Auction News

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers , the world’s largest industrial auctioneer, will conduct a complete dispersal of mining and heavy construction equipment for Appalachian Fuels, LLC in Charleston, WV on September 28, 2009. More than 450 equipment items will be sold without minimum bids or reserve prices during the one-day unreserved public auction at [Read More]

Fans of the late Michael Jackson will have the opportunity to acquire one of his bejewelled white gloves at auction in Melbourne on Sunday. Bonhams & Goodman have announced that the glove will be included in the forthcoming Collectables auction on Sunday 6 September at 2pm and expects a huge response from [Read More]

Art collectors, dealers and institutions alike had the opportunity to acquire a work of art by one of Australia’s most revered practitioners straight from the artist’s wall when 106 lots of paintings and sculpture from the Estate of the Late James Gleeson AO were dispersed to the packed auction room. Formed by [Read More]

Kennedy Wilson Auction Group, a division of the international real estate services and investment firm Kennedy Wilson, conducted an auction of 11 new single family homes in North Hollywood, California on August 30, 2009 at the Sheraton Universal Hotel, Universal City. It was standing room only as the crowd of nearly 400 [Read More]

Sotheby’s Hong Kong Fine Chinese Paintings Autumn Sale 2009 will be held on 5 October 2009, bringing together an excellent selection of outstanding and rare works by esteemed artists. Following the success of ‘Reminiscence – 35 Years of Chinese Paintings in Sotheby’s Hong Kong’ collection offered in Spring, this season’s sale will [Read More]

Free Verbal Appraisals of Jewelry, Watches, Paintings, Furniture, Ceramics, Clocks, Musical Instruments and More BOSTON, Mass. – Skinner, Inc., – www.skinnerinc.com – one of the nation’s leading auction houses for antiques and fine art will host an Evening of Art and Antiques Appraisals on Thursday, September 17, 2009 from 5:00 to 8:00 [Read More]

1. AUCTION — The upcoming Market Square Auction is now up to 200 lots and climbing.  We have been adding new things everyday so be sure to check out the antique and modern paperweights, marbles, jewelry, vases, art glass sculptures, glass slippers, goblets and more.  Don’t miss the bargains on September 12.  [Read More]

Saffronart, the world’s largest online auction house, will host the annual Autumn Online Art Auction of Modern and Contemporary Indian Art on September 9-10, 2009. A pioneer of online art auctions, Saffronart, founded in 2000, is a global company with deep Indian roots. With an online presence and offices in Mumbai, New [Read More]

Maas Companies of Rochester, MN will auction the former Hiawatha Log Homes manufacturer including real estate, equipment and personal property on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009 at 11 a.m. onsite at E10003 State Highway 28, Munising, Mich. Hiawatha Log Homes was a late-model Bezner custom log homes manufacturer creating exceptional homes from North [Read More]

shopgoodwill.com, the nation’s first and only nonprofit Internet auction site, is celebrating its 10 years in existence and proving that Goodwill Industries(R) is not only a leader in job placement, but also innovative social enterprise through its use of technology. The charitable auction site, ranked one of the TopTenREVIEWS’ Top 10 online [Read More]

Westchester Auctions, LLC and Ranch Marketing Associates are pleased to announce the upcoming auction of the Republican River Ranches in Yuma County, Colorado, on Wednesday, September 16, 2009. The two ranches encompass 5,613 acres with 41 individual parcels near Wray, Colorado. The Republican River Ranches consist of the Laird and Wray Units. [Read More]

RSL Auction Co. will conduct its Bountiful Harvest sale featuring approximately 500 lots of antique toys and banks on Oct. 17, 2009 at Richard Opfer’s auction gallery in the Baltimore suburb of Timonium. A multiple-consignor offering of top-tier pieces hand-picked from seasoned collections, the traditional auction event will feature a full complement [Read More]

(WAYNE, Penn.) – Around 200 lots of fine art, period American furniture, decorative accessories and more will be sold at a two-session auction planned for Wednesday, Oct. 21, by Gordon S. Converse & Co. The sale will be held at the Italian-American Club in Wayne, a suburb of Philadelphia located a half-hour [Read More]

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) – A medium chocolate amber California Clubhouse Whiskey bottle, made circa 1872-74 and one of only nine examples known, soared to $30,240 in an Internet and catalog auction held Aug. 10-21 by American Bottle Auctions (americanbottle.com). The bottle, highly prized by collectors, boasted a fancy monogram in the center, a [Read More]

The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) in San Jose is proud to present its signature Annual Fall Art Exhibition and Auction. Now in its 29th year, this comprehensive exhibition of more than 100 art works by someof the hottest artists in the Bay Area opens with a specialmember?only exhibition preview from 5pm [Read More]

Bloomsbury Auctions announces Portrait of the Artists: The Burt Britton Collection at auction on September 24, 2009 at 2:00pm. This private collection of 1,200 refreshingly spontaneous self-portraits offers unique insight into the creative process that will fascinate collectors, curators, biographers, psychologists and the general public alike. How we see ourselves often differs [Read More]

Bonhams, one of the three largest international auction houses, is pleased to announce the appointment of Sarah Valelly as Boston and New England Regional Representative. Operating from Beacon Hill, Bonhams Boston provides a local liaison to the firm’s international resources, including specialists versed in all areas of collectibles – from furniture, decorative [Read More]

H&H set a new world auction record price on Wednesday July 22nd 2009 by selling a 1961 AC Ace 2.6 for £209,000. Hotly contested both on the phone and in the room, the ex-London Motor Show Car soon tore past its pre-sale estimate of £140,000 – £180,000 and is destined for a [Read More]