Archive for August, 2007

Construction and Utility Equipment Available for Online Bidding

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

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 […]

College to Host Silent Auction to Benefit Interim House

Saturday, August 25th, 2007

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 […]

BONHAMS APPOINTS JEWELLERY SPECIALIST IN PARIS

Friday, August 24th, 2007

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 […]

BONHAMS TO SELL LAUNCHING BROOCH OF HMS COVENTRY, SUNK ON ACTIVE SERVICE IN THE FALKLANDS CONFLICT

Friday, August 24th, 2007

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 […]

Escalas Bowers and Merena Division Auctions $2.42 in Pennies for Nearly $1.1 Million

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

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 […]