSA) flexible circuits in Litchfield, Minnesota and discontinue use of that facility by the end of March 2007. Concurrent with FSA flexible circuit production end-of-life, Innovex will also accelerate end-of-life production at its Eastlake, Ohio laminate material manufacturing facility, where it manufactures FSA flexible circuit laminate ... Read the full story

Mozilla and eBay International AG today announced they are working together to improve the online auction experience for people in France, Germany and the United Kingdom. Together, Mozilla and eBay are collaborating on new technology and approaches to enable eBay users to stay up to date with their auctions more easily from within Firefox regardless of where they are on the Web. “We are excited to work with eBay to improve the online auction experience with Firefox,” said Christopher Beard, vice president, marketing and product management, ... Read the full story

Moniker’s Silent Auction of premium domain names at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. West netted almost $1.2 million, adding to the $4.3 million already made during the Live Auction at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. West. The Live and Silent auction’s combination of nearly $5.5 million made T.R.A.F.F.I.C. West Moniker’s most successful auction to date. “With each new auction Moniker has managed to set new high water marks,” noted Ron Jackson, editor and publisher of DN Journal. “They have done a great job of taking what they have learned from previous ... Read the full story

May 8, 2007 San Francisco Ram Rod, born Lawrence Shurtliff (1945-2006), began an association with the Grateful Dead in 1967. He worked with the psychedelic era’s most beloved music makers for more than 30 years – as a truck driver, an equipment manager, and ultimately became one of their most loyal inner-circle members.Known as Ram Rod his entire adult life, Lawrence Shurtliff got his nickname from the 1960s icon Ken Kesey (of The Merry Pranksters fame). Legend has it that when Kesey met Shurtliff and asked his name, Shurtliff responded, ... Read the full story

Auction Floor, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: AFLR) (FRANKFURT: ZUI) (the “Company”), a leading marketer and online software solutions provider to the auction industry, continues to advance its commitment to building relationships with the auction industry. “We see Auction Floor as the future for the online auction business, a one-stop, integrated online location for auctioneers extending their reach for doing business on the web,” said Jerry Floyd of Floyd’s Prime Equipment, Inc., in Quitman, Texas. Mr. Floyd collaborated with ... Read the full story

Proxibid, a premier provider of live auction broadcasting services, has experienced unprecedented success in its Farm Equipment market segment. The Company has broadcast more than 20 Farm Equipment auctions since February, and has several more scheduled in the coming months. Proxibid’s success in the Farm Equipment marketplace is evidenced by a recent Wieman Auction Company auction. In February, the Wieman Auction Company sold more than $278,000 worth of equipment online via Proxibid. The live auction was broadcast over the Internet, enabling bidders ... Read the full story

Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. (the “Company”) announced today that it is amending its previously announced offer (the “Offer”) to purchase for cash any and all of its outstanding $150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 11% Senior Notes due 2013 (the “Notes”) and the related solicitation of consents (the “Consent Solicitation”) from holders of the Notes for certain amendments that would, among other things, eliminate substantially all of the restrictive covenants in the indenture and certain events of default ... Read the full story

Bonhams hopes to have the luck of the Irish on its side at its annual Motoring Sale at Hendon on 30 April 2007, when it sells a 1900 Argyll 5hp motor car, stored in a first floor Dublin flat for 45 years. Expected to fetch £60,000-80,000, this historic relic is just one of several vehicles to be sold from the Motor Museum Collection of the late Denis Lucey – formerly exhibited at the Lucey family’s Museum of Irish Transport at Killarney in Ireland. This 1900 Argyll 5hp, four seater, spindle seat, rear entrance tonneau is the earliest car in ... Read the full story

JC Computer Services of Carrollton, Texas has officially launched their new EBay Directory Listings and Blog with Social Tag Advertising. Dryly.netss unique website list over 4,000 pages of EBay Auction items for both the US and the UK. Listings make it easy to find what you are looking for on Ebay with relative ease Dryly.net’s Blog has daily news from around the World on hot auction topics. What’s unique about Dryly.net is an advertiser with a website can add a keyword related to their site that will be listed on all Directory and Blog ... Read the full story

Signed Pieces by Cartier, Bulgari, Vever & Van Cleef & Arpels Precious jewels that exemplify some of the finest work from the 1900s to the present day by the greatest jewellers of the day, will be sold at Bonhams Fine Jewellery sale in New Bond Street on Thursday 19 April 2007. Signature pieces by jewellers such as Cartier, Vever, Bulgari, Van Cleef & Arpels, Castellani and Marchak will be represented in this sale. Highlights include a fine belle époque diamond, ruby and pearl devant de corsage, made by Cartier. Produced in 1910, this brooch ... Read the full story

The ISA Annual Conference on Personal Property Appraising, presented by the International Society of Appraisers April 12-16, 2007, Ft. Worth, TX provides a broad spectrum of information and activities directly relating to the field of Personal Property Appraising. If you’ve never attended ISA’s Annual Conference before, you owe it to yourself – and your appraising career – not to miss this one. Renowned authorities will present three days of seminars on topics as varied as the Enron auction, early Texas art, and ancient gold jewelry. ... Read the full story

The National Auctioneers Association Education Institute (NAAEI) announces that Michael Hoffman, of Michael Hoffman & Associates, Pickerington, OH, has received the prestigious designation of Accredited Auctioneer of Real Estate (AARE). The Institute’s AARE program educates and trains real estate and auction marketing professionals in ways that enhance their client services. Course topics include legal issues, financial analysis, property transfer, as well as case studies on the sale of agricultural, residential, commercial and industrial real ... Read the full story