Daily Archives: September 24, 2009

Sale was conducted on-site in Eutaw, Ala., under a 6,000-square-foot circus tent, by Hal Hunt Auctions (EUTAW, Ala.) – A magnificent rosewood cylinder desk, made in the 1860s by Thomas Brooks and standing 9 feet 3 […]

On September 9, the Alderfer Auction Company of Hatfield, Pennsylvania, sold a World War II uniform jacket that belonged to General Dwight D. Eisenhower for $43,875 (price includes 17 percent buyer’s premium). The jacket, size 38 […]

Gemini 7 pilot James Lovell’s personal log, written during his first space flight, Dec. 4-18, 1965, forms the emotional philosophical centerpiece of Heritage Auction Galleries’ Oct. 8 Signature® Space Exploration Auction at the company’s Uptown Dallas […]

On 5th November 2009 Bloomsbury Auctions (24 Maddox Street, London W1S 1PP Tel: 020 7495 9494) is staging the first ever sale devoted entirely to artefacts from ‘New China’ and the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1950-1976). Major […]

Marking the first anniversary of Photograph sales in New York, Bloomsbury Auctions is pleased to present their upcoming sale of Photographs and Photographic Editions featuring selections from The Suzanne and Hugh Johnston Weegee Collection and offerings […]

A mysterious and historically important WWII document regarding a Japanese invasion of Darwin will be auctioned in Melbourne this weekend. Dated 27 March 1942, the document contains a set of orders sent to D Company, 43 […]

Charterhouse Auctioneers in Dorset are well known for unearthing interesting and old classic cars and motorbikes, but a recent visit to a large barn in Somerset unearthed a brace of fire engines, one of which gave […]

Barrett-Jackson Auction Co. LLC announced today that it has engaged “Big 4” global professional services and auditing firm, Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte & Touche”), to conduct an independent examination of Barrett-Jackson’s management’s assertions relating to […]

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers , the world’s largest industrial auctioneer will be selling its former 29+/–acre auction site in Lakeville, Minnesota to the highest bidder at an unreserved public auction being held at the Company’s new, larger […]

On November 10, 2009 Christie’s will pay tribute to two of the most influential American artists of the 20th century in its Post-War & Contemporary Art Evening Sale, offering Property from the Collection of John Cage […]

Sotheby’s autumn auction of Prints will be held in New York on 29 October, 2009, and will offer collectors a broad selection of modern and contemporary works from the 19th century to present day. Works from […]

Up for auction is the original Art for the popular Disneyland Map given to attendees in the 1950s and 1960s, and marked with “Walt Disney Productions” paper label. Oil and pastel on a 22″ x 40″ […]