The California Department of General Services fleet division is in the midst of auctioning 50 vehicles online; its largest ever online vehicle auction. The auction will close on February 10, 2010. Participants must register with the site in order to bid on available vehicles. This is the first wave of statewide online vehicle auctions. It is anticipated that each online auction will run in a weekly cycle and DGS plans to post new auctions weekly as vehicles become available. In August, Governor Schwarzenegger ordered state agencies to cut vehicle fleets by 15 percent. Since that time, DGS has sold 1,500 vehicles and expects to sell approximately 2,000 more this year. The online auction format will not replace the state’s existing live ... Read More

On February 9th, seventy eight years of breadstick manufacturing in the Bronx will come to a close with the public auction sale of equipment from the Stella D’oro baking headquarters on West 237th Street. This announcement follows years’ worth of struggle between the new owners of the facility and the employees, whom were all members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union. Founded in 1932 by Joseph Kresivich, an Italian immigrant, it was run by the family before being sold to Nabisco in 1992. Nabisco was bought by Kraft and in 2006, Kraft sold the Stella D’oro factory to a private investing firm, Brynwood Partners. A bitter labor dispute and year long strike ensued. In the ... Read More

The two-day live auction will take place Saturday, February 27 and Sunday, February 28 at 10:00 a.m. CST daily. Auction registration and pre-bidding are already available by visiting www.proxibid.com/rockisland. Firearms enthusiasts will not want to miss the opportunity to participate in this major auction. More than 2,200 lots will be available for live online bidding, including more than 5,000 firearms. Hundreds of lots of sporting and military arms, including more than 450 Colts, nearly 400 Winchesters are included in the auction catalog. More than 3,200 antique and curio/relic items, bullet molds, edged weapons and ammunition will cross the auction block during this two-day extravaganza. Additional featured lots in this auction ... Read More

Sloans & Kenyon, located in Chevy Chase, MD, will host its Prints From The Estate Of Joseph K. Chek Auction live online with Artfact Live!. In this unusual sale, Sloans & Kenyon will offer more than 200 lots of prints. A Martin Lewis (American, 1881-1962) “Subway Steps” is the top estimated lot, requiring a minimum bid of $15,000 and expected to sell between $30,000-$40,000. If you can’t join the live auction action in Chevy Chase, MD, on February 6, visit Artfact.com to login or register free to bid live online at this exceptional auction. To research similar auctions and view over 55 million auction price results, including previous results from Sloans & Kenyon, visit http://www.artfact.com ... Read More

Beginning on March 16, 2010, Morphy’s will conduct a regular monthly Discovery sale featuring general antiques, art and vintage collectibles. The live sales will be held at Morphy’s gallery in Denver, Pa., on the Adamstown antiques strip, and will include Internet live bidding through LiveAuctioneers.com and Morphy Live. The initial Discovery sale will feature approximately 400-500 lots. The quality of goods accepted for Morphy’s Discovery sales will be no different than that of Morphy’s major sales. “We’ve been formulating a plan for quite some time that would create a new outlet for dealers and estate executors who handle large quantities of general merchandise, as well as any other consignors who may prefer a quick ... Read More

A George II red lacquered secretary consigned by the High Museum of Art in Atlanta sold for an astounding $207,400 on Sunday at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. The secretary, decorated with a pierced carved crest and Chinoiserie figures and motifs, was donated to the High Museum in 1961. Thirteen telephone bidders vied for the lot before a British dealer bidding in the saleroom won the lot with a raise of the eyebrows. Also deaccessioned from the High Museum was an important 19th century silver and marble garniture that brought $134,200. Each of its parts depicts an allegory of the four seasons, over marble bases decorated with dolphins, mask fountains and aquatic birds. The garniture sold to a European buyer, one of twenty phone bidders ... Read More

The Barrett-Jackson Auction Company recorded more than $68 million in total sales during the 39th Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction in Scottsdale last week. The total is an 11 percent increase from Scottsdale 2009. Top sellers included a 1929 Hamilton Metalplane H-47 for $671,000 and a 1964 Shelby Cobra that brought $478,500. Hailed as “The World’s Greatest Collector Car Auctions™,” the 2010 Scottsdale event featured nearly 1,200 collector vehicles all for sale at No Reserve and nearly 40 hours of live, high-definition TV coverage on SPEED. The weather in Arizona had little impact on the auction, as no cars were damaged and all vehicles crossed the block as scheduled. Despite the inclement weather of ... Read More

Bonhams & Butterfields, are pleased to announce the company’s first auction exclusively dedicated to modern Montblanc writing instruments on February 15, 2010. The sale will contain more than 130 lots of exceptional pens with a focus on the Writer?s Editions, Patron of the Arts and 333 series, as well as several of the more limited items including the highly sought after Black Widow and Diego Rivera editions mostly coming from the Ron Renaud Collection. Offered on President?s Day, and timed to coincide with the annual Los Angeles International Pen Show, the auction will offer examples from several of the major Montblanc categories including rarely seen pens, like the George Washington and Texas Ateliers prives Skeleton in ... Read More

Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, located in Thomaston, ME, will host its Fine And Decorative Arts Auction live online with Artfact Live!. In this exciting sale, Thomaston Place Auction Galleries will offer more than 800 lots of fine and decorative arts. A Platinum Print Album American West A C Vroman is the top estimated lot, requiring a minimum bid of $25,000 and expected to sell between $50,000-$75,000. If you can’t join the live auction action in Thomaston, ME, on February 6, visit Artfact.com to login or register free to bid live online at this exceptional auction. To research similar Fine And Decorative Arts auctions and view over 55 million auction price results, including previous results from Thomaston Place Auction ... Read More

February 6th and 7th are the dates for Clars Auction Gallery’s fabulous February Fine Estates Sale, a two-day event which will feature fine art, important furniture and decoratives and an impressive selection of time pieces. Headlining this sale will be a rare Patek Philippe gentleman’s 18K yellow gold chronograph wristwatch with silvered dial face. The watch, Model 1463, Movement: 23 jewels #867590, Case: 18k yellow gold #653482, is estimated at $60,000 to $80,000. Fine timepieces by Cartier and Rolex will also be offered during the jewelry portion of the sale. Arthur and Lucia Mathews will be represented both in the furniture category and art. Coming from The Furniture Shop will be a carved and polychrome decorated bed (estimate: ... Read More