Ritchie Bros has conducted its first unreserved agricultural auction in the U.S.A. since acquiring Buxton-based Dennis Biliske Auctioneers.
The multi-million dollar unreserved agricultural auction, which featured over 375 lots, was held February 23 in Buxton, North Dakota and attracted over 850 interested bidders from 27 U.S. states plus six other countries. Internet bidders using the […]
Tuesday’s Fasig-Tipton Florida select sale of 2-year-olds in training has a lot to live up to in its 2006 edition. Last year, its gross revenue, average price, and median price all were world records for a juvenile auction. In addition, Ever Shifting, a Tale of the Cat – Carry All colt, became the highest-priced 2-year-old […]
The estate of late Montreal Canadiens goaltending great Jacques Plante put more than 50 pieces of memorabilia up for auction Monday, on the 20th anniversary of his death.
The auction is being run by Classic Collectibles, the world’s top hockey auction house. It also managed the auction of Plante’s Hall of Fame teammate Jean Beliveau last […]
eBay is hitting back at a British magazine’s assertion that the site has become a hotbed for various types of fraud.
Computing Which? magazine published a story calling on eBay to do more to protect users of the site from fraud, saying that by its count some 130 eBay-related fraud reports are filed with police in […]
The Premiere Napa Valley mid-winter auction raised a record $1.87 million Saturday, 28 percent more than 2005’s total of almost $1.46 million.
The Napa Valley Vintners trade association, which sponsors the decade-old, wine-trade-only event, said Monday that 67 bidders bought 181 lots of wine, including five-case, 10-case and 20-case lots at the annual event, which raises […]
The Federal Trade Commission announced the launch of “Auction Action” today, a point-based game that scores users on how successfully they can answer questions about online auctions.
“In 2005, the FTC received 20,450 complaints related to internet auctions, or about 12 percent of the total number of complaints, making it the second-most common kind of complaint […]
The world record for a musical instrument sold at auction could come under threat in May, when Christie’s offers a rare Stradivari violin for sale in New York.
The violin, known as “The Hammer” after the 19th century Swedish collector Christian Hammer, has been given a pre-sale estimate of between 1.5 million and 2.5 million dollars.
The […]