Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (TSX: RBA)(NYSE: RBA), the world’s largest auctioneer of trucks and industrial equipment, announces the results of its large Moerdijk, the Netherlands auction held April 25-27, 2007. More than 750 registered bidders from 56 countries, 12 U.S. states and five Canadian provinces attended the unreserved auction at the Company’s permanent auction site in the port of Moerdijk, the Netherlands. The three-day auction generated more than EUR 17 million (US$24 million) in gross auction sales. “We had more than 3,000 lots in ... Read the full story

GREEK COFFEE SHOP PAINTING OFF THE WALL AT £150,000 This year marks the 10th Greek Sale at Bonhams in London and what better way to celebrate than to provide over £2-million worth of artwork at the next sale on 15 May 2007, at 101 New Bond Street. The sale of predominantly 20th century art will feature over 200 lots of pictures and sculpture by the very best Greek artists, including Yiannis Moralis (b.1916), Theofilos Hadjimichails (1867-1934), Nikos Engonopoulos (1910-1985), and Constantinos Volanakis (1837-1907). One of the most significant items in ... Read the full story

Cherrystone Auctions www.cherrystoneauctions.com, a New York City Philatelic auction house, announces three rare stamp auctions to take place May 8-16, 2007. The first stamp auction is a specialized sale of stamps from Germany, taking place on May 8. This sale offers over 400 lots of rare German stamps, including stamps from German States, Colonies and Occupation Issues. On May 9, the second installment of the philatelic stock of Souren Serebrakian will be sold. This stock contains many proofs and topicals, include imperforate stamps, deluxe sheets and much ... Read the full story

The New York State Thruway Authority today announced that the first public auction of the year will be held on Wednesday, May 2 at 9 a.m., just north of Thruway Interchange 22, on Route 144 in Selkirk. The Authority would like to remind the public that auction information is available by logging onto the Thruway Authority’s Website at www.nysthruway.gov . Simply click on the “Business” button, then select “Public Auction Sale” to view auction dates, item descriptions and directions to the auction site. Auction items will include ... Read the full story

A spray paint on steel titled ‘Space Girl and Bird’ by the elusive artist Banksy, soared twenty times its estimate to create a new auction world record of £288,000 at Bonhams today (25 April 2007). The previous auction record for Banksy’s work – ‘Bombing Middle England’ sold at Sothebys for £102,000 earlier this year. After intense bidding in the saleroom room and nine telephone bidders, the final bid was relayed on the phone to the auctioneer of the Vision 21 sale, Pippa Stockdale. The work sold to a US buyer. ... Read the full story

On June 9, Cal Ripken’s Ironclad Authentics will team up with antiques and collectibles specialists Morphy Auctions to present a select, approximately 200-lot offering of sports memorabilia in an absentee/Internet-only auction. Although the sale will not have a live component, bids may be lodged through all absentee methods, including live via the Internet through eBay Live Auctions. Items may be physically previewed at Morphy Auctions’ gallery in Denver (Adamstown), Pa., from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., any day of the week except Wednesday during the two ... Read the full story

Ocean Tomo Auctions — the auctions arm of Ocean Tomo, LLC, the leading Intellectual Capital Merchant Banc® firm – today announced the immediate availability of the IP Investment Summit and Live Auction 2007 (“IPILA 2007”) Catalogue. The Catalogue, accessible online at www.OceanTomoAuctions.com, provides essential information regarding the 600+ intellectual property assets to be offered for sale on 1 June 2007 at The Dorchester in London, England. For the first time, Ocean Tomo Auctions is organizing a live multi-lot IP auction in ... Read the full story

A remarkable sale of vintage London Underground posters celebrating the delights of the capital in spring and summer will take place at Bonhams on 9 May 2007 at 101 New Bond Street, London. These posters form part of a unique private collection of 350 travel posters which has been unseen for decades, and illustrate the charm of London in the 1920s and 1930s. Among them are works by some of the most influential and gifted poster artists of the day, such as Edward McKnight Kauffer, Frederick Herrick, Edward Bawden, Austin Cooper, Rex Whistler and Charles ... Read the full story

Bonhams, international fine arts auctioneers, bring exquisite diamonds and period jewelry to auction in New York City on April 26, 2007. The firm’s Fine Jewelry sale comprises nearly 200-lots and will be simulcast to the West Coast galleries of Bonhams & Butterfields in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Expected to attract serious interest are a variety of diamonds and period pieces. Of particular significance is an exquisite square-cut diamond and platinum solitaire ring weighing 16.23 carats (est. $150/250,000) stemming from the Estate of Audrey ... Read the full story

April sale brings an eclectic selection of property from around the globe including a prominent Santa Barbara philanthropist’s collection. Offering a global array of works for all collecting tastes, the April 30, 2007 Bonhams & Butterfields auction of Fine European Furniture Decorative Arts and Silver in Los Angeles will showcase pieces from the 16th through 20th centuries, with origins from Paris to Russia. The sale is timed to coincide with the 12th annual Los Angeles Antique Show sponsored by the Antique Dealers Association of California, held ... Read the full story

