Hobbyist, collectors, dealers and auctioneers now have one place to visit finding news, events and resources for antiques, collectibles and auctions. The new site Antiques, Collectibles and Auctions News is now online at http://antiques-collectibles-auction-news.com and a wide variety of people are visiting daily. No matter your background or profession, staying current about old time, historical antiques and collectibles is fun. Auctioneers sell them to dealers. Retailers sell them to the public. Estates sell them back to auctioneers and the cycle ... Read the full story

Bonhams – the international fine art auctioneers has been appointed by Corgi one of the best-known die-cast model makers in the world to sell its archive of coveted prototype and “Number One” vehicles. The unique auction will take place on 3 October 2007 at Bonhams’ Knowle salerooms in Solihull, West Midlands. Corgi was one of the first companies to produce limited edition toys specifically for collectors. Until now, it has been Corgi’s policy to retain the first item off the production line for the archive and it is a ... Read the full story

AuctionZip.com, the nation’s largest live auction website, announced today the launch of a new Real Estate Auctions Page. With the launch of this new page, real estate buyers may search for real estate auctions nationwide from among the website’s 3,500-plus upcoming real estate auctions. Real estate buyers in the past have had thousands of online resources to turn to for auction information. Now, AuctionZip.com is the first place that many are turning. With over 3,500 upcoming real estate auctions to chose from, and the ability to search by area, ... Read the full story

With the Emmys around the corner, LG Electronics MobileComm U.S.A., Inc. (LG Mobile Phones) announced today that they will post auctions on eBay for five limited edition signed items from their recent LG Mobile TV Party to benefit the Motion Picture & Television Fund (MPTF), a primary resource for healthcare and service for members of the entertainment industry. The auction will include memorabilia autographed by many of the event’s attendees including three LG VX9400 phones, a vintage television set and a VIP event invitation featuring the VX9400. ... Read the full story

Collectors Universe, Inc. , a leading provider of value-added authentication and grading services to dealers and collectors of high-value collectibles, diamonds and colored gemstones, today announced that its diamond authentication and grading division, Gem Certification & Assurance Lab (GCAL), has been approved by Christie’s auction house to provide diamond certification services for diamonds consigned to Christie’s for sale. Christie’s catalogs will include references to the GCAL Diamond Certificate in the description of the ... Read the full story

Proxibid, a premier provider of live auction broadcasting services, today announced that it will provide live Internet bidding for a major construction and utility equipment auction on Thursday, Sept. 20. JJ Kane Auctioneers will host the live auction event at 8:30 a.m. EDT at its auction facility in Villa Rica (Atlanta-area), GA. More than 375 lots of high quality, late model construction equipment, utility equipment trucks, trailers, light duty vehicles and tools are just some of the items available for online bidding. Auction highlights ... Read the full story

The International Academy of Design & Technology (IADT) is collecting items for the silent auction that will be held on Thursday, September 6th from 10am-7pm and Friday, September 7th from 10am-2pm. All proceeds from the silent auction will be going to Interim House of metro-Detroit, a shelter for abused women and their children. The public is welcome to donate items for the auction, or place bids on the items during the auction. “When we learned about the Interim House’s need to update and remodel the shelter, we immediately started to ... Read the full story

Bonhams has appointed Kirsten Everts as the company’s jewellery specialist in Paris. Kirsten joined Bonhams in August 2007 after spending a number of years working in both the auction and the jewellery industries in London and Geneva. She has twice worked for the Geneva based jewellery firm de GRISOGONO where she gained experience in wholesale gem purchasing, production and, most recently, in the company’s press department. Kirsten, a Dutch national, gained a BA in History of Art at Leiden University, the Netherlands. She holds a Graduate ... Read the full story

Bonhams will sell a gold and diamond broach presented to the wife of the Captain of HMS Coventry, when launching the ship at Birkenhead in June 1974. The brooch which will be sold on September 25th at Knightsbridge, is one of the last surviving links to the ill-fated Coventry which was subsequently sunk in the Falklands conflict after coming under heavy enemy aircraft attack. John Millenstead, Head of Bonhams Coins and Medals Department comments: “This brooch is one of the few remaining links with the HMS Coventry which because of her gallant service in ... Read the full story

Total Prices Realized for Milwaukee Rarities Sale Tops $6.5 Million Escala Group (ESCL.PK), a global collectibles company in stamps, coins, and art and antiques, today announced the aggregate sales results for its most recent auction conducted by Bowers and Merena Auctions of Irvine, California, part of Escala’s Spectrum Numismatics division. The Bowers and Merena Milwaukee Rarities Sale generated a total of $6,532,004 in winning bids during the two-session auction held on August 4. At the center of the auction was the Dan Close “Close to ... Read the full story

