Archive for August, 2007

Bonhams to auction Corgi Model Car Collection

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Bonhams has been appointed by Corgi to sell its archive of coveted prototype and “Number One” vehicles. The unique auction will take place on 3 October 2007 at Bonhams’ Knowle salerooms in Solihull, West Midlands.
With over 500 lots for sale the stars of the auction will be the “Number One” models” and collectors will be […]

Livestock markets to resume next week

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Livestock markets will be allowed to open from Monday following the easing of restrictions imposed after the two outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in Surrey.
Cattle, sheep and pigs can also be taken to shows under the new relaxed regulations but the 20-day standstill rules on moving livestock still remains.
Auctioneer Graham Ellis, of Stanfords, said Colchester’s market […]

eBay launches new text bidding service

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

eBay is launching an offline, text-based bidding service in the UK, France and Belgium today.
The UK service costs 12 pence plus VAT per message and will be offered to users as an option when a bid is placed online. It does not require any additional downloads or up-front payments and can be used with any […]

$15M Worth of Data Center Gear for Auction at Rasmus Auctioneers

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

A decision by the Department of the Interior not to renew a 2005 IT lease with a minority contractor resulted in a warehouse full of new servers and data storage assets going to the auction block, according to Chris Rasmus of Rasmus Auctioneers, an online liquidator.
“It seams like a terrible waste of money,” noted Rasmus. […]

Property slump hits farm land

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

The property slump in Galway has now extended to agricultural land — it has been revealed that two holdings which came under the hammer did not even attract one bid.
And it has been stated that the ‘heat has gone out’ of agricultural land sales across County Galway over the past six months.
Experts say that potential […]