America’s largest and most prestigious Pinot Noir barrel auction, Hospices of Sonoma, set a new record Saturday night, raising more than $450,000 for charity. Winning bids at this year’s auction were up an average of 30% over the 2006 event, which earned $350,000. The top three wine lots were Kosta Browne at a record $24,000 for 10 cases, followed by Freeman Winery at $15,000 and Siduri at $14,300. Rounding out the top five were Emeritus Vineyards and Rutz Cellars. More than 500 people attended the auction, which was officially sold out for the ... Read the full story

In 1943 the late Illinois senator Harry G. Wright gifted farmland in DeKalb County to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to be used to promote agricultural education and fund agricultural scholarships and fellowships in the College of Agriculture, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES). The increase in land values in that area in the intervening years has led the Board of Trustees to approve the University’s plan to auction the Wright Farm and use the proceeds for continued funding of the programs the Senator wished to support. After a ... Read the full story

This summer, the glory of the garden comes to London as Bonhams prepares to hold its inaugural Garden Sale at 101 New Bond Street on 6 June 2007. The auction will include works of art and artefacts of horticultural interest from a cross-section of disciplines, including pictures, prints, ceramics, glass, books, furniture, garden statuary, silver, objet d’art and antique tools. The sale is being co-ordinated by Camilla Seymour, a Departmental Director at Bonhams, and George Plumptre of Bonhams’ Chairman’s Office, who was for several years ... Read the full story

cMarket, the nation’s largest provider of online fundraising auction events and parent to www.BiddingForGood.com, today announced that it has launched its 2,000th auction, making it the “category leader” as the company that has run the most fundraising auction events on the web. The company is set to keep this mantle, with a pipeline of another 500 online auction events scheduled to run over the next 90 days. The 2,000 auctions ultimately represent thousands of children who’ve received a better education, hungry people who’ve ... Read the full story

Sunday 29 April Neville lives at “Happy Valley” in rural NSW and established a purpose built museum on the family property to house the large collection which until now has been open to the general public only by appointment. “This is the first time a collection of this nature has ever been offered for auction”, says Giles Moon, National Head of the Collectables Department at Bonhams & Goodman. “Whilst the convict collection will have local appeal, there is a strong international market for early whaling memorabilia and we ... Read the full story

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (TSX: RBA)(NYSE: RBA), the world’s largest auctioneer of industrial and agricultural equipment, announces the results of its large Grande Prairie, Alberta auction held April 18 and 19, 2007. A record 4,300 registered bidders from 15 countries attended the unreserved auction. They came from all 10 Canadian provinces and two territories, as well as 31 U.S. states, generating over CA$26 million (US$23 million) in gross auction sales. The previous registered bidder record for the site was 2,300 people. “We usually hold ... Read the full story

On June 5, 2007, Sotheby’s and SCP Auctions will offer three unprecedented single-owner collections: The Estate of New York baseball legend Casey Stengel, The Collection of Mitsuhiko Fujita, featuring memorabilia from the 1934 Tour of Japan, and the finest private collection of Hall of Fame basketball jerseys ever to come up for auction. Additional outstanding sale highlights include a 1931 Lou Gehrig New York Yankees Home Jersey, a selection of Jim Thorpe Letters and other materials from his personal archive, a Walter Johnson Single Signed Baseball ... Read the full story

Bonhams second Racing Sale at Newmarket to be held on July 20th takes place at the premises of Europe’s largest bloodstock auctioneers, Tattersalls. Among the many items on sale that celebrate the Sport of Kings is a painting of a prince among horses, Desert Orchid, the legendary steeplechaser. The picture of `Dessie’, an oil by Barrie Linklater, is estimated to sell for £6,000 to £8,000. Desert Orchid was foaled on 21 April, 1979 and died on13 November 2006. In his long career he took part in 70 races of which he won a phenomenal 34. Key ... Read the full story

Gross sales revenues from auctions by NAA members in the first quarter of 2007 increased 2% over the same-time period one year ago, a study by the NAA has found. If this trend continues, this will translate into approximately $266 billion total revenue for 2007 for the entire auction industry, up from $257.2 billion in 2006, a projected 3.4% increase for all of 2007. This suggests the possibility of a slightly slower growth in the live auction industry in 2007 compared to 2006, when a 7.1% growth rate occurred for all of 2006 over the previous year. The first ... Read the full story

PRINCE WHO LOST PUNJAB KINGDOM & THE KOH-i-NOOR DIAMOND THE BUST of the Indian Prince and Sikh hero, Maharaja Duleep Singh, fashioned by British sculptor John Gibson almost 150 years ago, was sold for £1.7m at Bonhams Indian and Islamic Sale today, April 19th at 101 New Bond Street. The bust was estimated to sell for £25,000 to £35,000 but huge interest from buyers in India and Britain drove the price to extraordinary heights. Before the sale many potential buyers asked to be photographed standing alongside this historic figure. The tug of war in ... Read the full story