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Victorian Casino Antiques’ Spring auction, held on March 9 and 10, sets records in live attendance and gross sales. According to Pat McGuire, partner in Victorian Casino Antiques, “the live audience was the largest in our history.” The bidders were not shy in that prices on many items set records in their [Read More]

The finest coin auction in Gateway Gallery Auction’s 17 year history and in Auctioneer John F. Kohler, Jr.’s 40 year career was conducted April 12 at the company’s auction complex on Kriner Road in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Offering 282 lots of high quality United States coins from one local collection, the sale was [Read More]

LONDON – Sotheby’s has announced that its forthcoming sale of Old Master Paintings, to be held in London on Wednesday, July 9, 2008, will be highlighted by a select group of works from the collection of the late Dr Gustav Rau, the great 20th century philanthropist and collector. The group of some [Read More]

A large collection of period Mouseman oak furniture will be sold by auction precisely seventy-five years after it was commissioned for Leeds Girls’ High School’s Senior Library in 1933. The sale of this Arts and Crafts furniture will no doubt be of interest to many of the old girls from the school [Read More]

A rare presentation copy of a first edition book by one of England’s greatest female novelists will be sold for an estimated £50,000 at Bonhams on 24 June at 101 New Bond Street, London. The three-volume set of Emma by Jane Austen (1775-1817) – author of Pride & Prejudice, and Sense & [Read More]

London – Sotheby’s Sale of Indian Art in London realised £4,289,775, a figure handsomely in excess of pre-sale expectations (estimate was £2.4-3.4 million*). The sale, which was extremely well attended both during the pre-sale exhibition and in the saleroom today, saw spirited and competitive bidding throughout. It demonstrated that the international profile [Read More]

New York, NY – On May 22, 2008, Sotheby’s is offering a masterpiece of American 19th century painting, The Peaceable Kingdom with the Leopard of Serenity, by the most celebrated American folk art artist, Edward Hicks, of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Arguably one of the most important and beautifully preserved examples of the [Read More]

A double-headed Roman sculpture of Bacchus and his lover, Ariadne, circa 2nd -3rd Century A.D. found in a Jerusalem market in 1941 by Somerset de Chair, a young British army officer, sold at Bonhams Antiquities sale on 1st May for £240,000 It had been expected to sell for an estimate of £60,000 [Read More]

One of the best Triumph Bonneville motorcycles ever offered for sale in Australia is going under the hammer at Shannons Sydney Autumn Classic auction on Monday (May 5). The beautiful British burgundy and silver 1969 twin-cylinder 650cc T120 is the result of a meticulous restoration that took several years and many thousands [Read More]

Dallas, TX – The Official Currency Auction of the Central States Numismatic Society convention, held by Heritage Auction Galleries, realized $14,164,504, the largest currency auction ever, and the final total will be even higher after Post Auction Buys are concluded. Combining the rare coin and currency results, total prices realized at Central [Read More]

Dallas, TX – Important items of Franklin Delano Roosevelt memorabilia, including the last check ever signed by the late president, from the Drs. Joseph and Deborah Plaud Collection of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Items, will be offered in Heritage Auction Galleries’ upcoming Grand Format Auction, to be held on June 7, 2008. [Read More]

Dubai – Christie’s fourth auction of International Modern and Contemporary Art held in Dubai tonight (30 April 2008) sold for a total of $20,062,850/ AED 73,630,660 / €12,952,576, bringing the collective total for sales this week to $40,142,150 / AED 147,321,691 /€25,915,772. Tonight’s results demonstrate the quality and rarity of the works [Read More]

London – Christie’s is to offer John Lennon’s lyrics for Give Peace a Chance from the legendary Montreal Bed-In of 1969, along with personal photos which have never been seen in public before (estimate: £200,000 300,000). The lyrics and photos are offered from the collection of UKbased comedy writer and presenter Gail [Read More]

PLEASANTON, Calif – IronPlanet® (www.ironplanet.com), the world’s leading online auction company for used construction and agricultural equipment, completed a record-breaking first quarter, with gross auction sales of $77.6 million — an increase of 135 percent over the first quarter of 2007. “We’re off to a great start in 2008, and I am [Read More]

Newcastle’s leading auctioneers and valuers of Government, Fleet and Repossessed vehicles, Pickles Auctions, is changing their sale day to Wednesday. The weekly auction for Government, Fleet and Repossessed vehicles was previously held on Monday at 11:00am. As of Wednesday 7 May this auction will be held weekly at 3:30pm. Buyers can view [Read More]

(Oceanside, N.Y.) – A pair of original Charles Schulz “Peanuts” comic strips – one daily, one Sunday – sold for a combined $106,270, and original cover art by Dave Cockrum for the “X-Men” #99 comic book hit $55,370 at a multi-estate sale held April 26 by Philip Weiss Auctions. The Dave Cockrum [Read More]

EDINBURGH – The first of Sotheby’s bi-annual sales of Scottish Pictures will take place on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at the Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh. With a strong focus on the 20th century, the sale will showcase important and quality works from all periods and movements of Scottish Art over the course [Read More]

Bedford, PA – They say “a picture is worth a thousand words”, and in the auction industry that saying certainly holds true. AuctionZip.com the nation’s largest live auction website features over 20,000 auction listings from 11,000 auctioneers nationwide. About half of those listings have photo galleries attached showing the buyers items that [Read More]