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WineBid.com, the premier Internet auction of fine and rare wines, is pleased to offer a pristine collection of Domaine de la Romanee-Conti wines in this week’s auction. Also included are extraordinary First Growth Bordeaux. These wines came to us from a Northern California collector who purchased them at release from a Northern [Read More]

On March 28, buyers filled the Garth’s sale room and the phone lines for the chance to bid on the wonderful selection of early American antiques and accessories when the star of the auction became a rare, decorated blanket chest from New Market, Shenandoah County, Virginia. The chest retained its original paint [Read More]

Aberdeen Auction Galleries of St. Petersburg, FL achieved excellent results in the March 14 online sale of European art. (St. Petersburg, FL) – Aberdeen Auction Galleries had 118 registered bidders with LiveAuctioneers.com and another 45 registered inhouse for its online/absentee/phone sale of March 14. Auction owner Alex Turchack had assembled an inventory [Read More]

Pickles has been instructed to clear all new Honda stock at auction on April 9 at their Adelaide branch. They are conducting the auction on behalf of a major insurer as a result of a small warehouse fire. All vehicles are in good condition, with little or no damage, and have been [Read More]

The Bonhams & Goodman auction saleroom in Sydney was a hive of activity on April 6th for the first Fine Jewellery auction of 2009. The 680 lot sale, which included an Affordable Jewellery auction in the afternoon followed by Fine Jewellery in the evening, featured a beautiful array of fine diamond and [Read More]

Bonhams & Butterfields is honored to announce the May 5, 2009 auction of The Ed Hardy San Francisco Collection. Amassed over the decades at the firm’s iconic Italian Palladian style headquarters, the Collection will feature eclectic and unique examples of period furniture and decorative arts from the 17th through 20th centuries with [Read More]

Based on the success of Bonhams & Butterfields’ annual collectors’ motorcar auctions, held on the luscious lawns of the Quail Lodge Resort and Golf Club in Carmel, CA, the West Coast’s leading fine art auctioneers today announced they will partner with Quail Lodge to hold its first vintage motorbikes sale from Carmel [Read More]

This spring and summer of 2009, thousands of bargain hunting buyers will contact real estate professionals in search of great deals and exciting auctions, but first they are doing their research online. That is why Jerry Keller of RE/MAX Olson & Associates started Bottom Line Profits, LLC and recently launched the already [Read More]

On May 5 and 6, 2009 ten paintings by Tamara de Lempicka from the collection of noted fashion designer Wolfgang Joop will be offered at Sotheby’s New York. It is the finest group of paintings by the artist ever to appear at auction. Four paintings will be included in the evening sale [Read More]

Sotheby’s sale of Contemporary Asian Art at the Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Centre achieved a total of HK$66,434,00 /US$8,501,559, within pre-sale expectations of HK$59.1-82.9 million /US$7.5-10.6 million), and was 74% sold by lot and 81% by value. 57% of the sold lots achieved prices in excess of their high estimates. Solid [Read More]

Christie’s London has announced the sale of A Market Place, Berwick-upon Tweed, 1935, by Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976), which will lead the auction of 20th Century British Art on Thursday, 21 May 2009 (estimate: £300,000-500,000). This classic work by the artist is completely fresh to the market, having been acquired directly [Read More]

A full house and a noticeable influx of new bidders contributed to a grand total in excess of $1.4 million in Morphy Auctions’ March 5-7 Early Spring Sale. Bidding-card registrations indicated that, over the three-day period, more than 750 people attended the event in person. “We were very pleased with the turnout,” [Read More]

Icons of the history of architecture on view at Villa Grisebach: A convolute of more than two dozen photographs illustrating the work of the architect Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969) will be put on sale during the upcoming photography auction in early June. In advance of the upcoming sales, these photographs will [Read More]

Autograph Store, the celebrity autograph online marketplace, announces new site enhancements that make bidding on autographed collectibles even more fun and exciting. New for 2009 are easier ways to pay for auctions, a number of integrated Twitter features, improved navigation and much more. These updates combined with the popular Autograph-arrazi blog and [Read More]

Bonhams Whisky Sale in Edinburgh on 4th March saw some excellent prices being paid for old and rare malts which continue to be in great demand. The auction achieved 95% sold, illustrating the strength of the market and that demand for rare and collectable whisky continues to grow healthily says Martin Green, [Read More]

On April 20th, bidders will vie on several lots of rare jewelry from a notable private collection going to the Madison Avenue auction block of Bonhams New York. Encompassing all time periods, the collection is of great interest due to the many unusual designs it includes and most particularly for an exceptionally [Read More]

Sotheby’s forthcoming sale of Irish Art, to be held in London on Thursday, 7 May 2009, will showcase works by acclaimed Irish artists including Sir William Orpen, Roderic O’Conor, William Scott, J. B. Yeats and George Barret. 70 works from the sale are to be part of an extensive touring exhibition which [Read More]

Bowers and Merena Auctions, America’s leading rare coin and currency auction house, made an outstanding showing in March with two impressive auction successes. Most recently, Bowers and Merena presented its first Official Auction of the Baltimore Coin and Currency Convention for 2009 on March 26-27, continuing their long tenure as official Baltimore [Read More]