Daily Archives: May 17, 2008

New York – Antiquorum’s June 18th auction is rapidly approaching and collectors can look forward to bidding on a wide variety of the world’s most sought after watches. There will be over 350 extraordinary timepieces in the Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, Pocket Watches & Clocks sale at Antiquorum’s US headquarters on Madison Avenue [Read More]

Rock Against Diabetes is gearing up for their upcoming event on August 23rd by auctioning off spectacular music memorabilia and instruments donated by celebrities and artists in support of the event. Featured items are: A 3 hour private guitar lesson with Bumblefoot (GnR) in the NYC Gibson Guitar showroom. Winner will receive [Read More]

A group of eight medals, spanning the two World Wars of the 20th century, awarded to George James are to go under the Charterhouse hammer on Friday 13th June in their auction of collectors’ items, clocks and antiques. “George James was a local lad who was born in Sherborne in 1893 and [Read More]

PURCHASE, N.Y. – Eos Airlines has filed a motion asking the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York to approve a process and schedule for the auction and sale of the company and its assets. Eos, the premium class New York to London carrier known for its operational excellence [Read More]

NEW ORLEANS – The second annual “Icons of Music” charity auction to benefit the New Orleans-focused Music Rising will be held May 31 at the Hard Rock Café in New York City. The event, produced by Julien’s Auctions, will be broadcast live in high-definition on Auction Network starting at 9:30 a.m. EDT [Read More]

WASHINGTON – The Air Transport Association of America (ATA), the industry trade organization for the leading U.S. airlines, today issued the following statement in response to the Department of Transportation (DOT) New York Auction proposal: “Our members and their passengers are frustrated by the DOT’s continued fixation on auctions, despite the overwhelming [Read More]

ROCKVILLE, MD – Attention, “Project Runway” fans, only three days are left to bid on one-of-a-kind denim creations by Ricky Lizalde, one of the most memorable contestants on Bravo TV’s “Project Runway.” Lizalde created five original denim designs for Goodwill® to sell on its online auction site, www.shopgoodwill.com. Bidding ends May 19 [Read More]

OAKLAND – A painting by Chinese artist He Kongde was the highlight of Clars Auction Gallery’s May 3&4 auction, realizing $98,400*. The painting rounded out a strong auction with sales totaling just under $1 million, in which Asian artworks, both antique and contemporary were clearly the standouts. He Kongde (1925-2003) was a [Read More]

DENVER, Pa. –Morphy Legend Coin Auction’s May 6 sale was a triumphant debut for the Geppi’s Entertainment Publishing & Auctions unit, led by the sale of the rare NGC-graded, CAC-stickered 1876 proof set for $46,000. The new joint-venture company formed by Morphy Auctions and Legend Numismatics offered a full selection of numismatic [Read More]