Auction News

Dallas, TX – In its upcoming Music and Entertainment Signature auction, to be held in Dallas on April 5, 2008, Heritage Auction Galleries (www.HA.com) will proudly – and cautiously! – offer an archive of historic memorabilia from the “private Beverly Hills club famous for their legendary celebrity roasts.” This famous club – [Read More]

Dallas, TX – It was August 27, 1965. The Beatles were on the eve of playing Balboa Stadium in San Diego. Elvis was in the midst of shooting Paradise Hawaiian Style in Hollywood. That night, between 10 and 11 p.m., John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr all arrived in [Read More]

(Sedona, Ariz.) – A rare and extremely important re-strike of a map of the Great Lakes, originally created by the Jesuit priest Francesco Bressani in 1657 and recreated around 1900, sold for $5,040 in an online sale (#123) held by Old World Auctions. Only two examples of the original map exist today. [Read More]

(Northport, Ala.) – A beautiful, heavily carved oak hall seat attributed to R.J. Horner, one of only five or six known to exist and in pristine condition, sold for $46,000 at the sale of a single-owner collection held February 16 by Hal Hunt Auctions. The piece, made around 1890 and measuring 8′ [Read More]

Early 20th Century Chinese White Jade Vase & Cover with Qianlong Mark NEW YORK, NY – March 11, 2008 – Elder’s Antiques’ “Mid-Winter Auction,” hosted on iGavel.com ended with a bang last Monday as back-and-forth bidding grew the $7,000 starting price all the way up to $291,600. Breaking iGavel.com’s record for highest [Read More]

Bonhams announces today that it will hold its inaugural wine auction in Hong Kong in April 2008. The Bonhams wine auction in April is believed to be the first wine auction to be held in Hong Kong after a hiatus of 10 years. Commenting on the inaugural wine auction, Colin Sheaf, Chairman [Read More]

NEW YORK – NYEG Inc., a New York-based provider of dynamic e-businesses, announced today that it will be releasing its premium domain name, TravelNewYork.com, to auction. Donald Rotonde, President and CEO of NYEG Inc. (New York Entertainment Guide, Inc.), said his decision followed another record-breaking announcement for New York Tourism by the [Read More]

Dallas, TX – A third selection of Early Seated Proof Sets from Phil Kaufman’s superlative multi-million dollar collection (1839-1858) is being auctioned by Dallas-based Heritage Auction Galleries in their Platinum Night Auction at the April 16-19 CSNS convention in Chicago. “Part One of the Kaufman Collection, realizing $1,712,600, was sold at the [Read More]

EAGAN, Minn. – Northwest Airlines (NYSE: NWA) today announced the launch of WorldPerks Auctions. Members now can bid their miles on luxury vacation packages, unique sporting events, merchandise, and much more. Available items include a House of Blues VIP dinner and concert package, a First Class trip to Arizona including choice of [Read More]

Imagine if you had the chance to buy Audrey Hepburn’s black dress from ‘Breakfast At Tiffany’s’ or Marilyn Monroe’s iconic white dress from ‘Seven Year Itch’ or maybe Madonna’s famous Gaultier corset dress – That would be your retirement sorted out. Now Sport Relief have teamed up with Leona Lewis and iconic [Read More]

(Hyannis, Mass.) – Items from collections of nautical and whaling objects, including some belonging to Dale Totty, a Virginia-based watercolor painter and collector, will headline a multi-estate auction slated for Sunday, March 30, at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel on Route 132 in Hyannis. The sale will be conducted by MV Auctions of [Read More]

Melbourne, Monday March 10: A 1977 Holden Torana A9X sedan that had languished silent and neglected behind a block of flats near inner Melbourne for 12 years sold for $192,000 at Shannons Melbourne Motor Show Auction – an auction record price for the model. The Jasmine Yellow four-door sedan, which emerged in [Read More]

GADSDEN, Ala – At least 15 home sites on Lake Dannelly – and possibly dozens of others – will sell in a “Grand Opening” auction Saturday, March 29, with Gadsden’s Albert Burney Auction Company managing the sale. The home sites – part of the Shadow Creek Community being created along the shores [Read More]

After a record price of £8,500 was achieved at Tennants for a Quaker Sampler in 2006, the North Yorkshire Auctioneers sold a collection of seven Quaker Samplers and Ephemera from a collector in the South of England on 8th March and again saw some high prices being realised. These framed samplers all [Read More]

OAKLAND – A portrait of Queen Margaret of Austria topped Clars Auction Gallery’s March 1 & 2 auction, selling for $16,380*. The sale featured strong offerings in a variety of categories, particularly European paintings, Asian woodblock prints, fine jewelry and antique rugs. The painting (lot 6355) attracted significant interest, both international and [Read More]

A magnificent 1931 Duesenberg Convertible and a historic sports car built for Edsel Ford achieved top bids at RM Auctions’ 10th annual ‘Automobiles of Amelia Island’ event on Florida’s coast on the weekend. More than 100 exceptional motor cars crossed the block during the seven-hour auction, which drew significant global interest and [Read More]

International fine arts auctioneers Bonhams & Butterfields is pleased to offer Modern & Contemporary Art on May 5, 2008. The auction, simulcast between the San Francisco and Los Angeles salesrooms, will feature works by preeminent artists of the 20th century, as well as works by contemporary art world icons Gustav Klimt, Arshile [Read More]

VANCOUVER – Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE and TSX: RBA), the world’s largest industrial auctioneer, demonstrated its strength in different geographic regions under varying market conditions last week, conducting multi-million dollar unreserved industrial auctions in Fort Worth, Texas, USA and Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The unreserved public auction at the Company’s permanent auction [Read More]