Yellow Apricot is the only wholly online Property Auctioneer in the UK . Traditional property auctions occur in posh hotels or halls and you have to travel to the Auction Venue on the advertised date in order to manually bid on the property that you are interested in. Using Yellow Apricot as your Auctioneer, you can buy or sell a property from the comfort of your home, office or anywhere in the world whilst remaining totally anonymous to those around you and without having to attend an Auction Venue. You can effectively buy a property whilst in bed, whilst ... Read the full story

“Hoffman Estates is conducting a Chicago Real Estate Auction of up to 150 properties. The properties include both new construction and resale homes and willing be sold through auctions”. That headline is a sure indication that auction as a tool to sell properties is here to stay. According to Holland Home Auctions, nearly 150 properties which are quality built homes in preferred settings. This is very unlike the usual auctions where the houses are usually foreclosed or distress sale houses in undesirable locations. With bids starting at as low as 50% of ... Read the full story

In just 30 days, the Barrett-Jackson Auction Company will kick off their 37th Annual Collector Car Event with the finest selection of vehicles in their legendary history. Shelbys and Stingrays, Rolls Royces and Road Runners, ‘Cudas and Caddies and Bel Airs and Benzes will join comeback classics, concepts from Italy, customs from Barris and cars from the stars to be sold at No Reserve on Jan. 12-20, 2008, in Scottsdale, Ariz. Hailed as “The World’s Greatest Collector Car Events™,” the Scottsdale auction will feature over 1000 of the ... Read the full story

A beautifully restored 1928 Stutz BB Sports Tourer and a rare 1927 Auburn 8-88 Open Tourer of which just 19 were built, are amongst the standout vehicles already consigned to the Shannons auction at the 2008 Brisbane International Motor Show, which runs from February 1-10. The Stutz with its Weymann-style fabric bodywork is perhaps the stand-out pre-War car of the auction so far, as it is a former concours-winner and remains in exceptional condition. The Auburn 8-88 has had only two owners since new and has been in the hands of the most recent of them for the ... Read the full story

While live real estate auctions are hardly newsworthy, this one claims to be different. “What separates our auction website from all of the others” said Mr. Langer “is that we have a live global auction, with online bidding. This creates exposure and excitement in the buying and selling of real estate. The bidders must pre-qualify before the auction and then are free to bid on any property they choose” “One of the major advantages for the seller is that we have direct exposure into the foreign market, where many currencies are strong versus the US ... Read the full story

The world is abuzz with the recent launch of iPhone in Europe and the USA and competition is fierce for the product. iPodnanny.com the well known London online Auctionmarket for iPods, Game Console, Games and Mobile Telephones is creating a new channel to market with the launch of their superior than eBay Auctionmarket Website http://www.ipodnanny.com/ Launched to coincide with the busy Christmas period, iPodnanny.com has created the World’s first Online Auctionmarket for iPods, Game Console & Games where consumers can bid, buy & sell. About ... Read the full story

Zachys Wine Auctions kicks off the 2008 auction season with The Winter Auction, over 1300 lots of the world’s finest and rarest wines. The sale features collections from several loyal consignors, including a spectacular offering of older, extremely rare Burgundy at lots 509 through 589, as well as several consignments to benefit The Abramson Institute Ovarian Cancer Vaccine Initiative (complete information on this can be found on page 15 of the catalog). To fit all this great wine in, proceedings start at 9am, with a complimentary plated Champagne ... Read the full story

New York, NY – December 18, 2007 – Tonight at Sotheby’s, in an overflowing salesroom, The Magna Carta was saved for America by David Rubenstein, who intends to place the document back on view at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Mr. Rubenstein, who referred to the manuscript as a “beacon for freedom,” purchased the document this evening for $21,321,000. “I have always believed that the three most important documents were the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence and the Magna Carta,” said Mr. Rubenstein after the sale. “This ... Read the full story

IDX, Inc. announces today the addition of Darrell Anstine Auction & Realty in Clinton, Missouri to its network of professionals in the real estate industry using its primary software application, IDX Broker. This useful application enables them to connect their clients with featured property listings from the Midwest Missouri (MMMLS) Multiple Listing Service (MLS). A unique approach to realty, Anstine Auctions utilizes the IDX Broker search application to showcase the properties that are up for bidding. Click on their mortgage calculator, bookmark ... Read the full story

On Thursday, January 17, the BFA Liquidation Trust will sell its remaining real estate parcels located in the State of Arizona at absolute public auction – to the highest and final bidders. At one time the Baptist Foundation of Arizona controlled a portfolio of over $500 million in holdings. In 1999, the Arizona Corporation Commission’s Securities Division found evidence that the foundation’s officers used fraudulent transactions in the last decade to conceal real estate losses. Also cited were poor investment decisions, deceptive accounting ... Read the full story

