A lovely Roman marble bust that film director, Franco Zeffirrelli gave as a wedding gift to friends who worked with him on the filming of ‘The Taming of the Shrew’, will be sold at Bonhams next Antiquities Sale in London on 28th April. Dating from the second century AD the Roman herm [Read More]
Daily Archives: February 11, 2010
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Sotheby’s London Contemporary Art Evening Sale brought the exceptionally strong total of £54,074,450 / $84,761,700 / €61,461,160 – well in excess of pre-sale expectations (Estimate: £32,157,000-44,986,000), establishing the second highest total for a February Sale of Contemporary Art at Sotheby’s. The auction achieved remarkable sell-through rates: 97.9% by lot and 99.4% by [Read More]
ICAP Ocean Tomo, the intellectual property brokerage division of ICAP plc (IAP.L), today announced it will offer for sale a patent portfolio of smart card technology at its upcoming Live Auction March 25, 2010, in San Francisco. The portfolio contains two U.S. issued patents, one non-U.S. patent, and three U.S. patent applications. [Read More]
Newport, R.I.-based Embrace Home Loans recently organized and held an auction, in lieu of holding its annual sales meeting, to raise funds for Haiti. Raising more than $20,000, contributions will go towards Partners with Haiti to support Haitian orphanages. Embrace Home Loans is a prominent leader in the mortgage industry and a [Read More]
Domainer Mardi Gras (http://www.domainermardigras.com), a premier domain names conference being held February 11-13 at the New Orleans Marriott, announced the availability of the Moniker® (http://www.moniker.com) and SnapNames® (http://www.snapnames.com) Showcase Auction catalog of hand-picked generic and keyword domain names. This auction is being conducted in partnership with Moniker® and SnapNames® to incorporate a [Read More]
It was announced today that Iron Horse Auction Company, Inc. of Rockingham, NC will be conducting an auction of forfeited assets from the Sean Mescall/CapitalStreet Financial LLC Ponzi Scheme of Denver, NC. Acting under a Federal Court Order on behalf of the United States Court appointed receiver, Iron Horse Auction Company, Inc. [Read More]
Phoenix Furniture Auction, Arizona’s largest auction featuring brand-new furniture, will host the former star of HGTV “Designing for the Sexes” interior designer, Michael Payne on Friday, February 12 at the grand opening of the new Paradise Valley location at 4848 E. Cactus Road (48th Street and Cactus). For more information or to [Read More]