Pictures by Irma Stern and Maggie Laubser dominated prices at Bonhams second South African sale in London yesterday (30.1.08) which was over £2m up at £3.7m on the previous sale in May 2007 which achieved £1.4m.
The packed saleroom in Bonhams’ Bond Street Headquarters said it all, as 200 bidders in the room and many more [...]

R.M. Smythe & Co. held 6 auctions in 2007 offering historical autographs, currency, coins, stocks, bonds, antiques and even two cannons. While compiling a list of the more interesting lots that sold in 2007, the one unifying factor that fits all of the items listed is that collectors were looking for quality merchandise. This relentless [...]

The Official Auction of the February 2008 Long Beach Coin Expo has been posted by Heritage Auction Galleries on their HA.com website. Combining the lots in the Signature, Husak, and Final Session catalogs of U.S. coins, more than 5,500 lots will be available for viewing and bidding in Long Beach. The Auction dates are February [...]

After three failed attempts to sell the former William Boyd Printing Co. plant in downtown Albany, N.Y., the owner wants to try a different tack: auctioning the buildings and land.
The company has asked U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Robert E. Littlefield Jr., to let Collar City Auctions Realty & Management conduct the auction, according to a [...]

By Kenny Phillips, Managing Partner
Powell Auction & Realty, Knoxville, Tenn
Ever been to a benefit auction? They’re different from a typical commercial auction, where the goal is to buy an item at the lowest possible price. At a benefit or charity auction, the bidder knows (or should know) going in that the idea is to support [...]

A block of eight licenses covering the 22MHz C block of spectrum in the FCC wireless auction received a high bid of $4.7 billion in the 17th round of the 700MHz auctions, completed on Thursday.
On this block the FCC will require open access rules, the winning bidder must allow outside devices such as mobile phones [...]

A record has been set after the sale of a 104-year-old number plate bearing the registration F1 fetched £375,000.
The registration number was sold to businessman Afzal Kahn, of Kahn Design Ltd, by Essex County Council.
The council has held the plate since it was first issued in 1904, when the county became a licensing authority, and [...]

Entries for Bonhams’ April sale at The International Classic MotorCycle Show, Stafford continues to grow rapidly. Joining the Brough Superior SS100 and Coventry-Eagle Flying-8 there will be a typically eclectic mix of machines from all eras, ranging from a 1900/01 Chater Lea to a 1999 Egli-Vincent.
For more info visit, www.bonhams.com

Including Fine Jewellery, Watches, Modern & Contemporary Arab, Iranian, Indian & Pakistani Art Monday 3 and Tuesday 4 March 2008 The Royal Mirage Hotel, Dubai
Bonhams is pleased to announce its first sale to be held in the Middle East.
Bonhams Dubai will provide access to the global art market for a new generation of collectors, dealers [...]

One of the highlights of Tennants Spring 2008 Catalogue Sale will be an exceptional eight day coromandel wood Marine Chronometer, signed Victor Kullberg, 105 Liverpool Rd, Islington, London, No.4656, 1887 and estimated to sell for £7,000 – £9,000.
Victor Kullberg (1824-1890) was described as “One of the most brilliant and successful horologists of the 19th century”. [...]