Archive for May, 2006

Lawren Harris sales launch spring art auction season

Saturday, May 27th, 2006

A major sale of a snowy mountain canvas by Lawren Harris launches Canada’s spring auction season, with works by Harris, other Group of Seven members and David Milne on the block in Toronto next week.
Vancouver-based Heffel’s Fine Art Auction House scored a strong opening volley to the season with its sale Thursday evening of Harris’s […]

Auction may reduce costs of in-flight calls

Saturday, May 27th, 2006

An auction of nationwide airwaves that could lead to cheaper in-flight broadband and telephone calls was winding down Thursday, with a small Colorado-based company as the apparent winner for the largest swath of radio spectrum.
The auction conducted by the Federal Communications Commission will resume Friday, but AC BidCo is the only remaining contender for the […]

Yahoo and eBay to join forces

Saturday, May 27th, 2006

Internet powerhouses Yahoo Inc and eBay Inc are joining forces in an alliance that further defines the battle lines in an online showdown with rivals Google Inc, Microsoft Corp and AOL.
Under the multiyear partnership announced, Yahoo and eBay will draw upon each other’s strengths in online advertising, payments and communications so they can […]

Bidding on Arlington land parcel stays open

Saturday, May 27th, 2006

Auctioneers decided to keep the bidding open on a high-profile parcel of central Arlington real estate after a brief round of bidding on Friday morning failed to produce an acceptable offer.
The contiguous properties at 100 S. Cooper, 704 W. Main and 706 W. Main streets belong to a nonprofit agency. The agency had planned to […]

Titanic items for Christie’s New York auction

Saturday, May 27th, 2006

Four bronze plates from the lifeboats that carried Titanic survivors are expected to command some of the highest auction prices ever associated with the 1912 maritime disaster, Christie’s said on Friday.
Two lots — one a plate reading “S.S. Titanic” and a White Star lines house flag rendered in bronze and the other a plate also […]