Archive for October, 2006

US Stock Exchange to launch auction trading platform

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

The American Stock Exchange said today that it will launch the pilot for its Auction and Electronic Market Integration (AEMI) trading platform on November 6.

Prescott Valley Arizona to auction wastewater rights

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

An auction will begin Wednesday to sell the rights to some of Prescott Valley’s treated wastewater so it can be used in new subdivisions.
The treated wastewater won’t flow directly into homes, but will percolate into aquifers, recharging them as wells supply the new homes.
The auction is the first of its kind in this country and [...]

Ritchie Bros Auctioneers Holds Largest Canadian Auction in Company History

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, the world’s largest auctioneer of industrial equipment, today announced the results of its two-day, multi-million dollar unreserved auction held at its permanent auction site in Edmonton, Alberta. The unreserved public auction, which sold over 3,200 items, generated gross auction sales in excess of CA$52 million, making it the largest auction ever foreclosure [...]

Major Greenhouse Grower on Internet Auction Block

Monday, October 30th, 2006

MerryGro Farms, one of the largest and premier floriculture plant nurseries in the southeast, is restructuring operations and liquidating assets by online auction. After 24 years of producing the highest quality flowers and specialty roses available, MerryGro has decided to put everything it owns on the auction block this November.

Two more Virginians guilty of eBay fraud

Saturday, October 28th, 2006

Two more people have admitted taking parting in an eBay fraud scheme that bilked people in the United States and 33 other countries out of thousands of dollars.
Nancy Selisker, 58, of Gloucester, and Jeffrey Reyes, 30, of Williamsburg, each were convicted of one count of wire fraud for distributing fraudulent celebrity memorabilia items on eBay, [...]

Art, nautical items, scrimshaw & more at MV Auctions

Saturday, October 28th, 2006

Vintage nautical items, period furniture, important works of art by listed American painters, decoys and antique whale’s teeth scrimshaw will all come up for bid at a Thanksgiving sale to be held November 25th by MV Auctions / Auctions of Cape Cod and the Islands in Hyannis, Mass.
“The quality merchandise has just been rolling in. [...]

Christies online bidding success

Saturday, October 28th, 2006

Christie’s new real-time online bidding service has taken in $2.8 million (1.5 million pounds) in sales since its July launch, including more than $1 million from its recent blockbuster sale of “Star Trek” memorabilia, the auction house said on Friday.
“We are delighted with the smooth roll out of Christie’s LIVE,” Andy Foster, Christie’s International [...]

Estate Auctions Increasing

Saturday, October 28th, 2006

The number of auctions nationwide rose 5.9 percent in the third quarter of 2006 over the same period in 2005, led by a growing number of residential real estate auctions, according to the National Auctioneers Association.

Drug Dealers Cars Hit Auction Block

Friday, October 27th, 2006

From a 2003 Porsche 911 Carrera with a minimum bid of $50,000 to a 1977 Ford LTD II starting at $20, vehicles seized from drug dealers go on the auction block Friday and Saturday at a Thiokol property in Bristol Township.
The Bucks County District Attorney’s Office will auction off about 75 vehicles in the public [...]

More Condos For Auction

Friday, October 27th, 2006

Scipps News reports on some auction tricks. “As the nation’s residential real estate market cools down, condo auctions are heating up. A penthouse in Denver’s Cheesman Park that had been languishing on the market for two years was recently auctioned off in less than 5 minutes for $1.935 million.”
“According to the National Auctioneers Association, the [...]

GoAntiques.com PriceMiner Adds Prices from Land-Based Auction Houses

Thursday, October 26th, 2006

Press Release
GoAntiques.com (www.GoAntiques.com) announced today that it has signed agreements with some of the most prestigious auction houses to include their historical pricing information in GoAntiques.com’s PriceMiner™ product.
This makes PriceMiner the only Internet-based product that conveniently provides both online and land-based auction house prices as well as retail pricing.
The newly-signed auction houses are some of [...]

Dick Clark rock and roll collection to be sold in New York

Thursday, October 26th, 2006

Fifty years after Dick Clark first hosted the popular television show that came to be called “American Bandstand,” he’s ready to let go of some of the rock’n’roll items he’s collected.
Thousands of pieces in Clark’s memorabilia collection are set to be auctioned on December 5 and 6 by Guernsey’s Auction House in New York.
One of [...]

General Motors sells 11 millionth used vehicle at auction

Thursday, October 26th, 2006

General Motors reached a landmark today with the sale of the 11-millionth GM remarketed vehicle at auction. The vehicle, an accessorized 2006 Chevrolet Silverado pickup, was sold today at the ADESA Memphis auction in Memphis, Tenn., to Petrus Chevrolet, of DeWitt, Ark.
“ADESA Memphis has been a great General Motors sale over the past 16 [...]

Finding State Car Auctions

Thursday, October 26th, 2006

State car auction gatherings are car auctions specific to a certain state or a few states. Only authorized state dealers can participate in a state car auction that is good for the car buyers.
You can find various types of vehicles at a state car auction. There are brand new as well as used cars.
Information about [...]

Realauction and Denver County Online Tax Lien Auction

Thursday, October 26th, 2006

Press Release
Realauction announced today that the online auction of tax liens in the City and County of Denver, Colorado will begin at 8:00 a.m. Mountain Time on November 6, 2006 and run without interruption through November 9, 2006. Denver will use sealed bid, the industry standard for tax lien auctions, and allow bidders to enter [...]