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(OCEANSIDE, N.Y.) – The original marriage certificate issued to pop legend Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley, the daughter of rock ‘n’ roll icon Elvis Presley, on May 26, 1994 in the Dominican Republic, when the couple embarked on their brief but highly publicized life together, sold for $70,800 at a multi-estate [Read More]

eBay, the world’s largest online marketplace connecting 90 million active buyers and sellers, today announced free auction listings and dramatically reduced listing fees for fixed-priced items in the U.S., making selling on eBay.com simpler than ever for sellers of all sizes. The pricing changes, which take effect March 30, more closely align [Read More]

Grand Estates Auction Co., which specializes in auctioning premier, one-of-a-kind residential real estate, is auctioning “The Balcony,” a remarkable equestrian estate located in the heart of America’s most exclusive horse country in Aiken, S.C. The “absolute” auction, where there are no minimum bids and no reserves, will be held at 2 p.m. [Read More]

BiddingForGood, the leading cause-related e-commerce platform solely for organizations engaged in auction fundraising for nonprofit causes, today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the OnMedia Top 100 winners. Inclusion in the OnMedia 100 signifies major developments in the creation of marketing tools, services, venues, advertising, branding, and [Read More]

Copart, Inc. (NASDAQ:CPRT), is proud to announce that the company has been named the Official Online Vehicle Auction of the National Hot Road Association (NHRA). The agreement follows Copart’s announcement last September that it would be the primary sponsor of Kenny Bernstein Racing’s Top Fuel dragster driven by Brandon Bernstein. “This is [Read More]

Great American Group, Inc. (OTCBB: GAMR), a leading provider of asset disposition, valuation and appraisal services, today announced it has, through its affiliate Great American Home Auctions, LLC, purchased the real property of the former Humboldt Creamery facility located in Los Angeles, California. Great American Home Auctions, LLC will be selling the [Read More]

Gooding & Company, the internationally-recognized auction house, collectively garnered $33.9 Million in sales, with a total of 114 out of 125 lots sold, during its two-day Scottsdale auction held on Friday, January 22 and Saturday, January 23. This year’s top-seller was the 1956 Jaguar D-Type Sports Racer that sold for $3.74 Million, [Read More]

Sale will be held jointly by Matthews Auctions, LLC, and Gavin Pope Auction Company. (RAYMOND, Ill.) – A monstrous two-day auction dedicated to farm and construction toys, Lionel toy trains and vintage toys will be held the weekend of Feb. 20-21 at a former furniture store building in Raymond, Ill., located halfway [Read More]

Ketterer Kunst will host the exhibition “Tom Wesselmann – Graphic Works” in its gallery rooms in Berlin-Charlottenburg from 16 February to 13 March 2010. Next to Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg and Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselmann counts among the most distinguished representatives of Pop Art. He is the American pop artist whose choice [Read More]

NEW YORK, NY.- Following the record-breaking success of its Old Master & 19th Century Art sale in December in London, Christie’s will present its flagship New York sale of Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings, and Watercolors in a two-part auction on Wednesday, January 27. This extraordinary sale of over 320 [Read More]

Described as a collection people have waited for decades to come on the market, a colorful author and historian’s extensive multi-million dollar archive of important American manuscripts, maps, letters, early photographs, books and documents tracing America’s journey to the Wild West will be offered in a public auction conducted in New York [Read More]

Hollywood Entertainment Museum (HEM) today announced the release of historically significant items for auction to provide educational opportunities for LA’s at-risk youth. Presented by Super Auctions, nearly one hundred years of Hollywood history will be up for bid at a live, online auction January 31, 2010. How can you alter the direction [Read More]

The 39th Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction is underway in Scottsdale through Jan. 24, 2010 at WestWorld. As a record-breaking storm rumbled through Arizona on Thursday, Barrett-Jackson company officials, employees and volunteers joined forces to ensure the safety of all auction participants, spectators, and the more than 1,200 collector cars in town [Read More]

China Auto Logistics Inc. (“CALI”) (NASDAQ: CALI), one of China’s leading developers of websites for buyers and sellers of imported and domestic automobiles, a top seller in China of imported luxury cars, and a leading provider of auto-related services, announced that beginning today through January 24, it is providing a one-day delayed [Read More]

Russo and Steele Collector Automobile Auctions will open to the public on Sunday, Jan. 24 at 8 a.m. to resume its collector car auction following the severe storm that hit Scottsdale on Thursday night causing the company’s “Decade of Distinction Celebration” to close. During a breakfast briefing for consignors on Saturday morning, [Read More]

Bonhams is delighted to announce that it is offering the second medal thrown into the crowds by José Mourinho at the 2005-6 Premier League final as part of its sale of Sporting and Golf Memorabilia at Chester on 24th February 2010. The Portuguese former Chelsea manager was presented with the second medal [Read More]

A new auction record for American silver was set this afternoon at Sotheby’s when a Silver Punch Bowl by Cornelius Kierstede, made in New York between 1700 and 1710, sold for an astonishing $5,906,500. With a pre-sale estimate of $400/800,000 auctioneer David Redden opened the bidding at $275,000 and almost instantly a [Read More]

Allegheny Power, the electricity delivery unit of Allegheny Energy, Inc. (NYSE: AYE), announced today that the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission approved the results of Allegheny’s fourth auction to purchase power for its customers for 2011 and beyond. Generation rate caps in Pennsylvania expire on December 31, 2010. Allegheny now has contracts for [Read More]