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DALLAS, TEXAS – Heritage Auction Galleries’ most recent Vintage Movie Poster Signature® auction, held July 11 & 12 in Dallas, Texas, realized $1,731,385 for 1,595 lots offered, although after-auction sales are still ongoing and are expected to push the final total to even higher levels. “This was one of our largest offerings [Read More]

Toy collectors around the world are in for a treat with two significant collections of vintage toys set to be auctioned over the coming weeks. First cab off the rank is the Bonhams & Goodman auction of Vintage and Retro Toys, to be held in the Adelaide rooms on Monday 21 July [Read More]

Bonhams, one of the world’s leading international auction houses, has committed to holding its annual Scottish Sale in its new, state-of-the-art salerooms, which will be launched in August 2008. The Scottish Sale – now in its ninth year – will be the first auction to take place at 22 Queen Street, Edinburgh [Read More]

Bonhams & Butterfields, international fine arts auctioneers, is pleased to announce that its July 27, 2008 Sunset Estate Auction in Los Angeles will feature additional property from the Estate of José Iturbi and Marion Seabury, sold to benefit the José Iturbi Foundation. In early June the auctioneers offered and sold more than [Read More]

LONDON/NEW YORK/ HONG KONG – Christie’s International, the world’s leading art business, announced today worldwide sales of £1.8 billion ($3.5 billion) for the first six months of 2008, an increase of 10% by £ on last year’s figure of £1.6 billion ($3.2 billion) for the same period. (Figures include buyer’s premium.) In [Read More]

LONDON – At Sotheby’s London, Beatrix Potter’s original watercolour illustration for the final scene from “The Rabbit’ Christmas Party” sequence sold for the remarkable sum of £289,250 – almost five times its pre-sale high estimate (est. £40,000-60,000) – setting a new record for any book illustration sold at auction. Commenting on the [Read More]

The very first FPV GT Cobra sold to the public will go under the hammer at Shannons Sydney Winter Auction on Monday July 21, representing a unique opportunity for Ford enthusiasts and collectors. The rare six-speed manual sedan is build number three of just 400 individually-numbered examples produced by FPV in 2007. [Read More]

Lovers of the performing arts will be particularly delighted by this sale. Gilbert and Sullivan programmes and early photographs (lot 190) will delight, as will the various lots of programmes and music covers. A private collection of 17 lots relating to ballet (lots 235-250) includes a rare collection of publications by the [Read More]

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Collector car aficionados from around the world will descend on Las Vegas Oct. 15-18, 2008, when the Barrett-Jackson Auction Company brings their acclaimed auction and lifestyle event to the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino for the first time. Hundreds of desirable collector vehicles will be sold at No Reserve [Read More]

Nashville, TN – During the 59th International Auctioneers Conference and Show in Nashville, Tennessee, the leadership of the National Auctioneers Association (NAA) announced the sale of its publication, Auction World, at auction. The NAA is a professional association dedicated to the advancement of the auction profession and industry. Auction World is a [Read More]

(Hyannis, Mass.) – Nearly 300 lots of items from local estates in a broad range of categories will be offered at a Summer Antiques & Nautical Auction to be held Saturday, July 26, at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel on Route 132 in Hyannis, next door to the Cape Cod Mall. The sale [Read More]

MIAMI – VSE Corporation and Rick Levin & Associates, Inc. will conduct an auction of seized and forfeited property on behalf of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Other agencies that are participating include: U.S. Customs & Border Protection Immigration & Customs Enforcement Internal Revenue Service Secret Service Proceeds from the auction [Read More]

FORT WORTH, TX – On-site and online bidders from Mexico purchased US$8 million of heavy equipment and trucks from the US$35 million unreserved public auction conducted by Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers in Fort Worth, Texas last week. Out-of-state bidders purchased US$22 million of equipment in total (62 percent of the gross auction proceeds), [Read More]

CHICAGO – Hart Davis Hart Wine Co., one of the world’s leading fine wine retailers and auction houses, will hold a monumental single-owner sale on September 19th and 20th at Tru restaurant in Chicago. The Fox Cellar is comprised of over 1700 lots and is poised to electrify the wine collecting world [Read More]

A very rare example of John Arrowsmith’s important Map of Texas, published in 1841 when Texas was an independent republic, is to be sold at auction by PBA Galleries in San Francisco on July 24th, 2008. Produced a few years after Texas achieved her independence from Mexico, the finely engraved, hand-colored map [Read More]

New York / Berlin – From July 14-31, artnet Online Auctions will offer over 100 contemporary color photographs by 50 renowned artists including William Eggleston, Nan Goldin, Eliot Porter, Thomas Ruff and William Wegman. Leading the sale is an outstanding group of photographs from the 1950s, including two classic urban scenes by [Read More]

Baltimore, MD – When Fastspot launched Alex Cooper Auctioneers’ newly-updated Real Estate Website (http://realestate.alexcooper.com/) in March 2008, the premiere interactive agency’s Principal and Creative Director, Tracey Halvorsen, knew there was more to the site than a simple Web-based experience. “People don’t just view these properties from their homes and offices; they view [Read More]

The REINZ National Real Estate Auctioneers Championships showcase the industry’s top auctioneers. The 2008 competition has attracted a record level of entries from around the country, demonstrating the competitive spirit amongst auctioneers and the desire to lift standards. Twenty seven senior auctioneers line up for the heats and there are six new [Read More]