Doll-size sterling and ivory miniatures from the collection of Carolyn Sunstein, who for years ran the Philadelphia Miniature Show, will be featured April 8 and 9 at a sale conducted by Eileen and Ron Rhoads at their farm in Douglassville. This auction also will be conducted live on eBay.
All told, more than 750 lots – [...]

Dolls and miniatures from a number of well-known private collectors will be featured at two auctions in the suburbs next week, while an estate sale this evening also will offer the opportunity to think small.
Sanford Alderfer Auction Co. will offer more than 1,100 lots of dolls, puppets and marionettes; teddy bears and other stuffed animals; [...]

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management next month plans to auction off oil and gas drilling leases on more than 12,000 acres in the McCullough Peaks.
Four conservation groups filed protests with the BLM last week.
BLM State Director Bob Bennett said if any of the protests have merit, he may reject any or all lease offers [...]

Press Release
JJManning Auctioneers today announced a multi-property real estate auction will be held at noon on April 29 at the Westin Waltham-Boston hotel. A total of 28 investment properties and executive homes will be sold; located in four states, they consist of seven multi-family homes, five single-family homes, two development parcels, 13 residential condos, [...]

Vasudeo S. Gaitonde’s large abstract oil came under the hammer for $1.472 million at Christie’s Asia Week as record-breaking times continued for Indian art.
Zen master Gaitonde’s Untitled, 1975 (estimate: $600,000-800,000) work led the way for the world to see at Thursday night’s sales of Indian and Southeast Asian Art and Modern and Contemporary Indian [...]

A Lehigh County woman fraudulently took more than $51,000 for items she never delivered through the Internet auction site eBay, federal authorities announced Thursday.
Julie C. Miller, who has several addresses in Lehigh County and an address in the 2400 block of Apple Street in Lower Saucon Township, promised to deliver jewelry, rare coins, designer handbags [...]

THE first home owned by Elvis Presley is to go up for sale on eBay. He lived in the Memphis ranch in 1956 before moving to Graceland. The current owners say “privacy is a small problem” as Presley fans often drop by for a look.

U.S. Supreme Court justices showed little inclination to scale back the rights of patent holders, sharply questioning arguments made by lawyers representing online auctioneer eBay Inc.
During oral arguments before the high court Wednesday, several of the justices expressed skepticism about eBay’s (up $0.45 to $39.32, Research) contention that a federal appeals court had made it [...]

Press Release
Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc., a leading provider of automotive salvage and claims processing services in the United States, today announced improved financial results and record vehicle returns during both the fourth quarter and full-year 2005. These results were driven by increased buying activity as a result of IAA’s live auctions combined with Internet bidding [...]

UK Auction News
One of the last portraits painted by Pablo Picasso is to go on display at Sotheby’s auction house in London.
Dora Maar With Cat, which depicts one of the Spanish artist’s many lovers, is expected to fetch $50m (£28.5m) when it goes on sale in New York on 3 May.
The 1941 artwork will become [...]

A former Midland woman whose “Operation Letters from Home” to American soldiers in foreign war zones was publicized in December 2004 has pleaded guilty to wire fraud in U.S. District Court and will be sentenced at 8 a.m. April 26.
Assistant U.S. Attorney John Klassen said Wednesday that Jennifer Ellen Gumm’s illegal activities were unrelated to [...]

An exclusive bag of presents given to George Clooney at this year’s Oscars has raised more than $45,000 (£26,000) at an online charity auction.
All actors who introduced award categories received the bag, containing items such as a pocket computer, a designer kimono and a pearl necklace.
The auction’s proceeds will go towards the relief effort for [...]

The Fairfield Police Department plans to hold monthly auctions online.
The department has enlisted a company called Property Room to pick up items every month, clean and prepare them for sale and list them on eBay.
No date has been set for when the first items will be available. Property Room will split the proceeds with the [...]

Outerwear manufacturer Columbia Sportswear Company is set to acquire the Pacific Trail group of brands after lodging a US$20.4m bid at a bankruptcy court auction.

Sotheby’s heavily emphasized its modern works in its sale of Indian and Southeast Asian art yesterday, which earned $13.6 million.This total was well above the high presale estimate of $10.7 million and set a record for the highest auction total ever for Indian and Southeast Asian art, according to the house.
The top lot of the [...]