Archive for September, 2006

Great Falls gas stations sold at auction

Thursday, September 28th, 2006

Five former Sinclair gas stations were sold at auction here with total bids at $550,000, Higgenbotham Auctioneers said.
The bids are subject to confirmation by Sinclair Oil Corp. of Salt Lake City, which is getting out of retail gasoline sales in Montana and Idaho.
Three former stations in Great Falls were sold Tuesday, along with one in […]

New Bedford Lightship fails to sell at auction

Thursday, September 28th, 2006

The 76-year-old Lightship New Bedford, one of a handful U.S. lightships remaining in the world, was put up for bid but got no takers as potential buyers grumbled about the conditions the city put on the sale.
The city said 20 historic artifacts - including the ship’s foghorn, beacon, mast and […]

Christies Star Trek Auction

Wednesday, September 27th, 2006

AuctionInfo.org
Auction house Christies have announced that they will be running the first ever auction of memorobelia from the Star Trek TV franchise.
The auction coincides with Star Trek’s 40-year anniversary.
On sale will be the Starfleet uniform worn by Captain Kirk, or the Starship Enterprise-A model, considered the Holy Grail among Trekkies everywhere. Public viewing will […]

Arizona trust land auction canceled

Tuesday, September 26th, 2006

The Arizona State Land Department is calling off this week’s auctions of two prime pieces of residential land, one in northeast Phoenix’s Desert Ridge development and the other in Fountain Hills.
The auctions weren’t worth the agency’s time because no builders or investors are willing to pay the appraised prices of $150 million for a parcel […]

Indian art piece sold for $1.3 million in US

Tuesday, September 26th, 2006

Indian art piece sold for $1.3 million in US AuctionInfo.org
At the Modern and Contemporary Indian Art sale held in New York on Wednesday, Indian Francis Newton Souza’s ‘Man and Woman’, 1954, realised 1,360,000 dollars - more than quadrupling its pre-sale estimate - and was bought by an Indian hedge fund manager, leading auctioneer Christie’s said.
“Reflecting […]