Parcel2go, the UK and USA delivery and collection postal service, are now offering a 10 percent discount for eBay users. Gaining more and more users each day, the customers of the largest online auction site eBay, can now take advantage of a 10 percent shipping discount being offered by the delivery service Parcel2Go. With more people using eBay to buy and sell than ever before, there is high demand for reliable and cheap shipping to customers. By placing the Parcel2go.com logo into the body of the description of an item on eBay up for auction, sellers will ... Read the full story

An outstanding collection of books and letters of Lewis Carroll – including an exceptionally rare first edition copy of Alice in Wonderland goes under the hammer later this month at Mullock’s next historical documents sale. ‘This is unquestionably the most important Lewis Carroll collection to come up for sale in recent years, and we are expecting considerable international interest’ commented the auctioneers’ Historical Documents Expert Richard Westwood-Brookes. ‘The edition of Alice we are selling is the scarce first ... Read the full story

GSD State and Federal Surplus Services More than 280 vehicles will be available for bid when State and Federal Surplus hosts an auction Saturday, Aug. 18 at 4200 Surface Road, Columbus. The vehicles include cars, trucks, vans, SUVs, motorcycles and boats. To view the list of vehicles and their photos, click here. The auction begins at 10 a.m.; gates open at 8 a.m. Vehicles may be inspected Aug. 13 through 17. Vehicle engines may be started only on Aug. 17. Hours are 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. A minimum payment of 25 percent may be made on the day of the auction with ... Read the full story

There are only 4 more days to dust off your wallet and log on to an exclusive eBay charity auction where fans have been bidding on an exclusive package to attend the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards and meet world famous songwriter and producer Timbaland. With over $8600.00 in bids and only 4 days remaining in the auction, this package is expected to raise a significant amount of money for a great cause and continue to attract fans worldwide of the VMAs and the world’s hottest producer Timbaland. The winning bidder will receive a once-in-a-lifetime ... Read the full story

Auctions International Inc. , a technology company that owns and markets proprietary software to enable real time online auctions of virtually any product or commodity for use by the wholesale market, announced today that it is moving forward with its plans to become a fully reporting company. As part of the process to become listed on the OTC Bulletin Board, the Company is in the process of auditing its financial statements and is nearing the completion of its Form SB-2 Registration Statement to be filed with the SEC. Douglas Mann, president and CEO of ... Read the full story

Auction action at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles Saturday 10th November 2007 Bonhams & Butterfields is proud to have been a sponsor of this year’s Legend of the Motorcycle Concours d’Elegance in Half Moon Bay, CA, and the leading international auction house considered it no more fitting a time to announce the sale of the Stan Betz Collection of Von Dutch Memorabilia – to be held in Los Angeles at the Petersen Automotive Museum on November 10, 2007. Collectors, fans and automotive enthusiasts are sure to agree that Stan ... Read the full story

Largest ever seen at auction, a rare 30-foot Mosasaurus skeleton to be offered on December 2nd All that remains of a 70-million year old Mosasaurus Baugei or Meuse lizard, a huge carnivorous reptile and the dominant underwater predator menacing the Earth’s seas 70-million years ago, could sell for as much as $400,000 on December 2, 2007 in Los Angeles as Bonhams & Butterfields, the premier West Coast auction house, brings an eclectic and spectacular array of Natural History to auction. Named for the Meuse River in Holland where the first specimen ... Read the full story

Matthew Holiday of Holiday Auction & Realty, LLC is pleased to announce that he has received an auctioneer license from the Georgia Auctioneer Commission enabling him to offer his auction services in the State of Georgia. His company, Holiday Auction & Realty, already conducts auctions in South Carolina, North Carolina, and Michigan and offers real estate services in South Carolina. Matt Holiday views this step in Georgia as an opportunity to expand his business, particularly the conducting of fundraising benefit auctions throughout the Southeast. ... Read the full story

A midnight blue, partially restored 1948 Lincoln Continental hot-rod car – retrofitted with a 350 Chevrolet small-block engine and matching transmission, a 1953 Chrysler New Yorker frame, and a Ford 150 differential – roared away for $11,550 at a multi-estate sale held July 29 by Four Seasons Auction Gallery. The car had less than 3,000 miles on the engine and transmission. “Vintage automobiles just seem to find their way to me, and this one certainly was a one-of-a-kind,” said Steve White of Four Seasons Auction Gallery. “The ... Read the full story

The first step in establishing competitive, standardized and transparent pricing of diamonds will take place with the launch of the Rapaport Certified Diamond Auction, September 17 through September 20. The auction, will be conducted via a newly established internet auction site (www.diamonds.net/auction) offering select, quality controlled, “Excellent to Very Good” cut diamonds graded by the world’s leading independent diamond grading laboratory, the Gemological Institute of America (GIA). Every diamond will also be certified and ... Read the full story