Daily Archives: September 15, 2008

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International crowd bids at Edmonton auction on Ritchie Bros. 50th anniversary

EDMONTON, ALBERTA – More than 4,100 people from 21 countries registered to bid on CA$41 million (US$39 million) of construction, transportation, forestry, agricultural and other industrial equipment sold at an unreserved public auction in Alberta last week. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE and TSX: RBA), the world’s largest industrial auctioneer, conducted the auction [Read More]

Spitfire Auctioned in New Zealand

A 1945 Supermarine Spitfire aircraft was sold for a record price of over $3 million NZD, the highlight of Bonhams and Goodman’s highly anticipated inaugural New Zealand sale of Collectors’ Cars and Aircraft. The sale, conducted on Sunday 14 September in Nelson, New Zealand, was attended by a crowd of over 500 [Read More]

Hotspur and Jeremy Auction

Hotspur and Jeremy, two of London’s long-established top antiques dealerships, are to cease trading later this year and hold a joint sale of their stock at Christie’s. LONDON – Christie’s announce Dealing in Excellence: A Celebration of Hotspur & Jeremy on Thursday, 20 November 2008. Two of the greatest names in the [Read More]