Yearly Archives: 2009

Zetabid, the pioneering firm redefining home auctions in the U.S., today announced that it will sell $75 million in bank-owned homes in six South Florida counties on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009. Zetabid is auctioning a wide range of single-family homes, townhouses and condominiums in Broward, Collier, Dade, Lee, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach [Read More]

Historic memorabilia from the White House, presidential elections, the space race, and American sports are among the more than 100 items up for public auction in Port St. Lucie, Fla. on Feb. 7, 2009 during the Carter Center’s annual Winter Weekend celebration. The auction, which has both live and silent components, will [Read More]

(Aberdeen, Miss.) – A stunning rosewood rococo center table, made around 1850 and attributed to J. & J.W. Meeks, soared to $11,000 at a multi-estate sale held Jan. 10 by Stevens Auction Co. It was the top earner of the 500 or so lots that changed hands. Five estates from prominent old [Read More]

Shinwa Art Auction Co. has announced that it will form a business tie-up with Beijing Council International Auction Co. to auction Chinese antiques from Japan in China. The two auction houses will sign an official agreement in Tokyo on Feb. 1. Under the arrangement, Shinwa Art is to submit Chinese calligraphy works [Read More]

Alderfer Auction is pleased to announce the success of their most recent Fine and Decorative Arts Auction in Hatfield, Pennsylvania. With 91% of offered items being sold, and 50% of those items selling above high estimate, the sale was a refreshing and positive moment in a negative economic time. Attendance growth was [Read More]

Architectural antiques continued to turn heads last month at Kamelot’s big sale in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The breadth and drama of this event is singular enough that the attention comes as no surprise despite the current proliferation of poor economic forecasts. Bookcases stole the show, crowned by the sale of thirty-two running feet [Read More]

Ableauctions.com Inc. has announced that the reverse split of the Company?s common stock on a 1 for 12 basis approved by its shareholders at the Company?s AGM held on December 17, 2008 was effected today. Prior to the reverse split the Company’s issued and authorized shares were 70,876,380. After the reverse split [Read More]

Georgia land auctions and Georgia real estate auctions will be conducted by United Country Certified Real Estate and Myers Jackson, licensed Georgia real estate broker and real estate auctioneer for over 333 +/- Acres of South Georgia land for sale in Grady and Mitchell County Georgia. “At these Georgia land auctions, there [Read More]

Charterhouse Auctioneers in Sherborne have reported their largest ever January sale which has grown into a two day event on Thursday 22ne & Friday 23rd January. “One the first day there are 550 lots of Beswick and Border Fine Arts with estimates from just £20 up to £1,500. As usual, there are [Read More]

Home buyers searching for a great location, luxury high-end finishes and value will have a unique opportunity on January 24th to purchase at auction one of thirty residences at The Metropolitan at Red Bank in Red Bank, New Jersey. On Saturday, January 17th, from 11:00 am 12:30 pm EST, potential buyers can [Read More]

Earliest known Chaplin autograph highlights Feb. 21-22 Auction in Dallas DALLAS, TX – It’s a fix that every major auction house in the world would love to have: In an auction with so much good material, all of which is deeply varied across film, television and music, what exactly do you promote [Read More]

The University of North Texas College of Music in Denton, Texas, one of the nation’s finest comprehensive music schools, has contracted with Slapsale.Com to sell at online auction 100,000 surplus LP records from its extensive collection. Labels include Capitol, Decca, Mercury, RCA, Reprise, Jazzology, Seraphim, Somerset, Angel, and many others representing all [Read More]

Sotheby’s New York will offer Rugs and Carpets from the Barbara Zidell Sedlin Family Collection on March 3, 2009. The auction is estimated to bring $2/3 million and will consist of nearly 130 lots from the personal collection of Ms. Sedlin as well as the remaining inventory of her gallery, The Ghiordian [Read More]

Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale will take place on 11 February 2009 in London and will offer a comprehensive selection of 31 works of art representing the last 60 years. The auction is led by Man in Blue VI, an exceptional portrait by Francis Bacon (1909-1992) which is offered at [Read More]

(Northport, Ala.) – An important collection of over 35 pieces of John Henry Belter furniture, to include an exceedingly rare pierce-carved laminated bed (one of only two known), will be sold by Hal Hunt Auctions on Saturday, Feb. 21, beginning at 10 a.m. A preview will be held Friday, Feb. 20, from [Read More]

Action Figures, Character Toys & Video Games: To be sold at 9:00 am Original Star Wars figures and vehicles, assortment of LEGOs including Star Wars, Vintage Hasbro, Transformers, Robots, Ghostbusters, Simpsons, wrestlers, Gremlins, Pokemon, large selection of video games and systems, character toys, super heroes, Fisher Price and much more! Call 215.393.3029 [Read More]

Texas Revolution comes alive at Heritage Auction Galleries with legendary Alamo commander’s 1836 letter and Joseph Pulsifer’s early Texas Republic diary. Two of the most important items in early Texas history – a broadside (poster) of an urgent plea from Col. William Travis on March 3, 1836 for volunteers to defend the [Read More]

Bloomsbury Auctions, the world’s leading auctioneer of rare books and works on paper has thrown its hat into the ring with its first ever Americana week auction on Monday 26th January. The sale being held at Bloomsbury’s mid-town Manhattan gallery on West 48th Street focuses on decorative paper, Americana and includes works [Read More]