Auction News

Bowers and Merena Auctions, America’s leading rare coin and currency auction house, premieres its first of two official American Numismatic Association auctions for 2009 this March. The auction will take place at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, and begins with lot viewing Wednesday, March 11, to Friday, March 13, followed by [Read More]

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers , the world’s largest on-site and online industrial auctioneer, will be celebrating the Grand Opening of its new permanent auction site located between Medford and Owatonna just outside Minneapolis, Minnesota. To mark the opening of the new site, Ritchie Bros. will be conducting an unreserved industrial equipment auction on [Read More]

Rogers Clemens is a 7-time Cy Young Award winner and one of only four pitchers ever to strike out more than 4,000 batters in Major League play. And while the history books are in accord on the stellar career statistics associated with the former Yankees superstar, they will probably never agree on [Read More]

As California’s oldest and largest auctioneers, Bonhams & Butterfields has established a reputation as a preeminent source for California and American works of art at auction. Following the success of the Fall 2008 sale, which established several auction records, the firm is pleased to announce its April 7, 2009 auction of California [Read More]

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles (http://www.habitatla.org) launched an online auction today at http://www.clothesoffourback.org/habitat featuring hardhats signed by celebrity volunteers and supporters of Hollywood for Habitat for Humanity (http://www.hollywoodforhabitat.com), a partnership between HFHGLA and the entertainment industry. The hardhats are signed and decorated by music, television and film stars including: Green [Read More]

IpAuctions® Inc. will auction 10 unique yacht designs created by famed luxury yacht designer Tom Fexas currently owned by his estate. These patented designs offer a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to own a piece of boating history and craft a yacht from a choice of 10 individual Fexas designs never before seen in the [Read More]

Sotheby’s has announced that the Company has opened an office in Jakarta and appointed Deborah Iskandar as Managing Director, Indonesia Representative Office to direct the Company’s operations in the country. The opening coincides with a preview of the highlights from the sale of Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Paintings at Sotheby’s Hong [Read More]

Potter & Potter Auctions has announced it’s next public auction: A selection of genuinely rare magicana from the collection of Jay Marshall. This sale will include what is perhaps some of the best material from the late great collector/magician’s legendary holdings. Most of the items will be sold with no reserve. The [Read More]

Heritage Auction Galleries has announced that Christina Japp has joined the company as Director of 20th Century Design in its Fine Arts Department. Ms. Japp brings with her 15 years of international experience in all aspects of 20th Century design. “Heritage is the perfect auction company for 20th Century design,” she said. [Read More]

This monumental five-day auction to be conducted by Julien’s Auctions April 21st-25th, 2009 at 9900 Wilshire Boulevard adjacent to the legendary Beverly Hilton Hotel, offers an astounding array of Fine & Decorative Art items, paintings and life size bronze and marble sculptures to Memorabilia from the Life & Career of Michael Jackson. [Read More]

Luxury auctions have now made their way to the web. After all billionaires, and others who aspire to live like them, enjoy the thrill of winning an auction and possibly picking up a great deal. BXE International’s BillionaireXchange.com is now the premier first online auction website entirely dedicated to the items of [Read More]

Many a time it is the background story that lends a work of art its true fascination. This once again proves to be the case with one of the top lots at the auction of 19th century paintings, to be held on 1st April 2009 during the Vienna Dorotheum first auction week [Read More]

Phillips de Pury & Company has announced the highlights of the forthcoming New York Photographs sale to be held on April 1, 2009. Richard Avedon’s Avedon/Paris, a portfolio comprised of 11 gelatin silver prints with images of his most famous models including Dorian Leigh and Suzy Parker will be offered with a [Read More]

Zetabid, has announced that it will sell approximately 250 bank-owned homes located throughout Southern California on Saturday, March 7, 2009. Zetabid is auctioning single-family homes, condos and town houses ranging from $50,000 to $800,000 primarily in Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange and Kern counties. The largest concentration of homes is in [Read More]

(Ivor, Va.) – More than 400 fresh-to-the-market lots, drawn from prominent area estates, will be sold at auction Saturday, Mar. 7, by auctioneers Tom Perry and Jay Bradshaw of Tom’s Auctions & Appraisals, beginning at 9 a.m. The sale will be held in a former schoolhouse building now used for community activities, [Read More]

Vintage photographic equipment sold exceptionally well in Tennants’ Specialist Scientific and Musical Instruments and Camera Sale on 14th February, proving that negative economic news can lead to positive results in the saleroom. A packed saleroom competed with telephone bidders to push prices to levels far higher than expected by Nick Lambert, the [Read More]

The Canadian Film Centre is to offer unique auction items and experience in the 2009 CFC Gala and Auction “A Celebration For A Society Of Film Lovers”. Amazing auction items up for grabs include: A Day On The Set of Degrassi, A Day On The Set of Little Mosque On The Prairie, [Read More]

On February 16th, jaeger-lecoultre.com has started an online auction of the prototype “Number 1” of the model Master Compressor Extreme W-Alarm Tides of Time, from its SIHH 2009 collection. 100% of the proceeds will go to a World Heritage project identified by UNESCO. Symbolising the “Tides of Time” partnership between Jaeger-LeCoultre, the [Read More]