An Auction of Finest and Rarest Wines Including an Outstanding Selection from a Prominent Restaurant brought the attention of bidders from all over the world to Chicago this weekend. The room was nearly full with active bidders from around the world including strong participation on the Internet and telephones. The competition was robust throughout the day for wines across all categories, and an astonishing 78% of the lots either met or exceeded the high end of the pre-auction estimates. 1971 DRC offerings attracted frenzied bidding. The most expensive lot of ... Read the full story

WWA Group, Inc. (OTCBB: WWAG) today announced the conclusion of its most recent auction held at WWA Group’s Dubai facility over the period June 22, 23 and 24, 2009. Gross auction sales exceeded US$18.29 million and involved more than 360 registered bidders from 20 countries. Equipment consigned by 145 consignors from 11 countries, comprised of over 1,200 items, was sold to 200 successful bidders. The June auction was WWA Group’s third major auction in Dubai in 2009. Three more auctions are planned for Dubai this year in September, October and ... Read the full story

The Charles Martignette Collection of Illustration Art will make its public debut on Wednesday, July 15, as the focus of Heritage Auction Galleries’ Signature® Illustration Art Auction; it’s safe to say that the world of illustration art collecting – and Fine Art collecting – will be forever changed once the rare and important pieces in this 4300 lot collection make their way into the open market. “It’s not a stretch to say that Martignette is, perhaps, the most impressive group of Illustration Art ever offered,” ... Read the full story

Fine Jewellery continues to weather the financial storm with solid results acheived at a Bonhams and Goodman auction in Sydney on June 30th. The day began with a 415 lot Affordable Jewellery auction which sold a remarkable 91.5% by volume and 108% by value, followed by the 248 lot Fine Jewellery auction in the evening. Solitaire diamond rings were popular with highlights including a 3.01ct diamond selling for $31,200 against a pre-sale estimate of $15,000 – 20,000 and a 2.45ct diamond selling for $66,000 with a pre-sale estimate of $55,000 – ... Read the full story

More than 500 U.S. and world bank notes will be offered in the Official Auction of the American Numismatic Association World’s Fair of Money® conducted by Bowers and Merena Auctions at the Los Angeles Convention Center and online, August 2 – 8, 2009. One of the many highlights is an 1870 $100 Gold National Bank Note, San Francisco Charter #1741, The First National Gold Bank (Fr. 1162), graded PMG Fine 12 Net (restorations). “This classic rarity is one of only eight notes of this type in private hands, and one of three of this Friedberg ... Read the full story

Following the highly successful sale of a collection of papers from Rocket Engineering icon, Dr. Werner Von Braun, Bonhams New York will be presenting a sale entirely devoted to the history of man’s exploration of space. Taking place on July 16th, the approximately 400 lot sale fittingly coincides with the week of the 40th anniversary of man’s landing on the Moon and consists of items acquired either directly from the astronauts or that were originally in their collections.The sale features every tier of space collecting, including artifacts carried ... Read the full story

Auction Held in Two Sessions: October 10th and October 24th Wright Widely Recognized as Prominent Doll Expert and Discerning Collector BOSTON, Mass. – www.skinnerinc.com – Skinner, one of the nation’s leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, today announced that it will offer the Richard Wright Collection at auction in October 2009. Richard Wright was one of the world’s best known experts in the field of fine dolls, and a prominent and colorful appraiser on the PBS series, Antiques Roadshow. The Richard Wright Collection promises to ... Read the full story

Approximately 75 properties valued in excess of $250 million will be offered for sale in NAI Global’s July Commercial Property PowerSale(TM), an ongoing series of national, multi-seller online auctions and sealed-bid sales. Approximately 58 of the properties in the July Commercial Property PowerSale(TM) will be offered online via a timed auction format. Interested bidders will be able to log on at any time during the open bidding window, from 1:00 PM EDT July 16 through 1:00 PM EDT July 30, and place bids. Registered bidders will receive an email ... Read the full story

Collectors were drawn by a nearly 600 lot sale of Fine Jewelry and Watches presented by Bonhams New York on June 23rd. As the largest jewelry and watch sale ever to be offered by Bonhams, the event was simulcast to the international auctioneers’ San Francisco and Los Angeles showrooms, filling the galleries and phone lines with bidders from around the globe. Throughout the sale, fine quality diamond rings proved undeniably irresistible to auction-goers. This fact is clearly evidenced by the number of rings which sold for well above estimate. The most ... Read the full story

RM Classic Cars to conduct collector car sale completely via the Internet August 9, 2009 at www.rmauctions.com RM Classic Cars is leading the way in the collector car hobby by offering buyers and sellers of vintage and special interest automobiles a convenient and credible means of conducting business over the Internet with the production of its exclusive online auction, Sunday, August 9, 2009. “We’re thinking outside the auction block,” said Dan Spendick, Consignment Specialist, RM Classic Cars, Inc. “RM’s 30 years of experience in the collector ... Read the full story