Archive for July, 2008

HighEndCrazy.com Free Online Auction Site

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Fletcher, NC - HighEndCrazy.com, a free online auction site / classified directory launched last year, has announced that the site is dedicated to remaining free for all users for as long as the site exists.
“We believe a lot of the ecommerce sites have gotten carried away with their fees,” said HighEndCrazy.com co-founder John Green. “HighEndCrazy.com […]

First Web 2.0 Summit Web Meets World Auction Benefits Charity

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

TechWeb (formerly CMP) and O’Reilly Media, Inc., co-producers of the annual Web 2.0 Summit, announce the Web Meets World Auction at Web 2.0 Summit on the evening of Wednesday, November 5, at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. The first Summit auction illustrates this year’s theme of applying what we’ve learned from the Web to […]

Superior Galleries Realize Strong Prices

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

DGSE Companies, Inc. (AMEX:DGC), which wholesales, retails and auctions fine watches, jewelry, diamonds, precious metal and rare coin products via traditional and Internet channels, today announced its results for Superior Galleries July 26, 2008 Baltimore Elite Auction. This 870 lot event realized $1,249,168 inclusive of the standard 15% buyer’s premium amid active bidding.
Some individual highlights […]

Rackspace Hosting Stock Auction

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

SAN ANTONIO - Rackspace® Hosting, Inc. has announced that the auction for its proposed initial public offering of its common stock has commenced. Rackspace announced that it expects the offering to price after the stock market closes on or about Thursday, August 7, 2008.
Goldman, Sachs & Co., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Merrill Lynch […]

Wine Auctions Exceed $66 Million

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

More than $66 million worth of fine and rare wine went on the auction block in the second quarter of 2008, a 23 percent increase over the amount sold in the same period last year. Wine Spectator’s auction price database tracked more than 11,000 collectible wines that were sold both in the first and second […]