Auction News

Proxibid (www.proxibid.com), the world’s largest provider of live auction webcasting services, today announced that it has joined in a strategic agreement with AuctionServices.com, Inc (www.auctionservices.com). Under the agreement, AuctionServices will help Proxibid’s auctioneer customers market live online bidding on their web sites as well as offer award-winning web design and trusted web [Read More]

Heritage will hold four back-to-back auctions comprising the very best of the American spirit in art, artifacts, sculpture, photography, books and manuscripts: American Indian Art • January 22 – From children’s toys to warriors’ weapons, this auction includes a wide range of material, including moccasins, pipes, parfleche cases, and tobacco bags of [Read More]

Sotheby’s has announced that one of the major highlights of its forthcoming sale of Impressionist and Modern Art, which is scheduled to take place in London on the evening of Tuesday, February 3, 2009, is Strassenszene (Street Scene), 1913, by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938), estimated at £5-7 million. The painting captures a [Read More]

Heritage Auction Galleries of Dallas, Texas (www.HA.com), the world’s third largest auction company, is re-entering the philatelic market after 15 years with its Inaugural Signature® Stamp Auction to be held in Dallas and online, Feb. 5-7, 2009. A fantastic array of high grade stamps abound in this sale, and a few highlights [Read More]

Clarke’s first sale of 2009 offers its classic blend of fine American, French, and English antique furniture; fine art including rare works, Midcentury Modern Design, a strong collection of fine American and English Sterling Silver, Antique Italian Putti, Antique and Art Deco Chandeliers, semi-antique oriental carpets, and more. Antique and traditional furniture [Read More]

Father Time™ Auctions, regionally servicing St. Louis, Missouri and Southwestern Illinois is a full service auction company specializing in estate sale auctions, real estate auctions business liquidations and salvage, is proud to announce the launch of its newly designed website at http://www.fathertime.com. The purpose of the new design is to clearly communicate [Read More]

In less than a week, the 38th Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction will take center stage in Scottsdale, Ariz. From Jan. 11-18, 2009, the all No Reserve auction will feature everything from muscle cars and classics to a historic vintage airplane, providing collectors with one of the most eclectic dockets in auction [Read More]

WWA Group, Inc. has announced the record breaking conclusion of the most recent auction held at WWA Group’s Dubai facility during the period December 20, 21, and 22, 2008. Gross auction sales exceeded US$33.1 million and involved more than 365 registered bidders from 23 countries. Equipment consigned by 115 consignors from 16 [Read More]

The Richard Winterton website has proved a hit since the independent site was launched just three years ago. Prior to this the company advertised solely on the Antiques Trade Gazette Website and still retains this important link. The Company website provides an invaluable source of information for clients worldwide giving clear and [Read More]

(Oceanside, N.Y.) – There will be no rest for the weary at Philip Weiss Auctions, which concluded a banner year in 2008 and looks forward to continued success through the first half of 2009 and beyond. The firm, with a spacious gallery located at #1 Neil Court in Oceanside, has been able [Read More]

(Northport, Ala.) – A gorgeous antique mahogany winged griffin 2-piece parlor suite, crafted in the 1880s by R.J. Horner, soared to $10,450 at a multi-estate sale held Jan. 1 by Hal Hunt Auctions. It was the ninth New Year’s Day sale held by the firm, at Hal Hunt’s spacious gallery facility located [Read More]

BOSTON, Mass. – Skinner, Inc., one of the nation’s leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, will host an auction of American Indian and Ethnographic Art on Saturday, January 24th at 10:00 a.m. in its Boston gallery. More than 400 lots of tribal art will be offered from North American, South [Read More]

A large oil painting, one of two by the same artist in the Charterhouse auction on Friday 23rd January, offers an opportunity to acquire a fine view of Derbyshire for under £1,000. “Painted by Edward Price of Nottingham, this large oil on canvas painting will generate interest from clients who may have [Read More]

An 18th century Chippendale “plum-pudding” mahogany bombé chest-of-drawers with a unique provenance is the leading lot in this season’s sale of Important American Furniture and Folk Art. The January 23 auction features over 200 items of furniture, historic paintings, folk art, and a special added selection of English and Dutch Delft. The [Read More]

Sotheby’s has announced that it is to offer Petite danseuse de quatorze ans in its next sale of Impressionist and Modern Art in London on the 3rd of February 2009. Estimated at £9 – 12 million, Petite danseuse de quatorze ans is one of the most ambitious and iconic of Degas’s works [Read More]

The nation’s leader in online real estate auction marketing, LFC Group of Companies, has launched a new auction campaign on its residential real estate website, Freedom Realty Exchange (www.FRE.com/265R3). The auction, a builder closeout of 16 luxury condominiums located in the heart of Palm Desert, California, began December 17, 2008 and continues [Read More]

The Barrett-Jackson Auction Company will sell 14 vehicles to benefit various charities at No Reserve during the 38th Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction in Scottsdale, Ariz., Jan. 11-18, 2009. The total marks the most charity vehicles ever sold during a single Barrett-Jackson event, with U.S. automakers General Motors and Ford Motor Company, [Read More]

On January 24, 2009 Sotheby’s will offer in its sale of Important Americana the most important, and perhaps the earliest, weathervane to appear on the auction market in recent history, A Rare and Important Molded Copper Fireman “Old Jake” Weathervane Made for the Union Fire Hall, now Charley Rouss Fire Company, Winchester, [Read More]