San Jose, Calif. – PETA, which owns 120 shares of eBay stock, has submitted a shareholder resolution urging the company to stop selling cats and dogs on its affiliated Chinese Web site, Tom Online. PETA’s resolution points out that eBay’s online policy states, “eBay generally does not allow the listing of live animals or pets on eBay,” and that eBay’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics states, “We do business according to the highest ethical and legal standards.” Despite this, eBay continues to list and sell ... Read the full story

Liquidity Services, Inc. (LSI), a leading online auction marketplace for wholesale, surplus and salvage assets, today announced it has agreed to acquire Information Management Specialists, Inc. and its GovDeals, Inc. subsidiary for approximately $10 million in cash. GovDeals is an online auction marketplace for the sale of surplus and confiscated items for local and state government entities including city, county and state agencies as well as school boards and public utilities. The acquisition strengthens LSI’s business by adding 1,400 new government ... Read the full story

Buena Vista Custom Homes announced today that the company sold 141 homes during the past weekend’s home auction at the Oregon Convention Center. The 141 sales generated a total of $65 million dollars in sales which is believed to be the largest sales event in Oregon real estate history, as well as the largest real estate auction by a single seller. The event drew 2,209 attendees who bid on the 240 homes offered in the auction. The owner of Buena Vista Custom Homes, Roger Pollock, announced prior to the auction his intent to use the event to sell the ... Read the full story

Heritage Auction Galleries of Dallas, Texas (www.HA.com), the world’s largest collectibles auctioneer, formally re-entered the philatelic market after 14 years with the $825,000 sale of an “Inverted Jenny” stamp. The 24-cent denomination, U.S. red, white and blue misprint (Scott #C3a) depicting an upside-down Curtis 4-N (“Jenny”) biplane was position number 84 on the original sheet of 100. The mint condition stamp is one of the finest known and one of no more than a half dozen never-hinged specimens. It is certified by ... Read the full story

A rare archive of Waynman Dixon, one of the people responsible for bringing Cleopatra’s Needle to London will be included in the forthcoming Quarterly auction to be held on 30th January. Sited on the Thames embankment, Cleopatra’s Needle was made in Egypt for the Pharaoh Thotmes III in 1460 BC, making it some 3,500 years old. The story of how it was brought to London from Alexandria, the Royal city of Cleopatra is contained within letters and a photographic album now to be offered for sale. The idea of bringing the needle to London was as a memorial to ... Read the full story

One of the oldest toys they have ever seen will be offered for sale by Tennants Auctioneers in their specialist 180 lot Toy Sale on Saturday, 12th January 2008 – a forerunner of today’s jigsaw puzzle – a Georgian Dissected Mahogany Hand Coloured Puzzle entitled ‘My Pony’ dated 1812. Amazingly still compete after almost 200 years, this 25 piece wooden toy comes in its original mahogany box with a black and white engraved plan to help you solve the puzzle. It is expected to sell at auction for £200-£300. From the 1950’s there is a very ... Read the full story

Auction Floor, Inc. (Other OTC: AFLR.PK) (Frankfurt: ZUI.F) a leading web-based technology provider to the auction industry, announced the initiation of a partnership with AuctionWire, a leading producer of celebrity and charity events throughout North America. The first event of a prospective 75 charity auctions will take place on Wednesday December 5th for the Special Olympics, utilizing AuctionManager, the Company’s state of the art auction management system. The Company successfully launched the marketing and sale of its AuctionManager platform in ... Read the full story

On June 3rd, 2007, Wensy auction site hit the internet. Since such time, the site has managed to bring in over 1200 members selling over 2400 items for over $60,000.00 in net sales. These numbers are impressive for established auction sites, but to do this in only 6 months is quite astonishing. Because the site is free, members are able to sell items at a fair price. Buyers are also brought to the site due to these low prices. Sellers are able to build a free store and can send invoices through an automated system. They can track payments and shipping ... Read the full story

The Professional eBay Sellers Alliance (PeSA), the world’s largest trade association for eBay sellers, announced that it has partnered with Infopia to co-host the Spring 2008 eCommerce Summit on April 22-24, 2008 at the New Orleans Convention Center. The event will bring together more than 600 eTailers to exchange innovative ideas on best practices as well as gain insight into the evolving opportunities from leading Internet companies including eBay, Paypal, Google, Amazon, Yahoo and Microsoft. “We are excited to partner with Infopia, a leading ... Read the full story

AuctionPublicity.com – On Dec. 12 -13, the R.M. Smythe & Co. auction of part 13 of the The Schingoethe collection of obsolete currency generated a great deal of interest from bidders. 94% of the 1162 lots offered were sold totaling $450,000 in sales. Many of the more unique and rare items far surpassed their pre-auction estimates, perhaps signaling a significant upsurge in interest for obsolete currency. Of particular note was a $10 bill issued by the Merchants & Planters Bank of Tallahassee Florida Ca. 1830s-40s. (FL-70 G10). The bill ... Read the full story