Monthly Archives: March 2008

Dallas, TX – A third selection of Early Seated Proof Sets from Phil Kaufman’s superlative multi-million dollar collection (1839-1858) is being auctioned by Dallas-based Heritage Auction Galleries in their Platinum Night Auction at the April 16-19 CSNS convention in Chicago. “Part One of the Kaufman Collection, realizing $1,712,600, was sold at the [Read More]

EAGAN, Minn. – Northwest Airlines (NYSE: NWA) today announced the launch of WorldPerks Auctions. Members now can bid their miles on luxury vacation packages, unique sporting events, merchandise, and much more. Available items include a House of Blues VIP dinner and concert package, a First Class trip to Arizona including choice of [Read More]

Imagine if you had the chance to buy Audrey Hepburn’s black dress from ‘Breakfast At Tiffany’s’ or Marilyn Monroe’s iconic white dress from ‘Seven Year Itch’ or maybe Madonna’s famous Gaultier corset dress – That would be your retirement sorted out. Now Sport Relief have teamed up with Leona Lewis and iconic [Read More]

(Hyannis, Mass.) – Items from collections of nautical and whaling objects, including some belonging to Dale Totty, a Virginia-based watercolor painter and collector, will headline a multi-estate auction slated for Sunday, March 30, at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel on Route 132 in Hyannis. The sale will be conducted by MV Auctions of [Read More]

Melbourne, Monday March 10: A 1977 Holden Torana A9X sedan that had languished silent and neglected behind a block of flats near inner Melbourne for 12 years sold for $192,000 at Shannons Melbourne Motor Show Auction – an auction record price for the model. The Jasmine Yellow four-door sedan, which emerged in [Read More]

GADSDEN, Ala – At least 15 home sites on Lake Dannelly – and possibly dozens of others – will sell in a “Grand Opening” auction Saturday, March 29, with Gadsden’s Albert Burney Auction Company managing the sale. The home sites – part of the Shadow Creek Community being created along the shores [Read More]

After a record price of £8,500 was achieved at Tennants for a Quaker Sampler in 2006, the North Yorkshire Auctioneers sold a collection of seven Quaker Samplers and Ephemera from a collector in the South of England on 8th March and again saw some high prices being realised. These framed samplers all [Read More]

OAKLAND – A portrait of Queen Margaret of Austria topped Clars Auction Gallery’s March 1 & 2 auction, selling for $16,380*. The sale featured strong offerings in a variety of categories, particularly European paintings, Asian woodblock prints, fine jewelry and antique rugs. The painting (lot 6355) attracted significant interest, both international and [Read More]

A magnificent 1931 Duesenberg Convertible and a historic sports car built for Edsel Ford achieved top bids at RM Auctions’ 10th annual ‘Automobiles of Amelia Island’ event on Florida’s coast on the weekend. More than 100 exceptional motor cars crossed the block during the seven-hour auction, which drew significant global interest and [Read More]

International fine arts auctioneers Bonhams & Butterfields is pleased to offer Modern & Contemporary Art on May 5, 2008. The auction, simulcast between the San Francisco and Los Angeles salesrooms, will feature works by preeminent artists of the 20th century, as well as works by contemporary art world icons Gustav Klimt, Arshile [Read More]

VANCOUVER – Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE and TSX: RBA), the world’s largest industrial auctioneer, demonstrated its strength in different geographic regions under varying market conditions last week, conducting multi-million dollar unreserved industrial auctions in Fort Worth, Texas, USA and Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The unreserved public auction at the Company’s permanent auction [Read More]

A 138-year-old shotgun once owned by the railway magnate, Baron Anthony Nathan de Rothschild, will be sold at Bonhams next sale of Fine Sporting Guns on April 2nd at Knightsbridge. Estimated to sell for £3,000 to £4,000 lot 139, is a fine 16-bore hammer gun by J. Purdey, no. 8297, weighing 6lb. [Read More]

Dozens Of Images Of Indian Princes By Leading Early Photographers And Album Of Kashmiri Views This important collection of 420 images from the 1850s to the 1940s, covering India and the adjacent countries, will be sold in London by Bonhams on 9 April. Estimates for the photographs range from £100 to £15,000 [Read More]

HONG KONG – Sotheby’s is proud to present the Estella Collection, the largest and most important collection of Chinese Contemporary Art ever to appear at auction. This remarkable group of Chinese Contemporary Art documents social trends that arose out of the recent pivotal moments in Chinese history through the eyes of some [Read More]

Staffordshire, UK. – The UK’s number one number plate dealer Carreg.co.uk have created a new service for number plate buyers who have seen what great bargains there are at the number plate auctions, sponsor the Number Plates Auction Price Guide & The Car Numbers Book which means that a senior member of [Read More]

The last 2008 Roush P-51A Mustang in a limited production run of 151 will hit the auction block on March 29 at the Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Event in West Palm Beach, Florida. Proceeds from the auction will benefit a charity called the Salute to Education Scholarship, according to Roush. Number 151 is [Read More]

NEW HOPE, Pa – One of the great, early collections of Americana claims top billing in Noel Barrett’s 1,400-lot auction to be held April 11-13 in New Hope, Pa. The Jerry Smith collection, which was acquired in its entirety by the Hallmark Corporation years ago, was amassed at a time when few [Read More]

ATLANTA – In less than a decade, GunBroker.com(R) has reached a milestone unmatched by any other online firearms auction — 1,000,000 registered users. At approximately 11:28 p.m. March 4, Denise Krainock of Paso Robles, Calif., registered as the record setting user. The landmark registration will be incorporated into GunBroker.com’s ninth birthday celebration [Read More]