VSE Corporation and Rick Levin & Associates, Inc. will conduct an auction of seized and forfeited property on behalf of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Other agencies that are participating include: U.S. Customs & Border Protection, Immigration & Customs Enforcement, Internal Revenue Service and Secret Service. Proceeds from the auction are returned to these agencies through the Treasury Asset Forfeiture Fund for the continuation of their enforcement efforts. The auction will take place at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, January 14, 2009, at the VSE ... Read the full story

On January 23 & 24, 2008, Sotheby’s New York will offer for sale The Silver and Furniture Collection of the First Parish Church in Cohasset, Massachusetts, a Unitarian Universalist Congregation, as part of its twoday sale of Important Americana. The collection will feature six lots of 18th and 19th Century American silver beakers highlighted by two pairs of beakers – The Deacon John Jacobs Silver Beakers by Jacob Hurd, Boston, 1728 (each pair est. $70/100,000). The sale will also include An Important William and Mary Carved and Figured Maple ... Read the full story

Copart, Inc. has announced that it has opened its automotive sales web site to the public, allowing them to see the company’s patented VB2 technology. Up until recently, the site – www.copart.com – was password protected, allowing only registered buyers and sellers to view this innovative technology. Now everyone can see how VB2 works by replaying previous sales. VB2 is a unique online technology that allows buyers from all over the world to bid against each other on vehicles over the Internet, breaking down geographical barriers because they no longer ... Read the full story

Preeminent international auction house, RM Auctions is honored to have been chosen to present the distinguished Dr. Barbara Mae Atwood Collection at their upcoming Automobiles of Arizona auction event, January 16th, 2009 in Phoenix, Arizona. The result of a lifetime of judicious collecting by the late Dr. Atwood, the esteemed Atwood Collection features a magnificent selection of pre-war American cars, each representing the epitome of motoring luxury for their respective marques. “Throughout her lifetime, Dr. Atwood shared two passions – caring for ... Read the full story

A large model of a British ship-of-the-line carved from bone and ebony, a 1916 New York Yacht Club trophy, and a scrimshaw whale’s tooth depicting the female pirate Fanny Campbell are some of the rare and enticing collectibles included in Christie’s Maritime Decorative Arts sale on January 15, 2009. The auction of over 200 items is devoted to high-quality maritime collectibles, including ships models, furniture, paintings, ship fittings, scrimshaw, silver, clocks, folk art and vintage photography. Among the highlights of the upcoming January sale are two ... Read the full story

To be directly in front of the thing, though it’s just a skull, is to sense just how impressive a beast the triceratops was. It is as long as an NBA player is tall, and as wide as a Formula One race car, mainly due to the fact that the frill is naturally fused to the back of the cranium, common in found adult male specimens of the massive, 30-foot long giant. Even these comparisons, however, cannot capture the palpable sense of power that emanates from what is merely a fossil, a relic, of one of the greatest, most terrible – in the regal sense of ... Read the full story

(Matthews, N.C.) – An extremely rare Winchester New Rival 10-gage empty Christmas shell box, professionally restored and with all the labels intact, sold for $12,870 in an Internet and catalog auction held by SoldUSA.com, the premier hunting and collectibles site. The auction went online mid-November and concluded Dec. 13-14. The Winchester box was the top lot of the hundreds of lots sold. Strong and, in some cases, record prices were realized for many of the items that came up for bid. This, despite the deteriorating condition of the nation’s ... Read the full story

An outstanding Roy Rogers collection will be auctioned on January 10. The collection is owned by James and Nora Hood from Taneytown, Maryland. The Hoods have collected Roy Rogers items for many years. When Nora was a young girl, Roy Rogers was her idol. Later in life Nora received a gift from her daughter that was a Roy Rogers collection, and it all started from there. James Hood also liked Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, and when his wife starting collecting he took the same interest in collecting. James and Nora went to auctions, flea markets, yard sales and ... Read the full story

Bonhams’ highly anticipated inaugural New York sale of American Furniture and Decorative Arts will be presented in January 2009. The more than 200 lots feature a full spectrum of 18th and 19th century furniture, folk art, silver and ceramics, and include collectibles from Phyfe to Herter Brothers. Taking place on January 22nd, the American Furniture and Decorative Arts sale is aptly timed to coincide with New York’s famed Winter Antiques Show. Considered the most prestigious antiques show in America, the annual event attracts the world’s top ... Read the full story

The increasingly popular online charity auction site, www.Charitable-Auctions.com, is providing the use of their non profit auction services free until July 2009. The site generally charges an extremely small percentage of sales made through their site to maintain and promote their cause, as well as relatively insignificant fees for upgrades to their basic fundraising services. Any excess is donated in turn to charities devoted to the aid of underprivileged children and those that help with cancer research. December 2008 – Non Profit Auction Site ... Read the full story

