Monthly Archives: March 2008

NOKOMIS, FL – The nine inch tall, exquisitely carved vase was acquired in 1926 from S. & G. Gump Co. of San Francisco by self made American millionaire and collector William Boyce Thompson. The vase, featured in the two week online sale ending March 3 hosted by iGavel, came with the original [Read More]

Boston, MA – In the 1st Quarter of 2008, property values continue to drop as part of a downward transition in the nationwide real estate market begun in 2005. Although some fortunate investors who bought in the early ’90s made great profits selling early, most have watched their equity plummet. By setting [Read More]

CHOWCHILLA – On April 6, Beverly Hills-based real estate auction specialist Kennedy Wilson will be conducting an inventory closeout auction for nine luxury homes at The Cascades and 34 single family homes at The Villas in Chowchilla. All 43 homes are in Greenhills Estates, a gated community with abundant lakes situated around [Read More]

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif – Kennedy Wilson Auction Group, a division of the national real estate services and investment firm Kennedy Wilson, conducted an auction on March 9, 2008 of single family homes, condominiums and town homes located in various communities of Southern Florida. About 97 bank-owned homes located in Palm Beach, Broward [Read More]

(Oceanside, N.Y.) – An incredible single-owner collection of robots and space toys – plus another single-owner group of high-end mechanical banks and coin-op machines – will be sold on the second day of a weekend sale slated for April 5-6 by Philip Weiss Auctions. Anchoring the April 6 offerings will be Part [Read More]

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla – Ford Motor Company will auction a piece of TV history when it sells two of the actual KITT Ford Shelby Mustangs used in NBC’s “Knight Rider” pilot at the 6th Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Event on March 29, 2008, in West Palm Beach, Fla. The cars, which [Read More]

The first ever museum presentation of works by the renowned potter Dame Lucie Rie in France will open to the public at the prestigious Musée National de Céramique de Sèvres in Paris from 25 March – 7 April 2008 (pls see viewing times below). The Dame Lucie Rie Exhibition includes approximately 30 [Read More]

Election BlogSpot™, an election blog that promises to be the “go to blog” for the 2008 Presidential Election went up for auction on eBay® this morning and ends Mar-17-08 03:39:20 PDT. Channels Network™ who owns Election BlogSpot™ chose to market the sale of Election BlogSpot™ on eBay® because of eBay‘s® worldwide reach [Read More]

IRVINE, Calif – National Home Auction Corporation, a public lender foreclosure auction company, did it again with the successful completion of its “Inland Empire” foreclosure auction held Sunday, March 9th in Ontario, California. Publicized by several weeks of highly targeted TV, print, radio and online advertising, the diverse crowd of over 1,400 [Read More]

More than 150 lots of traditional English furniture sourced by the late Rod Wilson, will go on sale at Bonhams Knightsbridge salerooms on 29 April 2008. Rod Wilson was a respected antiques collector who for over 20 years ran a successful antiques business in Petworth, West Sussex. His search for items of [Read More]

Hong Kong – Christie’s announces that it will offer Important Chinese Rhinoceros-Horn Carvings from the Songzhutang Collection on May 27 in Hong Kong. This collection, passionately collected over several decades, offers 30 rare and important examples of rhinoceros horn carvings and is one of the finest known private collections of this treasured [Read More]

Bonhams newly-formed New York-based motoring department today announced a ‘save the date’ must for the fall with the news that they will offer more than 60 motorcars, selected motorcycles and automobilia – all without reserve – from the famed Richard Paine Collection on 26-27 September 2008. New England collector Richard C. Paine, [Read More]

A painting portraying the murder of Richard II by the ill-fated artist Richard Dadd (British, 1817-1886) will be sold in Bonhams Victorian Paintings sale on 2 April 2008, New Bond Street, London. Dadd, who famously murdered his father, painted the watercolour whilst confined in Bethlem lunatic asylum. The scene is taken from [Read More]

WESTBORO, MA – The international B2B directory Worldwide Industrial Marketplace, a division of IndustrialSAVER, announced today the launch of its new apparel and textile manufacturing equipment marketplace at http://www.industrialsaver.com/stores/mmw/Manufacturing-and-Metalworking/Textile-and-Apparel-Equipment/ According to a company spokesperson, the site includes offerings on a wide range of new and used machines for sewing, embroidery, finishing, cutting [Read More]

SANTA MONICA, CA – For the first time ever, an actual Formula 1 Race Car is on sale to the public today with eBay bids beginning at only $2. This along with more than 45 other one-of-a-kind and otherwise unavailable sports items will hit the eBay auction blocks over the next two [Read More]

Zachys Wine Auctions returns to New York City for The Early Spring Auction on March 13 and 14, two days filled with top-quality collections. Day one of the sale includes an impressive range of first-growth Bordeaux from the cellar of Ted Conklin, proprietor of the Wine Spectator Grand Award-winning American Hotel in [Read More]

Bloomsbury Auctions Offers the World’s Rarest Star Atlas to the Smallest Atlas Known Which was Made for Queen Mary’s Doll’s House The 418 lot sale boasts several highly important items. The very rare Atlas Celeste or Celestial Atlas (lot 7) by the astronomer and physician John Bevis, is one of only 16 [Read More]

Manhattan, New York – The R. M. Smythe & Company spring paper money auction on March 20th 2008 will offer 890 lots of paper money at their Manhattan office. One of the more interesting lots of world banknotes will be the specimens of Siam banknotes, in particular the 20, 80, and 100 [Read More]