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. […]

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 […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]