Archive for March, 2008

Records broken at Ritchie Bros. Edmonton and Houston auctions

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE and TSX: RBA), the world’s largest auctioneer of industrial equipment, announces results from its unreserved auctions held last week in Edmonton, AB and Houston, TX, two of the larger auctions held during another busy week of auction activity. The Company attracted bidders from around the world to these two auctions, including [...]

Federation Against Software Theft Clamps Down on eBay

Monday, March 31st, 2008

FAST has started 17 auction piracy actions against individuals selling counterfeit software via eBay by the Software and Information Industry Association in the US.
“It does not take a rocket scientist to work out that software that should cost upwards of £100 that is being sold on an auction site for a few pounds is likely [...]

Town of Oakland Sold on Internet Auction

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Oakland, Florida – Last summer when the Town of Oakland had surplus items stacking up everywhere the call went out for an auctioneer. Town officials knew it was time to hold an auction and turn their overflowing surplus into cash. After careful consideration they chose to pursue an Internet Only Auction. This wise choice produced [...]

Florida Realtor invests in custom Designed eBay Store To bring EU Traffic to his Beach Properties

Monday, March 31st, 2008

All Business Auctions & DesignLogic received final approval today to wrap up complete installation of new eBay Store from Watson Realty Daytona Beach/ Ormond Beach / Port Orange Florida Realtor Jason Chalkley.
The eBay stores real estate sales and listing destination is designed to bring in new and exciting buyers and prospects from the EU – [...]

Bibliophile Sale including Conjuring and Magic

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

Bloomsbury’s Bibliophile sale with its distinctive orange cover (3rd April), is particularly noteworthy for its strong Conjuring section. Last year Bloomsbury had a whole sale dedicated to Magic books which attracted magicians from all over the country; the wires were humming with bids from the United States and Europe.
Unrelated to conjuring, but no less magical, [...]

Massive Moorcroft at Charterhouse April Auction

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

A Moorcroft vase, one of the largest ones ever made by this very popular factory is going under the Charterhouse hammer in their Decorative Arts auction on Friday 18th April at The Long Street Salerooms, Sherborne. England.
Saleroom staff member David Sims with the massive Moorcroft vase in the Charterhouse auction on Friday 18th April £600-1,000
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Batman costume fetches $103K at Profiles in History

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

A Batman costume sold for $103,500 during a two-day auction of movie memorabilia, auctioneers Profiles in History have said.
Michael Keaton wore the suit in the 1992 movie “Batman Returns.”
More than $4.1 million worth of cinematic memorabilia was sold during the event, which took place Thursday and Friday in Calabasas, Calif.

U.S. Federal Reserve to auction another $100 billion to banks in April

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

The Federal Reserve will auction another 100 billion dollars in April, continuing its efforts to deal with the effects of a credit crisis, the U.S. central bank announced Friday.
Two auctions will be held, on April 7 and 21 respectively, and each offers 50 billion dollars, the Fed said in a press [...]

David Jarvis stamp collection

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

Wellington philatelist David Jarvis died last year, after collecting a huge number of rare and valuable stamps, many of them from Britain and including more than 40 of the world’s first postage stamp, the Penny Black.
The collection of a lifetime is the largest collection from a single individual ever to go under the hammer in [...]

Russian Art Auction April 17th

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

Gene Shapiro Auctions LLC has announced an important auction of Russian artwork to be held on April 17, 2008 in New York City. The auction will take place on the fourth floor of the Metropolitan Pavilion, located at 123 West 18th Street in Manhattan. The auction itself will begin at 10 AM on the 17th, [...]




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