(ATLANTA, Ga.) – Mark Twain and Red Baron Antiques have something in common: reports of their demise were greatly exaggerated. In the case of Red Baron’s – the Atlanta-based auction house known for its thrice-annual themed extravaganzas – falsely reported rumors of its closing proved to be premature. A ‘Grand Finale’ sale [Read More]
Concierge Auctions will conduct a luxury real estate auction of a 5,590 square-foot home in the exclusive golf and country club community of Isleworth near Orlando, Florida on April 4, the company announced. Located at 9815 Laurel Valley Drive, the property was originally listed for $3.495 million. The two-story, Mediterranean-style home contains [Read More]
ClearBid Capital is pleased to announce it has been retained by Sheila M. Gowan, the court appointed chapter 11 Trustee in the Bankruptcy case of In Re: Dreier, LLP, Case, No. 08-15051, pending in the Southern District of New York, to facilitate the sale of furniture and IT assets of Dreier LLP. [Read More]
The 22-acre Dragon City Hotel and Resort casino site in Las Vegas, Nev., will go on the auction block May 16 during the ICSC (International Council of Shopping Centers) Convention. “The site could be the largest single asset ever sold at an open outcry real estate auction in the history of the [Read More]
Proxibid, the world’s largest provider of live auction webcasting services, today announced that it will provide live online bidding for a major heavy equipment auction presented by Cat Auction Services. The live auction will take place Thursday, March 26 at 9:00 a.m. CDT at the Elko Speedway in Elko, MN with live [Read More]
Christie’s will offer a selection of works from the Collection of Betty Freeman in the May 13 Post-War & Contemporary Art Evening Sale. Leading the selection is one of the most important works to come to the auction market by David Hockney, Beverly Hills Housewife, (estimate: $7-10 million), 1966-1967. The Evening Sale [Read More]
Kaminski Auctions, one of Massachusetts’ premier antiques and fine art auction houses, announces its Spring Fine Art and Estates Auction. The auction features antiques, fine art and collectibles from estates in Massachusetts, California and beyond. The auction takes place Saturday and Sunday April 4-5 at Woodman’s Function Hall, 127 R. Main St., [Read More]
• L. H. Selman Ltd. Spring 2009 Paperweight Auction • Rare and important antique and contemporary paperweights and related objects • 361 lots • Santa Cruz, CA. Bids taken over the internet, by mail, fax, and telephone • Last day to place initial bids: April 24, 2009 • Information at www.TheGlassGallery.com or [Read More]
On March 26, 2009, Swann Auction Galleries will present “Printed & Manuscript Americana” featuring historic baseball material from the game’s earliest days, property from the Roger Hollander collection, as well as items related to former presidents and important American figures, such as Thomas Edison. Swann Galleries’ auction will be available live online [Read More]
A new internet site has been receiving a lot of attention the last several months. SeeAuctions.com has been attracting a vast number of numismatic coin & bullion sellers who are able to sign up and sell for 1 free year. Buyers are coming to the site to find reasonable priced goods that [Read More]
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers , the world’s largest industrial auctioneer, is conducting the Company’s first public unreserved auction in Bakersfield, California in 16 years on March 27, 2009 starting at 8:00 a.m. The last multi-million dollar unreserved auction Ritchie Bros. held in Bakersfield was in 1993 when the Company sold over 450 items [Read More]
On Saturday, March 7, 2009, the Academy of Art University welcomed hundreds of photography collectors, and dealers to its highly anticipated First Annual Faculty & Alumni Fine Art Photography auction at 79 Gallery in the heart of San Francisco. Photography enthusiasts from across the country bid over $19,000 on the provocative and [Read More]
The entire inventory of KD3 Decorative Arts will be sold at an on-site public auction conducted by Leonard Auction. More than 1000 lots of quality antiques, furniture and fine art will be sold on April 4-5. The sale will be conducted at KD3 Decorative Arts located at 6704 Pingree Road, Crystal Lake, [Read More]
BOSTON, Mass. – Skinner, one of the nation’s leading auction houses, will hold a sale of European Furniture & Decorative Arts featuring Fine Silver on Saturday, April 11th at 10 a.m. in its Boston gallery located at 63 Park Plaza. A major U.S. force in the sale of high style European pieces [Read More]
There was a buzz in the air at Shannons 14th Melbourne Motor Show Auction on March 9, with the crowd of around 800 at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre drawn by a combination of good quality vehicles and the excellent investment opportunities they represented. And with 65 per cent of all vehicles sold [Read More]
An unseen Romanov Family Album of Informal Photographs by the Grand Duchess Eleonor of Hesse and the Rhine of the Tsar’s family has come to light and will be sold at Bloomsbury Auctions on 25th – 26th March 2009 in London. Fresh to the market, this fascinating piece of visual history is [Read More]
An extraordinary collection of over 3,500 rare butterfly specimens, previously hidden in archives at Harrow School in England, and re-discovered by a Japanese schoolboy, Hitoshi Takano, will go on sale at auction house, Bonhams, in London on 27th May. Old Harrovian, Hitoshi Takano stumbled upon the Rothschild-Peebles (Harrow) Butterfly Collection aged 13, [Read More]
Alvin Beadles, CAI, AARE, CES, has been appointed Director of Business Development for United Country Auction Services (www.ucauctionservices.com). He will work with field sales representatives to service existing offices and introduce new offices to the United Country system. In addition, Beadles opened a United Country franchise in Thomas, Okla. Located at 121 [Read More]