Yearly Archives: 2009

VeraSun Energy Corp. today announced that it has selected Valero Renewable Fuels as the successful bidder for assets contained in the “VSE Group”, in addition to ethanol production facilities in Albion, Neb., and Albert City, Iowa, following an auction in Wilmington, Del. The secured lenders submitted successful credit bids for each of [Read More]

Massive Container liquidation – many items unreserved. Quality Collection of USA and European paintings plus clearance of imports from USA , Europe and Asia to be sold in one session. Sale includes Persian rugs , crystal, bronze sculptures, and memorabilia. Over 300 lots. Many Unreserved. Time: 2pm – 6pm (preview: 12pm- 2pm) [Read More]

GunBroker.com the world’s largest online auction site and community for firearms, accessories and hunting supplies, today announced it has closed $7 million in debt financing with Bank of America. The transaction was arranged by Triton Value Partners, an Atlanta based business advisory and private equity firm. The new financing, which is comprised [Read More]

Auction Systems Auctioneers & Appraisers, Inc., the Southwest’s most active auction and appraisal company, has moved their Phoenix auction firm to a new location. The 112,000 square-foot, state of the art auction complex is located at 951 West Watkins Street in Phoenix, Arizona off Interstate 17 and 7th Avenue. “We are very [Read More]

Bonhams is to offer for sale an airworthy two-seater Vickers-Supermarine Spitfire aircraft, estimated value £1.5 million, on 20th April at the RAF Museum, Hendon, London. This will be the second iconic World War Two Spitfire that Bonhams has offered within just seven months. Last September the auction house sold a non-airworthy 1945 [Read More]

The auction of collectors items at Charterhouse in Sherborne on Friday 27th March has one of their best ever selection of coins, medals, stamps and militaria amongst the sale of 750 lots. “Our collectors sales are always popular, with postcards, clocks, stamps, the weird and the wonderful, but this time we have [Read More]

Ford Motor Company will celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Mustang by auctioning the first retail 2010 Ford Shelby GT500 and a pair of Mustang GT concept cars during the 7th Annual Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach Collector Car Auction on April 9-11, 2009. The three historic Mustangs will be sold for charity and [Read More]

Thanks to SeeAuctions.com the search for an alternative to eBay comes to an end. Antique, collectible, art and coin dealers have longed for this day! SeeAuctions.com is a real auction site that caters to the antique, collectibles, art and coin markets. The continued increase in fees, changes in policy, and new regulations [Read More]

Christie’s will offer a selection of works by Saudi Arabian artists in their widely anticipated sale of International Modern and Contemporary Art on April 29th, 2009 in Dubai, the first time that a group of work from Saudi Arabia has been included in an international auction. The sale follows Jewels and Watches [Read More]

Everard and Company presents their online auction of ‘Fine Art, Photography and Antiques From Estates and Various Owners. Featured in the auction is a nice group of photographs from a private collector in New England. These signed images are by important 20th century photographers including Bruce Davidson, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Alfred Eisensteadt, Elliot [Read More]

Cordier Antiques & Auctions will be holding a Variety Antique & Collectible Auction on Sunday, March 22. The auction will feature vintage toys, art pottery and coins and currency. Cordier Antiques & Auctions will be holding a Variety Antique & Collectible Auction on Sunday, March 22 in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania (across the [Read More]

Bonhams Printed Books and Manuscripts sale on 24th March includes the score for the film Psycho which upset the sleep of generations of film goers. This sale provides a unique opportunity to acquire an iconic cinematic score appearing on the market for the first time. Bernard Herrmann is widely celebrated as the [Read More]

On Wednesday, March 18, 2009, Skinner, Inc., one of the nation’s leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, will kick-off a two-day Discovery auction featuring Silver and Estate Jewelry in its new gallery in Marlborough, Mass. The auction begins on the 18th at 2 p.m. at 274 Cedar Hill Street, Skinner’s [Read More]

On March 21, 2009, I.M. Chait Gallery/Auctioneers, will present a spectacular “Natural History Auction” featuring rare and exotic dinosaur skeletons, fossils, meteorites, gemstones, and mineral specimens. This year represents the first time Chait’s Natural History Auction will be available to bidders and interested viewers around the world live online, exclusively through Artfact [Read More]

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers is pleased to announce the sale of works from Robert Henry Adams Fine Art. These works will be featured in a single-owner evening auction May 4, 2009. Robert Henry Adams, the distinguished and beloved art dealer, passed away in 2001. The Chicago native, who began his career as a [Read More]

In April Christie’s New York will present three sales of European Decorative Arts, which will bring fresh to the market works from the 17th century to the modern day, from several private collections and museums. With a range of price points featured in each sale, collectors will find one-of-a-kind examples of furniture, [Read More]

The auction will begin at 11am on Sunday, March 22 in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, with a preview starting at 10am and extending through the auction. The sale will offer a large variety of vintage toys including Schuco, Marx, Mamod, Nylint, Keystone, Buddy L, Tonka and other tin, wind-up, and battery operated toys. [Read More]

(Malvern, Penn.) – Gordon S. Converse & Co. – the fledgling auction house launched just last year – is preparing for its third-ever auction on Saturday, April 25, with a multi-estate sale loaded with vintage clocks, period furniture, estate silver, collectible books and more. The auction will be held in the firm’s [Read More]