Archive for January, 2008

Cameo Brooch is Much More than just a Pretty Face

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Charterhouse Auctioneers & Valuers in Sherborne are instructed to sell a fine Victorian cameo brooch by a client who has had the brooch featured on The Antiques Roadshow when it visited Rochdale.
“The brooch is just exquisite and I can see why Geoffrey Munn, their jewellery expert, featured the brooch not only in the television programme, […]

Online Firearm and Bayonet Auction

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Proxibid, a premier provider of live auction webcasting services, today announced that it will provide live online bidding for the seventh installment of the Jerry Darnell Estate Firearm Auction. The live auction, which is presented by Nye County Public Auction, will take place on Saturday, February 2 at 10:00 a.m. PST. Online bidding for this […]

Duck Decoy Makes 15K at Auction

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

A wooden duck carved nearly a century ago in Burlington went for over $15,000 at an auction in New York.
Dick McIntyre of Seabrook, South Carolina, bought the oversized wooden mallard drake at Christie’s auction house on January 18th. He says it’s one of the best Iowa decoys he’s seen.

Fedders to Auction Manufacturing Unit

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Fedders Corp. won bankruptcy court permission to put its commercial heating and cooling systems manufacturing unit on the auction block next week with a leading bid of $14.4 million in cash lined up.
Judge Brendan L. Shannon of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington on Monday approved Fedders’ request to sell its Addison unit. He also […]

NASCAR to hold auction to help animals

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

NASCAR elite are holding a live, silent auction on Feb. 13 to benefit animal welfare charities. It will be held at the Daytona 500 Club Tent at Daytona International Speedway at 6 p.m. and will feature an autograph sessions with NASCAR Sprint Cup series drivers Greg Biffle, Ryan Newman and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series […]