Cheffins Auctioneers have been appointed to sell a complete railway in May which includes 10km of 30” track and rolling stock. It serviced the former Admiralty Munitions Store at Dean Hill Park near Salisbury, UK. The rolling stock consists of two Baguley Drewery 60hp diesel locos and over 50 various trucks, wagons [Read More]
Monthly Archives: April 2009
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A stunning selection of items that were created in the first flush of Europe’s love affair with Arabia, made by European artists who lost their hearts to the Orient, will return to Dubai on May 11th at Bonhams first sale of Oriental Art. The sale features pictures and other works of art [Read More]
As home prices continue their swift descent, more buyers questing for bargains are gobbling up foreclosures, particularly in California where the inventory is plentiful. According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), foreclosures typically sell 20% below their market value, making them very attractive purchases. America’s leading real estate owned (REO) auction [Read More]
On April 7, 2009, an auction of 5,835 contiguous acres in Cumberland County, Tennessee, attracted 34 bidders, one of whom spent just over $4.1 million for the four tracts of land, averaging over $700 per acre. The sale of the Walden Reserve Property garnered national and international interest due to the continuity [Read More]
It was announced today that 14 Developed Residential Lots on Ocean Isle Beach and 4 Commercial Lots in the Town of Shallotte will be sold at public auction. The auction will be held on April 18, 2009 at 1 p.m. at The Isles Restaurant on Ocean Isle Beach. The residential lots being [Read More]
Hall of Fame Astronaut John Glenn is putting himself on the auction block to raise money for college scholarships for top engineering and science students through the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation’s online Auction of Astronaut Experiences & Memorabilia opening today at www.astronautscholarship.org/auction.pl. The winning bidder will share an unforgettable meal with Glenn, the [Read More]
Sotheby’s spring sale of Russian Art in New York will take place on April 22, 2009, and include a wide variety of modern and contemporary Russian painting and Works of Art featuring an exceptional selection of Icons and decorative items with Imperial lineage. The pre-sale exhibition will open to the public on [Read More]
The Bureau of Land Management and the Pima County Fair have teamed up to help save wild horses and burros. The federal agency will bring about 20 horses and eight burros to the fair for a silent auction April 24 to 26. The minimum bid for the animals is $125 each, unsold [Read More]
Lambertville NJ: Once again, Sollo Rago brings together the very best in twentieth century design drawing from a wide spectrum of important works by Art Deco masters to studio hand-made, one-of-a-kind pieces of furniture, ceramics and glass. With over 1,000 lots, Sollo Rago Modern’s sale on April 25 and 26th, will offer [Read More]
Bonhams & Butterfields, international fine arts auctioneers, is pleased to announce the May 17-18, 2009 Sunset Estate Auction in Los Angeles. The sale will feature a large selection of vintage and estate jewelry with examples by famous makers such as Tiffany & Co, Gucci and Cartier. In addition to the offering of [Read More]
WineBid.com, the premier Internet auction of fine and rare wines, is pleased to offer a pristine collection of Domaine de la Romanee-Conti wines in this week’s auction. Also included are extraordinary First Growth Bordeaux. These wines came to us from a Northern California collector who purchased them at release from a Northern [Read More]
On March 28, buyers filled the Garth’s sale room and the phone lines for the chance to bid on the wonderful selection of early American antiques and accessories when the star of the auction became a rare, decorated blanket chest from New Market, Shenandoah County, Virginia. The chest retained its original paint [Read More]
Aberdeen Auction Galleries of St. Petersburg, FL achieved excellent results in the March 14 online sale of European art. (St. Petersburg, FL) – Aberdeen Auction Galleries had 118 registered bidders with LiveAuctioneers.com and another 45 registered inhouse for its online/absentee/phone sale of March 14. Auction owner Alex Turchack had assembled an inventory [Read More]
Pickles has been instructed to clear all new Honda stock at auction on April 9 at their Adelaide branch. They are conducting the auction on behalf of a major insurer as a result of a small warehouse fire. All vehicles are in good condition, with little or no damage, and have been [Read More]
The Bonhams & Goodman auction saleroom in Sydney was a hive of activity on April 6th for the first Fine Jewellery auction of 2009. The 680 lot sale, which included an Affordable Jewellery auction in the afternoon followed by Fine Jewellery in the evening, featured a beautiful array of fine diamond and [Read More]
Bonhams & Butterfields is honored to announce the May 5, 2009 auction of The Ed Hardy San Francisco Collection. Amassed over the decades at the firm’s iconic Italian Palladian style headquarters, the Collection will feature eclectic and unique examples of period furniture and decorative arts from the 17th through 20th centuries with [Read More]
Based on the success of Bonhams & Butterfields’ annual collectors’ motorcar auctions, held on the luscious lawns of the Quail Lodge Resort and Golf Club in Carmel, CA, the West Coast’s leading fine art auctioneers today announced they will partner with Quail Lodge to hold its first vintage motorbikes sale from Carmel [Read More]
This spring and summer of 2009, thousands of bargain hunting buyers will contact real estate professionals in search of great deals and exciting auctions, but first they are doing their research online. That is why Jerry Keller of RE/MAX Olson & Associates started Bottom Line Profits, LLC and recently launched the already [Read More]