BOSTON, Mass. – Skinner, Inc. one of the world’s leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, reported its auction of Asian Works of Art held on Friday, June 25th and Saturday, June 26th grossed $4,822,312.50, including buyer’s premium. Of the 1,700 works offered, 95 percent sold by lot and 99 percent [Read More]
Monthly Archives: July 2010
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Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc., the leading hybrid model salvage auto auction company and a wholly owned subsidiary of KAR Auction Services, Inc. (NYSE: KAR), today announced a new branch facility in Macon, Georgia. This marks the 43rd branch location in IAA’s southeast portfolio and adds to the more than 150 locations throughout [Read More]
Bonhams are to sell a private family collection of items relating to the Indian Mutiny of 1857/58 during their Summer Athenaeum sale at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk on Thursday 15th July. The Indian Mutiny of 1857/58 stands out amongst the many major historical events of the 19th century and lasted thirteen months [Read More]
MediaNet Group Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: MEDG) today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, DubLi.com, Ltd., successfully launched its previously announced Global Auction Portal and Australian Auction Portal in late June. DubLi.com now offers four auction platforms; including the two existing platforms in the North America and the European Union, and two new platforms, [Read More]
Sotheby’s London will offer for sale a remarkable example of 16th-century craftsmanship – an Italian rosewood table, inlaid with ivory and finely engraved, on Tuesday 6th July 2010. In 1989 this same piece sold at auction for £6,000. More recent research by Sotheby’s specialists has revealed that in fact the table has [Read More]
A World War II bunker/pill box on the exclusive Burgh Island, just off the South Devon coast, is due to go under the hammer with Westcountry Property Auctions. With a guide price of just £50,000+, bidders will have a rare and possibly unique opportunity to snap up the property at the next [Read More]
Sotheby’s London sale of Victorian and Edwardian Art on Thursday, 13th July 2010, will present two paintings that provide a fascinating glimpse into Victorian life as it would have been experienced by London residents at the time. Populated by a cross section of classes in the social spectrum, the pictures chart the [Read More]
A completely original 1959 Gibson Les Paul “Black Beauty” guitar, serial #91786, one of the most sought-after guitars on the planet, is the highlight of the fine vintage guitar collection being sold by Heritage Auction Galleries Beverly Hills as part of the company’s July 17 Signature® Music & Entertainment Memorabilia Auction. The [Read More]
Rare artifacts relating to famous Sons of the South proved both popular and valuable with the more than 780 bidders who competed for almost 900 lots in Heritage Auctions’$1.16 million June 25 Signature® Arms & Militaria Including Civil War auction, with the Presentation Flag of Confederate Brigadier General Lloyd Tilghman, along with [Read More]
An exceptional 19-strong motor car collection which belonged to the late Swiss gentleman driver and car collector, Peter F Baumberger (1925-2009), is to be sold by Bonhams at the Gstaad Palace Hotel, Switzerland on 20 August 2010. All motor cars will be sold without reserve to the highest bidder. Headlining the sale [Read More]
Christie’s London announced the sale of Property from The Collection of the Late John Appleby, which will be offered from July to November 2010, throughout several specialist sales at Christie’s, as well as a single-owner collection sale to be held in South Kensington on 4 November 2010. The collection, consisting of approximately [Read More]
A 1965 Aston Martin DB5 Vantage Convertible, one of only nine produced, sold for a remarkable £551,500 today (2 July) at Bonhams annual Collectors’ Motor Cars and Automobilia auction at Goodwood Festival of Speed. The sale fetched a magnificent £3,707,687 in total with a 75% sale rate. Top prices were paid for [Read More]
Concierge Auctions announces another astounding Hawaiian property auction. On August 23, the firm will conduct a live, on-site auction of Pueo Point, a premier ocean bluff residence and adjacent lot located on the North Shore of Kauai, a destination of choice for luxury vacationers and A-list celebrities. The sale is being conducted [Read More]
(MATTHEWS, N.C.) – Around 1,200 lots of rare and vintage firearms, militaria, ammunition and advertising collectibles are being offered in an Internet auction already underway by SoldUSA.com. The sale went online in mid-June and will conclude July 17. SoldUSA.com is a premier collectibles auction site, with over 42,000 registered users. Many items [Read More]
Life-sized elephants designed by Scottish artist Jack Vettriano and Glasgow web hosting company Easyspace have helped a conservation charity raise more than GBP 1 million pounds at a celebrity auction in London. Hollywood stars Goldie Hawn and film-star turned socialite Elizabeth Hurley watched as Jack Vettriano’s elephant – based on his famous [Read More]
Concierge Auctions will host a live, on-site auction of 2763 Sheep Meadow Lane, a private Lake George retreat with 528 feet of shoreline, on July 23. Originally listed for $1.395 million, buyers will have the opportunity to purchase the property at or above the published reserve of $850,000. The sale is being [Read More]
Event will be conducted by Slotin Folk Art, which also holds folk art auctions in Buford, Ga. (NORCROSS, Ga.) – Folk Fest – billed as “The World’s Greatest Self-Taught Art Show and Sale” – will celebrate 17 years in Atlanta with a three-day show slated for Aug. 20-22 at the North Atlanta [Read More]
Penny Worley Auctioneers (www.worleyauctioneers.com) announces online auctions of government assets from three Indiana and Illinois locations, according to Jerry Jenkins. “All these government assets from locations in Mishawaka, Ind., Elmhurst and Lisle, Ill., will sell to the highest bidders during two online auctions,” Jenkins said. “We have lots of IT equipment, high-end [Read More]