Auction News

N.T. Arrington Auctioneer & Appraiser (www.arringtonauction.com) announces the auction liquidation of Absolute Recovery towing company in Rocky Mount on Wednesday, June 2, at 11am, according to Nick Arrington, auctioneer. “We will make a complete liquidation of tow trucks, work-ready Rollbacks, wheel lift wreckers, and impound vehicles,” said Arrington. “In addition, we will [Read More]

A thousand drunken troops, and generals leading from behind are among the startling revelations in an eye-witness account of the battle of the Boyne for sale at Bonhams on June 8. Captain John Stevens took part in the battle and later wrote of how a fatal mix up over drink rations led [Read More]

(LOVELAND, Colo.) – A brilliant, round Frontier Gas “Rarin’ to Go” double-sided porcelain sign, one of only two known, soared to $26,400 – nearly triple its pre-sale estimate – at a weekend auction held May 15-16 by Matthews Auctions, LLC, based in Nokomis, Ill. It was the second major auction held in [Read More]

Forthcoming Auction: 2nd June 2010 Historics is the UK’s newest premier auction house for the sale and purchase of the finest historic, classic and sports cars and motoring memorabilia. Historics independent auctioneers brings together a wealth of specialist motoring experience and with the endorsement from the Brooklands Museum Trust Ltd, aims to [Read More]

The next DVLA auction is at Whittlebury Hall, Northamptonshire on 2nd, 3rd, 4th June 2010. 7 O and 10 OOO Registrations are to be offered. Damian Lawson, DVLA Personalised Registrations’ Marketing Manager, said: “While we had high hopes for the O-series, we never in our wildest thoughts believed we could be on [Read More]

A stunning and provocative Art Deco statuette, ‘The Cigarette Girl, (£20,000 – 30,000) once owned by Elton John is coming up for auction at Bonhams ‘Design from 1860’ sale on Wednesday 16 June. During the 1970s, the singer amassed a high quality art deco collection, sparking a fashion among the rich and [Read More]

Montserrat College of Art’s (www.montserrat.edu) annual Artrageous24! benefit art auction raised more than $225,000.00 for student scholarship — a 12% increase in the financial aid the college can offer to students from the annual benefit event. according to Auction Co-chairs Linda Harvey and Liz Dellicker. “We would like to publicly thank our [Read More]

Internet and catalog auction was conducted April 14-28; nearly 750 quality lots changed hands. (LITCHFIELD, Conn.) – A pair of oil on canvas paintings by the prolific and gifted Korean artist Kim Heung Sou (b. 1919) sold for a combined $52,500 in an Internet and catalog auction held Apr. 14-28 by Litchfield [Read More]

Much of the original library from Highgrove House, now the home of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, is for sale at the Books, Maps and Manuscripts sale at Bonhams in London on 8 June. Containing much that would be considered essential for an educated man of the time – for example, works [Read More]

On June 9, Christie’s new York will offer as a special addition to its sale of Old Masters & 19th Century Art, a selection of European paintings and sculpture from the former Salander-O’Reilly Galleries based in Manhattan. The inventory is to be sold pursuant to a Chapter 11 plan approved by the [Read More]

Cat Auction Services, recognized the world over for its commitment to building customer loyalty, has announced it will hold an unreserved public auction in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, June 17. Coming on the heels of auctions in Houston, Texas, and the Twin Cities, Minn., the Iowa auction returns Cat Auction Services [Read More]

Quinn’s will present a series of sales on May 19, 20 and 22 encompassing fine, decorative and Asian art, botanical and ornithological prints, and more than 300 lots of rare books, maps and atlases. The opening session, on Wednesday, May 19, consists of a single-owner consignment: the Craig Family Collection of Fine [Read More]

(LITCHFIELD, Conn.) – The beautiful circa 1830 Greek Revival-style home known locally as the Historic Trowbridge-Thoms House belonging to longtime antiques dealer Thomas McBride, plus the adjacent barn that has served as an antiques shop for over 45 years, will be sold in an on-site auction slated for Saturday, June 5. The [Read More]

Christie’s London announced the details of the auction of works of art from the attics, stables, cellars and storerooms at Althorp which will take place at the South Kensington salerooms on 7 and 8 July. The auction will also present the most important ancestral collection of carriages ever to appear at auction. [Read More]

Sotheby’s announced the sale of a special and important group of exceptionally rare works by the celebrated Bengali artist and poet, Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), in its annual sale of Indian Art in London on Tuesday, June 15th, 2010. The highly important group of 12 paintings is presented for sale by the Dartington [Read More]

Moniker® and SnapNames®, both Oversee.net® companies, announced that the live auction at DOMAINfest® Fort Lauderdale yielded nearly $2.4 million in total live auction sales. The highlight of the auction was the sale of Dating.com, which sold for $1.75 million. The sales figures punctuate a string of impressive recent sales by the Oversee.net [Read More]

(YORK, Pa.) – Over 100 antique clocks and related items will be sold at auction Friday, June 18, by Gordon S. Converse & Co., in the Pennsylvania Banquet Room of The Expo Center in York, Pa. The event is timed to coincide with the opening of the annual convention of the National [Read More]

A 1934 Rolls-Royce Phantom II, which was used by Greek industrialist Theodore Cozzika to commute between his girlfriend’s (the American film star Pearl White) home in the South of France and their residence in Cairo, is to be sold by Bonhams as part of its Rolls-Royce, Bentley Motor Cars & Automobilia sale [Read More]