(Aberdeen, Miss.) – Five estates from prominent old families in the Southeastern United States (specifically Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi) will be sold at auction Saturday, Jan. 10, by Stevens Auction Company. Over 500 lots in an array of categories – beautiful antique furniture, fine porcelains, original artwork, antique lighting, handmade rugs, china, collectibles and more – will cross the block. “We are pleased to start off the new year with such an incredible antique auction,” said Dwight Stevens of Stevens Auction Company. “It ... Read the full story

Sotheby’s sale of Important Old Master Paintings and Sculpture in New York on January 29 & 30, 2009 will feature works by many of the most important masters of the 15th-18th centuries including Turner, Hals, Titian, Goya, Canaletto, Brueghel, Cranach, Guercino, Reni, Ruysdael, Carracci, Bosschaert, Gerard, Claude, and others. A selection of highlights will be exhibited in Los Angeles in early 2009 before going on view in New York beginning January 24th.Share ... Read the full story

All the highlights of the auction have been sold and two world records have been achieved: the first one is a ‘Naturalist Painting’ by Adolfo Tommasi, Petriolo presso Firenze (Petriolo near Florence), one of the principle Tuscan naturalist painters of the late nineteenth century, Dating back to 1884-85, is among Tommasi’s best works, a clear, solid and detailed representation of reality through the eyes of the Tuscan artist. This oil on canvas was presented in 1885 at the Florence Annual Fine Arts Exposition. The following year it was shown in ... Read the full story

Mastro Auctions, the world’s leading Sports and Americana auction house recently announced the results of the company’s second successful live sports auction of 2008. The event, held on December 8, 2008 at The Sports Museum of America in New York City, featured two sessions, “Legends of the Diamond” which offered over 80 premium lots of high-end baseball memorabilia and “Legends of the Gridiron” that presented over 250 Hall of Fame-associated pieces of football memorabilia. While there was solid bidding in both auction sessions, it was obvious ... Read the full story

(Orlando, Fla.) – About 270 original prints — many of them signed and/or numbered, by major 20th-century masters like Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Joan Miro and others — will be sold at auction on Saturday, Feb. 7, by Baterbys Art Auction Gallery. The sale will be conducted live (and online), in the beautiful Pointe Orlando complex, located at 9101 International Drive in Orlando. The auction will begin promptly at 2 p.m., with a one-hour preview from 1-2 p.m. The entire auctioneer’s premium (10 percent of sales) will be ... Read the full story

Five rare Yenko muscle cars from a celebrated collection will be sold at No Reserve during the 38th Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction in Scottsdale, Ariz., Jan. 11-18, 2009. For the first time, four Yenko Camaros and a Yenko Nova from the Gary Holub Collection (Lot #’s 1276-1278) will be offered to the public. Hailed as “The World’s Greatest Collector Car Auctions™,” the Scottsdale auction and lifestyle event will feature a diverse mix of the world’s most desirable collector vehicles. SPEED will broadcast nearly 40 hours of live, ... Read the full story

The Constantiner Collection achieved the highest total for a single owner dedicated photographs sale at Christie’s, selling for a total $7,721,875. Assembled by Leon and Michaela Constantiner, this spectacular collection focused on photography as a key shaping force within the media worlds that have, for over half a century, celebrated fashion, style, celebrity and desire, and features works by some of the most sought-after artists, including Andy Warhol, Helmut Newton, Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, Herb Ritts, and Peter Lindbergh. Philippe Garner, ... Read the full story

All Auctions held at The Pasadena Convention Center • 300 East Green Street Pasadena, California (Lower level • East Side • Euclid St.) • (626) 793-1833 On Tuesday, February 17th, John Moran Auctioneers will launch their 2009 art auction season with the sale of over 150 strong and carefully curated works that will captivate collectors worldwide. Three times each year in February, June and October, John Moran Auctioneers hosts the sale of works by California Impressionists, California style watercolorists, historical western artists and important ... Read the full story

(Boston, MA) – Complimentary registration for Artfact Live!, the next-generation online live bidding platform is now open. Artfact Live! bidders can watch all the action on the auction floor with streaming video and audio, and bid live online on fine art, coins, jewelry, toys, stamps, sports memorabilia and more. Artfact Live! registration also includes a complimentary subscription to one year of unlimited access to the last 12 months of auction results in the Artfact database, representing over 4 million records and $10 billion in realized prices: a ... Read the full story

Bloomsbury’s last sale of 2008, Printed Books, Manuscripts and Artwork including the Collections of Cecil & Desmond Harmsworth (11-12th December), was a success. It would seem that private collections and items fresh to the market in good condition, still find eager buyers. A substantial part of the Harmsworth Collection (sold by descendants of the newspaper magnates) was snapped up by an institution. An autograph letter from WB Yeats to Cecil Harmsworth on Irish Unification (lot 47) made £3120, three times the lower estimate; a letter from Joyce ... Read the full story