Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers sold more than 3,600 heavy equipment items and trucks at a two-day public unreserved auction held in Fort Worth, Texas on May 6 & 7, 2010. The Fort Worth auction, which generated more than US$47 million in gross auction proceeds, was part of a four-auction week, including a multi-million [Read More]
Phillips de Pury & Company has announced highlights from the forthcoming New York auction AFRICA on Saturday 15 May 2010, including works of contemporary art, photographs, and editions which reflect the spirit of the continent and its global impact, as expressed by African and non-African artists from around the world. The sale [Read More]
The auction of Headline Press dot com, one of the older news websites on the Internet is close to ending. Headline Press was originally launched in 2000 and has a storied history of being a provider of news on the web. The site is fully automated with news coverage from around the [Read More]
On Monday, May 17th at 6:00 pm, Clarke Auction will sell over 470 lots sourced from local estates throughout the Greater New York area. Silver highlights include a Kalo Shop Caviar Set, Spratling, Tiffany, an enameled Russian Box, Judaica, an .800 Figure of Demeter, Gorham, Arts and Crafts, Edwardian English Sterling, Chinese [Read More]
Christie’s Hong Kong Evening and Day sales of Asian Contemporary Art on 29 May and 30 May in Hong Kong will bring together the dynamic worlds of contemporary art from China, Japan, Korea and India. Christie’s continues to offer a platform showcasing the best in contemporary and Chinese 20th Century art from [Read More]
Mid Atlantic Auction Park was opened and licensed in September of 2009 as a public facility to provide access for buyers and sellers both wholesale and retail to have a central location to buy and sell in a new and exciting venue. They are working towards combining the on site auction with [Read More]
A former Dallas/Fort Worth business that specialized in terrazzo tile for industrial buildings will auction its assets Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at 11 a.m. The Santa Regina International 48,530 sq. ft. industrial terrazzo tile building, located on I-45 in Palmer, TX will be auctioned live and online along with its patented Breton [Read More]
Collectors are eagerly awaiting Bonhams New York’s June 16th sale of fine jewelry. Comprised of nearly 130 lots, the sale offers several excellent collecting opportunities. An impressive diamond solitaire ring (pictured) will be of great interest to bidders. The cover lot of the sale it features a rectangular-cut diamond, weighing 10.32 carats. [Read More]
Julian Onderdonk’s 1917 oil painting Bluebonnets at Sunrise headlines the sublime, often stellar lineup of Texas & Western Art in Heritage Auction Galleries’ Signature® Auction, May 15, at the company’s Downtown Dallas Design District Annex, locate at 1518 Slocum Street. The painting, the first major Onderdonk “Bluebonnet” painting to be offered at [Read More]
Major Indianapolis Collector Selling 70 Muscle, Classic Cars from 1950s, 60s and 70s Marengo, IL – Ray Skillman, one of the Indianapolis-area’s largest and longest-operating automobile retailers, has chosen Dana Mecum’s 23rd Original Spring Classic Auction, held May 19-23 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds, to sell 70 vehicles from his impressive collection [Read More]
Collectors are eagerly awaiting Bonhams New York’s May 18th Fine Photographs sale. Consisting of just over 130 lots, the upcoming auction offers work spanning from the early 19th century to today and will feature images by such legendary photographers as Richard Avedon, Edward Weston, Helmut Newton, and Ansel Adams. Of great interest [Read More]
Keno Auctions, inaugural sale, which took place May 1-2 at the Marriott Stamford Hotel in Connecticut, achieved $5,818,460 in sales, over its pre-sale high estimate ($2.8 – 5.4 million)* with 87.5% of the 741 lots finding buyers, and established three world sales records. Keno Auctions’ president Leigh Keno announced on Wednesday May [Read More]
(ORLANDO, Fla.) – More than 300 original and reprographic works of art by some of the most prominent names in fine art (like Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Joan Miro and Marc Chagall) and contemporary art (like Peter Max, LeRoy Neiman, Charles Fazzino and Nicola Simbari) will be sold at two live and [Read More]
Sotheby’s New York auction of American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture on 19 May 2010 will offer collectors a rich array of works by American artists from the 19th and 20th centuries. The auction contains a strong selection of modern pictures, with many paintings that are both rare and fresh to the market. [Read More]
Richard Winterton Auctioneers and their clients have raised £1,000 for Help for Heroes. The Lichfield based Auctioneers do not charge for their sales catalogues, instead ask for a voluntary donation to go to the Help for Heroes Charity. Proprietor Richard Winterton is pictured handing the cheque over to Jeremy Hobbs, (Volunteer County [Read More]
Super Auctions and Hollywood Entertainment Museum (HEM) today announced the return of the Max Factor Collection to their upcoming Online Auction with Live Auctioneer Audio Streaming on Saturday, May 15. In 1992 the Historic Collection had been generously donated to HEM by Max Factor & Co., a subsidiary of The Proctor & [Read More]
Christie’s London Interiors sale goes retro, on 22 June 2010, embracing mid-century modern lifestyle and design, with estimates from £300. Christie’s Interiors sales offer the ultimate opportunity to source a diverse and eclectic selection of home furnishings with an extensive selection of lots in each sale including everything from ceramics and textiles [Read More]
Penny Worley Auctioneers (www.worleyauctioneers.com) announces the online auction of high-end IT equipment, according to Jerry Jenkins. “All these items will sell to the highest bidders during this online auction,” Jenkins said. “We have lots of IT equipment, CISCO systems, computers and networking equipment.” Items are located in Fullerton, Ca. Bidding closes on [Read More]