Archive for June, 2007

BONHAMS £6.1-MILLION GOODWOOD SALE SETS RECORD

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

Bonhams record £6.1-million sale at the Goodwood Festival of Speed on 22 June 2007 is the best ever in the event’s 15-year history. It is the fourth most valuable motoring auction ever held in the UK.
The sale saw no fewer than 14 cars surpass £100,000, with top spot taken by the 1932 Alfa Romeo 8C-2300 […]

Inland Real Estate Auctions to Conduct Charity Auction in Support of Little Heroes Pediatric Cancer Foundation

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

Auction to Take Place During Midwest Commercial Real Estate Summit
Inland Real Estate Auctions, Inc. announced today it will hold a charity auction in support of the Little Heroes Pediatric Cancer Foundation. The auction will be held Aug. 13 as part of the opening gala for the Midwest Commercial Real Estate Summit at the Hilton Chicago. […]

MOD team helps make £100 million Government saving

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

A DE&S project team has combined MoD’s office supplies requirement with those of eight other Government departments in the biggest ever public sector reverse auction to generate combined savings over existing spending of £100M over the next four years.
MoD combined its own office supplies requirement with Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, Home Office, Dept of […]

Bonhams, A Founding Sponsor of Goodwood Festival of Speed, Renews Sponsorship Deal

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

Bonhams announced this week that it was extending its ongoing commitment to the Goodwood Festival of Speed and the Goodwood Revival, the two world-class car events of which the company is a founding sponsor.
The new long-term contract Bonhams signed with Lord March means that Bonhams has been involved with Goodwood for well over two decades. […]

Bonhams Magical Price for First Edition Harry Potter book

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

A rare first edition of the very first Harry Potter book, written by the acclaimed British authoress J K Rowling, fetched a magical £9,000 today (26 June 2007) at Bonhams Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Photographs Sale in London. It was bought by an absentee buyer, who had left a commission bid with the auction house. […]