Monthly Archives: September 2009

Christie’s have announced the auction of Galerie Popoff – An Enduring Passion for Russian Art which will take place on 12 and 13 October 2009 in London, and which will present exceptional Russian works of art from one of the most renowned Russian galleries in Paris. The auction will offer around 550 [Read More]

Christie’s Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds auction on Tuesday 6 October 2009, presents a dynamic array of over 250 rare works of academic importance and decorative beauty. This sale presents a shift in emphasis from early archeological items to examples from the ‘high period’ dating from the 15th and 16th [Read More]

New Orleans Saints fans looking for great seats to games at the sold out Superdome are in luck! A Child’s Wish of Louisiana is auctioning off a pair of terrific seats to each Saints home gave this year beginning with the home opener against the Lions. The auction package also includes a [Read More]

RM Auctions, in association with Sotheby’s, is delighted to announce the consignment of a super-rare and highly desirable 1963 A.T.S. 2500 GTS 3.0-litre sports car to its upcoming Automobiles of London event. One of only eight A.T.S. sports cars produced between 1962 and 1965, this example – chassis number 004 – will [Read More]

The Victorian Heritage black and white numberplate ‘878’ – one of 10 entrusted to Shannons by VicRoads – was the top selling lot of the auction, commanding a near-record $92,000 for a three-digit combination. It was one of 14 number plates in the auction that sold for a combined total just short [Read More]

Sotheby’s will offer two superb American single-owner Wine collections in Hong Kong, on 3 and 4 October 2009. Building upon the success of the spring 2009 two-part single-owner sale of The Classic Cellar from a Great American Collector on 3 October as well as An Exceptional Cellar from a Private American Collector [Read More]

On Monday, September 14th at 6:00 pm, Clarke Auction, Westchester’s Premier Auction Gallery, will end its great summer season with its deepest and best catalog of 2009, and of recent years. The sale was created from estates across Greater New York including Greenwich, Purchase, Bedford, Park Avenue, Great Neck, Forest Hills, Summit, [Read More]

TRAC Auctions, a Mid-Atlantic auction firm specializing in real estate auctions, has been selected to conduct DC Habitat for Humanity’s first round of property auctions on Thursday, September 24th. According to Dennis Smyth, Land Acquisition Coordinator for DC Habitat, the sale of these properties (all located in SE DC) “is a win-win [Read More]

United Country Bonnette Auction Company [www.BonnetteAuctions.com] announces a multi parcel land and real estate auction on Thursday, September 24, 2009 at 7 PM, 40 Louisiana properties will be auctioned, many with no reserve, according to Barbara Bonnette, auctioneer. “This is the great Louisiana Purchase of 2009!” commented Bonnette. “We have some outstanding [Read More]

Saffronart, the world’s largest online art auction house, announces the launch of its innovative new mobile application, which will enable collectors on the go to bid on their favorite works of art and jewelry using their mobile phones. Fully equipped with all features from the website, such as creating a ‘My Auction’ [Read More]

Sotheby’s Hong Kong will hold its Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Paintings Autumn Sale 2009 on 6th October at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, offering approximately 130 exceptional works with a total estimate in excess of HK$23 million. Mok Kim Chuan, Sotheby’s Head of Southeast Asian Paintings said, “This season, [Read More]

On September 12-13, 2009, Stair Galleries, located in Hudson, NY, will host its American, English And Continental Furniture, Fine Art, and Silver Auction live online with Artfact Live!. In this marvelous sale, Stair Galleries will offer more than 1000 lots of silver, furniture and fine art. An Emilio Sanchez Perrier (1855-1907) Landscape [Read More]

Titan Tire Corporation raised a total of $54,000 for the Illinois and Indiana Future Farmers of America chapters during its annual auction at the Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Illinois. Titan donated a wide range of agricultural, construction and ATV tires to the two-day auction on September 1 and 2, in addition [Read More]

The preferred gifts of kings, Meissen porcelain, from many of the noble houses of Europe, will be sold at Bonhams on November 25 2009 when the first part of the Hoffmeister Collection is auctioned. The world-famous Hoffmeister Collection was assembled over the last 40 years by two German brothers who have a [Read More]

Following closely on the heels of its revolutionary iPhone application (“app”) with auction-bidding capability, LiveAuctioneers App Technologies has announced the release of a similar product for Blackberry devices. The new Blackberry “app” has the capability to connect users with catalogs from any auction house utilizing LiveAuctioneers.com’s Internet-bidding services. Additionally, it is the [Read More]

BOSTON, Mass. – www.skinnerinc.com – Skinner, one of the nation’s leading auction houses, will host an auction of fine jewelry at its Boston gallery on Tuesday, September 15th at 10:00 a.m. Highlights include a number of rare and impressive colored diamonds and gemstones – the vast collection of famed ballroom dancer, Verna [Read More]

September is going to be a month of unbelievable opportunity at RealtyBid.com for real estate investors and home buyers. During September, RealtyBid.com will auction nearly 1,500 REO properties (post foreclosures) valued at more than $142 million from one major lender. The type of homes offered on RealtyBid.com during September will be wide [Read More]

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers , the world’s largest industrial auctioneer, will conduct a complete dispersal of mining and heavy construction equipment for Appalachian Fuels, LLC in Charleston, WV on September 28, 2009. More than 450 equipment items will be sold without minimum bids or reserve prices during the one-day unreserved public auction at [Read More]