KANSAS CITY, MO – The City of Odessa, Missouri proclaimed March 12, 2008 “Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Day” at the Grand Opening of the Company’s new permanent Kansas City auction site in Odessa. Mayor Anthony Bamvakais made the proclamation before cutting the Grand Opening ribbon to officially open the new site – one [Read More]
LONDON – Sotheby’s second-ever London sale dedicated to Russian Contemporary Art, today realised £4,101,275 ($8,257,917), a sum which was more than £200,000 over the high estimate (estimate: £2.6-3.8 million) and represents the highest ever total for a various owners sale of Russian Contemporary Art. Today’s successful sale, which saw new records set [Read More]
Skoda has partnered with vrs, part of the Manheim Group, which now provides the complete remarketing service for its used car operations through the Manheim Group’s integrated, multi-channel remarketing proposition. A team of dedicated personnel at vrs and across the Manheim Group work in conjunction with Skoda’s Used Car Supply Manager Stephanie [Read More]
Art collectors to history buffs are eagerly awaiting international auctioneers Bonhams’ upcoming April 23rd, 2008 sale of European Paintings as it was made known that a rare work by none other than Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) would be coming to the auction block in New York City, the sale to be simulcast [Read More]
The Channels Network Portfolio of e-commerce websites and premier generic business domain names will be auctioned on March 12, 2008, offering one of the largest niche e-business portfolios available anywhere. The divestment of the Channels Network e-commerce portfolio is precipitated by the semi retirement of it’s co-founders Bert L. Bill, and Ray [Read More]
Australian Web hosting provider Hostworks (hostworks.com.au) announced on Tuesday it has signed a three-year contract with online auction provider GraysOnline (graysonline.com.au). GraysOnline has grown five-fold since transitiong from traditional to online auction sales, shipping more than 120,000 orders each month to its customers. The online auction service enables customers to buy products [Read More]
New York/Los Angeles – Christie’s International Wine Department is delighted to announce full details of three notable single-owner sales to be held in the New York and Los Angeles this Spring. These exceptional sales will compliment a full series of six wine sales during the season in the Americas. Richard Brierley, Head [Read More]
WILMINGTON, Del – http://www.girlsense.com/, an ingenious fashion community for tween and teen girls, has just launched GirlSense Marketplace and GirlSense Groups; two new features that take advantage of the excitement of safe real time interaction. The innovative Marketplace is the newest addition to GirlSense.com, a wildly popular online fashion community that blends [Read More]
POMPANO BEACH, Fla – Moniker.com (http://www.moniker.com), an Oversee.net company and provider of Domain Asset Management(TM) services, today announced that it is bringing its live and online domain name auctions back to the Casino Affiliate Convention (CAC) Amsterdam. The exclusive live auction will take place onsite on Friday, April 4 at 5:30 p.m. [Read More]
LONDON – Following the rise and growth of the Greek Art market in recent years, Sotheby’s forthcoming sale of Greek Art on Thursday, April 17, 2008 will be the most important sale of its kind ever staged. Sales of Greek Art at Sotheby’s in 2007 realised a record-breaking £15.6 million / €22.5 [Read More]
Medals awarded for courage and bravery during World War II’s first Dieppe landing will be sold at Bonhams Coins, Medals and Banknote auction on the 2nd April 2008. Lot 65 is a Second World War Reconnaissance D.F.C and 1940 D.F.M awarded to Squadron Leader L.G.Smith, Royal Air Force which is expected to [Read More]
IRVINE, Calif – National Home Auction Corporation, a national foreclosure auction company, announced today that Real Estate Disposition Corporation (REDC) unsuccessfully attempted to interrupt National Home Auction’s business. REDC’s Application was rejected by Federal Judge S. James Otero in an Order issued late Friday, March 7, 2008. The Judge denied the request, [Read More]
NEW YORK – Christie’s announced five important sales during its Photographs Week at Rockefeller Center this April. With viewings for all sales open to the public from April 4 until April 8, the five distinct sales will present collectors with the finest photographs from many of the 20th century’s most important and [Read More]
AMSTERDAM – The absolute highlight of the 19th Century Paintings sale at Sotheby’s Amsterdam on Monday 14 April 2008 is a panoramic landscape in Luxemburg by Barend Cornelis Koekkoek. The oil on canvas that was recently discovered in a private collection is probably one of the missing paintings from the series that [Read More]
NEW YORK – Christie’s announced the sale of Photographs by Ansel Adams from a California Collection during Photographs Week this April in New York. With 122 lots, this single owner sale is the largest collection of Adam’s works in private hands, including all of his most-sought after images, often mural-sized. The sale [Read More]
Dallas, TX – The Ed Price Collection, a n incomparable variety collection of early Dimes and Quarter Eagles, valued over $4 million, will be auctioned by Heritage Auction Galleries at their Official Auction of the Baltimore ANA, July 30-Aug. 2, 2008. Only one complete collection of draped bust dimes by variety had [Read More]
FREDERICKSBURG, Texas – For more than 35 years, car lovers have grabbed their keys and headed to Fredericksburg for the Hill Country Classic Collector Car Auction. On March 14 and 15, all they have to do is reach for their mouse. For the first time in the event’s history, car enthusiasts, collectors, [Read More]
Bonhams’ Russian Sale on 2 July 2008 will feature an exceptional oil painting by the world’s most expensive female artist. When it goes under the hammer in London at 101 New Bond Street. The Sailboat, by Natalia Goncharova (1881-1962) is expected to fetch £1.5 – 2 million. Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova (Russian, 1881-1962) [Read More]