Monthly Archives: March 2009

Proxibid, the world’s largest provider of live auction webcasting services, today announced that it will provide live online bidding for a major heavy equipment auction presented by Cat Auction Services. The live auction will take place Thursday, March 26 at 9:00 a.m. CDT at the Elko Speedway in Elko, MN with live [Read More]

Christie’s will offer a selection of works from the Collection of Betty Freeman in the May 13 Post-War & Contemporary Art Evening Sale. Leading the selection is one of the most important works to come to the auction market by David Hockney, Beverly Hills Housewife, (estimate: $7-10 million), 1966-1967. The Evening Sale [Read More]

Kaminski Auctions, one of Massachusetts’ premier antiques and fine art auction houses, announces its Spring Fine Art and Estates Auction. The auction features antiques, fine art and collectibles from estates in Massachusetts, California and beyond. The auction takes place Saturday and Sunday April 4-5 at Woodman’s Function Hall, 127 R. Main St., [Read More]

• L. H. Selman Ltd. Spring 2009 Paperweight Auction • Rare and important antique and contemporary paperweights and related objects • 361 lots • Santa Cruz, CA. Bids taken over the internet, by mail, fax, and telephone • Last day to place initial bids: April 24, 2009 • Information at www.TheGlassGallery.com or [Read More]

On March 26, 2009, Swann Auction Galleries will present “Printed & Manuscript Americana” featuring historic baseball material from the game’s earliest days, property from the Roger Hollander collection, as well as items related to former presidents and important American figures, such as Thomas Edison. Swann Galleries’ auction will be available live online [Read More]

A new internet site has been receiving a lot of attention the last several months. SeeAuctions.com has been attracting a vast number of numismatic coin & bullion sellers who are able to sign up and sell for 1 free year. Buyers are coming to the site to find reasonable priced goods that [Read More]

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers , the world’s largest industrial auctioneer, is conducting the Company’s first public unreserved auction in Bakersfield, California in 16 years on March 27, 2009 starting at 8:00 a.m. The last multi-million dollar unreserved auction Ritchie Bros. held in Bakersfield was in 1993 when the Company sold over 450 items [Read More]

On Saturday, March 7, 2009, the Academy of Art University welcomed hundreds of photography collectors, and dealers to its highly anticipated First Annual Faculty & Alumni Fine Art Photography auction at 79 Gallery in the heart of San Francisco. Photography enthusiasts from across the country bid over $19,000 on the provocative and [Read More]

The entire inventory of KD3 Decorative Arts will be sold at an on-site public auction conducted by Leonard Auction. More than 1000 lots of quality antiques, furniture and fine art will be sold on April 4-5. The sale will be conducted at KD3 Decorative Arts located at 6704 Pingree Road, Crystal Lake, [Read More]

BOSTON, Mass. – Skinner, one of the nation’s leading auction houses, will hold a sale of European Furniture & Decorative Arts featuring Fine Silver on Saturday, April 11th at 10 a.m. in its Boston gallery located at 63 Park Plaza. A major U.S. force in the sale of high style European pieces [Read More]

There was a buzz in the air at Shannons 14th Melbourne Motor Show Auction on March 9, with the crowd of around 800 at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre drawn by a combination of good quality vehicles and the excellent investment opportunities they represented. And with 65 per cent of all vehicles sold [Read More]

An unseen Romanov Family Album of Informal Photographs by the Grand Duchess Eleonor of Hesse and the Rhine of the Tsar’s family has come to light and will be sold at Bloomsbury Auctions on 25th – 26th March 2009 in London. Fresh to the market, this fascinating piece of visual history is [Read More]

An extraordinary collection of over 3,500 rare butterfly specimens, previously hidden in archives at Harrow School in England, and re-discovered by a Japanese schoolboy, Hitoshi Takano, will go on sale at auction house, Bonhams, in London on 27th May. Old Harrovian, Hitoshi Takano stumbled upon the Rothschild-Peebles (Harrow) Butterfly Collection aged 13, [Read More]

Alvin Beadles, CAI, AARE, CES, has been appointed Director of Business Development for United Country Auction Services (www.ucauctionservices.com). He will work with field sales representatives to service existing offices and introduce new offices to the United Country system. In addition, Beadles opened a United Country franchise in Thomas, Okla. Located at 121 [Read More]

The Ukrainian Museum in New York City will hold its “Gala Celebration of Spring” this Saturday, March 21, a benefit event that will take place for the first time in the Museum’s galleries. Enjoy an elegant evening cocktail party with wine/champagne, hors d’oeuvres, and a Viennese table – catered by Soyuzivka chef [Read More]

A rare Rolex stainless steel Oyster Perpetual Submariner bracelet watch circa 1960 will be going under the hammer in April at Birmingham based auctioneers Fellows & Sons. The watch, a 5513 model fitted with a 1530 calibre movement is still contained in its original box with outer card case and receipt. It [Read More]

A gem-encrusted gold finial from the octagonal golden throne of Tipu Sultan, the Tiger of Mysore, will be sold at Bonhams New Bond Street on 2nd April. This is one of the most important Tipu items ever to appear for sale. It had lain in an English castle, for at least 100 [Read More]

Auction Will Raise Money for Documentary Photography Actor Aaron Eckhart – a photographer when he is not in front of a movie camera – will host an exhibit and silent auction of 100 iconic images taken by leading photographers from around the world, at the Stephen Cohen Gallery in Los Angeles on [Read More]