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The Hong Kong Coin Auction

A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd and auction partner Ma Tak Wo Numismatic Co. Ltd are delighted to present the 54th Hong Kong Coin Auction of Far Eastern and World coins and banknotes. Held on the 4 April, in the Crystal Room of the Holiday Inn Golden Mile, Kowloon, the 1066 lot [Read More]

Bonhams call for consignments at 16th annual motorcar auction during Monterey Peninsula car week

Bonhams announce its 16th annual motorcar auction, the longest running sale of any auction house during the world-renowned Monterey Peninsula Car Week. Held each August in Carmel, California, Bonhams’ two-day auction now enjoys a favorable, newly expanded location on the verdant western lawns of the sunny and scenic Quail Lodge property. This [Read More]

GAVIN GARDINER LTD TO SELL HIGHLY IMPORTANT “RUSSIAN” PURDEY PRESENTED TO BRITISH PRIME MINISTER HAROLD MACMILLAN BY RUSSIAN PRESIDENT KRUSHCHEV

Gavin Gardiner Ltd’s first auction of 2013 of Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns and Rifles will include a historically and internationally significant rare “Russian” Purdey, that was presented to British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan by Russian President Nikita Krushchev on the occasion of MacMillan’s Historic 1959 State Visit to Russia – [Read More]

CONSTITUTION BITTERS BOTTLE, POSSIBLY THE EARLIEST FIGURAL BOTTLE BLOWN IN AMERICA, HAMMERS FOR $7,840 AT AMERICAN BOTTLE AUCTIONS

The museum-quality bottle was among the top lots in a sale that grossed just over $156,700. (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) – A museum-quality, mid-19th century Constitution Bitters bottle, quite possibly the earliest figural bitters bottle ever blown in America, sold for $7,840 in an Internet and catalog auction (#57) held by American Bottle Auctions [Read More]

CLOSE TO 1,000 LOTS IN A WIDE-RANGING GROUP OF CATEGORIES WILL BE AUCTIONED ONLINE SATURDAY, MARCH 23, BY GORDON S. CONVERSE & CO.

Previews will be held on March 21-22, from 10-4, at a gallery facility in West Chester, Pa. (WEST CHESTER, Pa.) – Around 950 lots in an array of categories – antique clocks, estate jewelry, Asian objects and furniture, sterling silver, fine art, decorative accessories, tribal art and African objects – will be [Read More]

BEACON SECURITY GASOLINE SINGLE-SIDED PORCELAIN DIE-CUT SIGN, RATED 9.5 OUT OF 10 FOR CONDITION, SOARS TO $55,000 AT MATTHEWS AUCTIONS, LLC

The auction was held Feb. 28-Mar. 1, before the start of the Chicagoland Petroliana Show in Ill. (PEOTONE, Ill.) – A Beacon Security Gasoline single-sided porcelain die-cut sign with lighthouse graphics, rated 9.5 out of 10 for condition and measuring 48 inches by 30 inches, sold for $55,000 at an auction held [Read More]

FONTAINE’S AUCTION GALLERY HAS THREE BIG AUCTIONS LINED UP – FOR MARCH, APRIL AND SEPTEMBER – AT THE FIRM’S SHOWROOM IN PITTSFIELD

A cataloged antique auction in March will be followed by antique clock and music auctions. (PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Fontaine’s Auction Gallery has announced plans for three major sales in 2013, all to be held in the firm’s spacious showroom located at 1485 West Housatonic Street in Pittsfield. A cataloged antique auction on [Read More]

KAR Auction Services Common Stock Offering

KAR Auction Services, Inc. announced the commencement of an underwritten offering of 13.0 million shares of its common stock by existing stockholder KAR Holdings II, LLC (the “LLC”), subject to market and other conditions. The LLC is controlled by entities affiliated with Kelso Investment Associates VII, L.P., GS Capital Partners VI, L.P., [Read More]