Sedo, the leading online domain marketplace and monetization provider, today announced it will hold its Travel and Geographical domain-themed auction, featuring premium addresses with a broad selection of extensions. Large and small to medium-sized travel industry organizations alike and domain investors will have the opportunity to acquire some of the most desirable properties, including Belgium.com, [...]

Rafaella Apparel Group, Inc. (“Rafaella”) announced today that it has commenced a “Modified Dutch Auction” tender offer (the “Tender Offer”) to purchase for cash up to an aggregate of approximately $36,380,000 principal amount at maturity (the “Maximum Tender Amount”) but not less than an aggregate of $17,975,000 principal amount at maturity (the “Minimum Tender Amount”) [...]

Hart Davis Hart Wine Co. announced the highlights of the March 19th and 20th auction of Finest and Rarest Wines, which will take place at award-winning Tru Restaurant, located at 676 North St. Clair Street in Chicago. The impressive two-day sale includes several private cellars from the Eastern Seaboard and multiple collections from the Midwest [...]

To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Frederic Chopin’s birth, Chopin Vodka unveiled a hand-blown, seven-foot tall, 200-liter glass bottle on the red carpet at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. This is the largest bottle of vodka ever produced and is an exact replica of Chopin Vodka’s signature bottle.
Inspired by its namesake, Chopin Vodka will [...]

The Hong Kong Transport Departmenthasannounced that the Lunar New Year auction of vehicle registration marks would be held on February 28 (Sunday) in Meeting Room S421, L4, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wan Chai. “A total of 45 vehicle registration marks will be put up for public auction.Forty-three of them are traditional vehicle registration [...]

The online auction organised by M&IT magazine on www.meetpie.com closed at 14.00 hours GMT today with more than £26,000 raised for Save The Children.
With more than 1,800 bids for 90 lots donated by M&IT readers and advertisers, the top revenue-raising lot was a £2,000 bid for a 10-day trip to Vancouver and Alaska.
The [...]

A rare copy of the first Batman comic book has far surpassed the previous comic books record price, $317,000, paid for a first Superman comic in 2009, and the bidding is still underway with Batman already at $418,250. Super heroes and pop culture fans will learn the final, new record price when the auction ends [...]

An exceptional selection of memorabilia related to the American World Heavyweight Champion, Gene Tunney (1897-1978), including medals, tickets, clothing, telegrams, pencil drawings, and photographs, is being offered by Bonhams in Chester, as part of its sale of Sporting Memorabilia on February 24th, 2010.
Tunney made boxing history on September 22, 1927 when he beat the former [...]

KAR Auction Services, Inc. announced today that it will be releasing its fourth quarter 2009 earnings on Thursday, February 25th, 2010. KAR Auction Services, Inc. is the holding company for ADESA Inc., Insurance Auto Auctions and Automotive Finance Corporation.
KAR Auction Services, Inc. will also be hosting an earnings conference call and webcast on Friday, [...]

Mardi Gras (http://www.domainermardigras.com), a premier domain names conference being held February 11-13 at the New Orleans Marriott, announced the availability of the Moniker® (http://www.moniker.com) and SnapNames® (http://www.snapnames.com) Showcase Auction catalog of hand-picked generic and keyword domain names. This auction is being conducted in partnership with Moniker® and SnapNames® to incorporate a special domain buying and [...]