Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Auction Totals $84.8 Million

Sotheby’s London Contemporary Art Evening Sale brought the exceptionally strong total of £54,074,450 / $84,761,700 / €61,461,160 – well in excess of pre-sale expectations (Estimate: £32,157,000-44,986,000), establishing the second highest total for a February Sale of Contemporary Art at Sotheby’s. The auction achieved remarkable sell-through rates: 97.9% by lot and 99.4% by [Read More]

Embrace Home Loans Raises $20 Thousand for Haiti During Auction

Newport, R.I.-based Embrace Home Loans recently organized and held an auction, in lieu of holding its annual sales meeting, to raise funds for Haiti. Raising more than $20,000, contributions will go towards Partners with Haiti to support Haitian orphanages. Embrace Home Loans is a prominent leader in the mortgage industry and a [Read More]

Domainer Mardi Gras Conference Announces the Moniker.com and SnapNames Showcase Domain Name Auction Catalog

Domainer Mardi Gras (http://www.domainermardigras.com), a premier domain names conference being held February 11-13 at the New Orleans Marriott, announced the availability of the Moniker® (http://www.moniker.com) and SnapNames® (http://www.snapnames.com) Showcase Auction catalog of hand-picked generic and keyword domain names. This auction is being conducted in partnership with Moniker® and SnapNames® to incorporate a [Read More]

HGTV Designer Unveils Phoenix Furniture Auction

Phoenix Furniture Auction, Arizona’s largest auction featuring brand-new furniture, will host the former star of HGTV “Designing for the Sexes” interior designer, Michael Payne on Friday, February 12 at the grand opening of the new Paradise Valley location at 4848 E. Cactus Road (48th Street and Cactus). For more information or to [Read More]

Christie’s to Auction English Walnut, Oak & Yew Furniture

Christie’s London announce the sale of stellar English furniture from the John Parry collection on Thursday, March 25. An internationally renowned collector in the field, Parry’s passionate connoisseurship, his eye for detail, rare design and his commitment to quality, is showcased by exemplary walnut, oak and yew furniture dating from the 17th [Read More]

Barbie Doll Raises $1,075 in CFDA Charity Auction

Devi Kroell, an up-and-coming New York luxury fashion house, today announced that a Devi Kroell One-of-a-kind Barbie Doll was sold for $1,075 in a charity auction organized by the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA). The eBay charity auction generated over $16,500 benefiting the CFDA Foundation’s educational initiatives and scholarship program [Read More]

Morphy Winter Auction Sale Results

Morphy Auctions Winter sale went beyond the $2 million mark (inclusive of 15% buyer’s premium) over the weekend of Dec. 10-12, 2009. Part I of the extensive Pat and Lowell Wagner lifetime collection of antique steam engines and toys – abundantly stocked with examples by Marklin, Weeden, Doll et Cie., and Bing [Read More]

Aston Martin DB2 Team Car for Bonhams Auction

Bonhams is pleased to announce that the iconic Aston Martin DB2 Team Car ‘VMF 65’ is to headline at the 11th annual Bonhams auction of Aston Martin and Lagonda Motor Cars and Related Automobilia – the only auction in the world solely dedicated to this iconic marque. The auction will be held [Read More]

Sotheby’s to Present Second Auction of Turkish Contemporary Art

After the success of Sotheby’s inaugural auction of Turkish Contemporary Art in March 2009, which realised a total of £1.3 million and attracted bidders and buyers from across the globe, Sotheby’s London announced that it will stage its second sale in this collecting category, on Thursday, 15 April, 2010. The forthcoming sale [Read More]

U.S. Marshals Service Auction at Gaston & Sheehan Auctioneers

Proxibid, the world’s largest provider of live auction webcasting services, today announced that it will provide live online bidding for an upcoming U.S. Marshals Service auction presented by Gaston & Sheehan Auctioneers, Inc. The live auction will take place on Saturday, February 13 at 10:00 a.m. CST, with online bidding commencing at [Read More]

Kennedy Wilson Auction Group Expands Service Business

Kennedy Wilson Auction Group, a division of the international real estate services and investment firm Kennedy Wilson, (NYSE Amex: KWIC) announced today that Jack F. Kennedy has been named vice president, Business Development. Jack is joining the group’s rapidly growing business development team nationwide and will be working in Kennedy Wilson’s New [Read More]

Vacation Rentals By Auction Website Launched

Visitors to top Rocky Mountain resorts have a new way of renting a vacation home thanks to an innovative new web site called VacationRentalsByAuction.com. This unique new service lets visitors bid on available dates on up to 1,000 privately owned vacation homes — many of which still have open dates for this [Read More]