Other prominent collections will also cross the block that weekend, in Ann Arbor, Mich. (ANN ARBOR, Mich.) – The lifetime country store, advertising and toy collection of Mike and Colleen Empey will headline a major auction slated for the weekend of Sept. 30-Oct. 2 by Showtime Auctions. The event will be held [Read More]
A small leather-bound book that powerfully evokes ‘The Few’ of WWII Battle of Britain, listing 107 signatures of RAF flying officers, sold at Bonhams Militaria Sale in Oxford yesterday, August 2nd, for £33,600. The pre-sale estimate was just £6,000 to £8,000. It went to a private British buyer. Collected by Norman Phillips, [Read More]
The auction will take place in the firm’s gallery, at 544 E. Sixth Street in Panama City, Fla. (PANAMA CITY, Fla.) – A whopping nine local consignors, together boasting hundreds of lots in an eclectic mix of categories, will be packed into a one-day multi-estate sale on Saturday, Aug. 27, at The [Read More]
JJManning Auctioneers is to offer a prime retail/office condo located at 495 Cabot St. (Rt. 1A), Unit C4 – Building 1, Beverly, MA in the “Cabot Crossing Condominium” complex. The complex includes (2) 3-story wood frame on slab retail/office buildings built in 2004 on 1.5+/- acres with ample paved parking. Building 1 [Read More]
Sotheby’s New York will offer 20th century furniture, ceramics, glass and carpets from the Chicago home of collector Colleen Sullivan in a dedicated auction on 21 September 2011. A Midcentury Eye: The Collection of Colleen Sullivan will showcase works by prominent European and American designers from the 1930s through the 1960s, featuring [Read More]
Following up on a spring season that reached great heights, including a May sale that realized $1.43 million, John Moran Auctioneers once again offered a large selection of items from estates and private collections. The July 19th Antiques auction featured more than 500 lots of American and European decorative and fine arts. [Read More]
Richard Harvey, European Head of Wine for Bonhams and a Master of Wine, has been promoted to head the company’s international wine business which includes wine sales in London, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Hong Kong. Matthew Girling, Bonhams CEO Europe, said: “This is a very significant appointment for Bonhams. [Read More]
Top shark experts are allowing themselves to be auctioned during Shark Week 2011 to raise funds for the Shark Research Institute’s conservation programs. Up for auction are dinners (or lunches) with the world’s foremost shark experts. Each winning bidder has the unique opportunity to “talk shark” face- to-face, one-on-one, with a real [Read More]
A 1932 Packard Twin Six Individual Custom Convertible Sedan has auctioned for $1,100,000 at RM Sale at the Concours d’Elegance of America at St. John’s. 1932 Packard Twin Six Individual Custom Convertible Sedan. Photo: Shooterz.biz ©2011 Courtesy of RM Auctions One of just two built and virtually unseen for nearly half a [Read More]
JJManning Auctioneers is proud to offer an Industrial Warehouse building with expansion potential located at 39 Sheep Davis Rd. (Rt. 106), Pembroke, NH. This 144,000+/-sf. 1-story building is comprised of 34,000+/-sf. of precast masonry built in 1971; 31,000+/-sf. of steel and metal frame added in 1985 (including 7,364+/-sf. of office space); and [Read More]
The finest group of Colourist paintings to be auctioned in Scotland in a generation is on view in Glasgow at the Blythswood Square Hotel, Glasgow on 3rd August prior to their sale in Edinburgh on the evening of 31st August. At the sale’s heart is a private American collection which is coming [Read More]
Since 2001, Auction Sniper has been the industry leader for eBay sniping. Now, Auction Sniper has found an exciting new way to improve the process of sniping auctions on eBay. Auction Sniper’s newly released feature, Bid Enhancement, makes it a little bit easier to snipe and win eBay auctions by giving users [Read More]
Early U.S. coinage experiments and rare proof strikings are among the top highlights of Heritage Auctions’ Aug. 11-12 Chicago Signature® U.S. Coins & Platinum Night Auction, at the Chicago Marriott O’Hare. “The front cover of our Platinum Night catalog, our collection of the ‘best of the best’ in this auction, has three [Read More]
Fisher Auction Company announced the sale of the “Corporate Park at Inverrary” for $4.6 Million in a deal that closed two days prior to the auction date. The two corporate office buildings are located at 3800 Inverrary Boulevard, Lauderhill, Florida 33319. An auction was originally scheduled for Tuesday, July 19th, 2011. Lamar [Read More]
Phillips de Pury & Company has announced the ceramics highlights from its London Design auction. The sale will offer the most important group of Modernist ceramics ever to appear at auction. Approximately forty works have been selected from the renowned Berkeley Collection. Formed during a period of nearly thirty years of close [Read More]
From August through November, the firm will be busy at its gallery facility in Pittsfield, Mass. (PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – The first half of 2011 was kind to Fontaine’s Auction Gallery, and now the firm plans to finish the year strong with a series of four big auctions slated for August through November. [Read More]
This September, the highly anticipated Macmillan De’Longhi Art Auction will be held at the prestigious Mayfair auction house, Bonhams. Now in its fifth year, the aim of the auction is to raise a significant amount of money to help Macmillan to reach and improve the lives of everyone living with cancer. Macmillan [Read More]
Grey Flannel Auctions have announced details of its Sixth Annual Basketball Hall of Fame Induction Auction and other special events associated with the 2011 BHOF induction ceremony. The live auction will take place on Friday, Aug. 12 at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. This year’s enshrinement is [Read More]