Eleven folders of old papers rescued from his parents’ closet sat in Thomas Willcox’s sport utility vehicle for months before he realized that some were signed by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
Yesterday, the three letters written by Lee during the Civil War sold at auction for $61,000.
That was far off the record $630,000 that a [...]

The Russo and Steele Collector Automobile Auction, a Phoenix-based business and one of Scottsdale’s popular January collector-car auctions, will debut a new auction in March at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Fla.
The Florida event will be the third car auction for the 7-year-old Russo and Steele, which conducts an event [...]

Marsh Supermarkets has retained a Florida-based auctioneer to sell 27 surplus properties throughout Indiana and Ohio, the auction company said Friday.
“Although these properties no longer fit into the future plans of Marsh, they are located in many prime markets around the region, with some of the locations being no more than a few years old [...]

The equipment is from Alaska Seafood International, a now closed venture in Anchorage. A local auctioneer will sell off an assortment of equipment from the business on Saturday.
Items to be sold by North Pacific Auctioneers, range from bathroom fixtures and electronic controls to insulated piping and ammonia cooling towers.
The auction begins at 11 a.m. [...]

Bonhams & Butterfields next entertainment memorabilia auction, on Sunday December 9th, will contain animation art from the Estate of Bill Tytla, one of the greatest animators of all time.
The collection includes a cel, animation drawings and preliminary drawings including a celluloid of the character “Chernabog” from Fantasia. The 1940 gouache on celluloid, a close-up of [...]

A new auction company in Massachusetts is meeting the Bay State’s growing demand for quick and efficient auction solutions. The company, Sullivan & Sullivan Auctioneers, LLC, was founded by Marianne Sullivan, an industry veteran with more than 18 years of experience in the industry.
“Our goal is to offer clients bundled services, beyond the standard [...]

A rare copy of the Magna Carta, the document that enshrined human rights in English law, is to be sold in New York.
The copy owned by the Perot Foundation is expected to fetch more than $20m (£9.94m), auctioner Sotheby’s says.
The copy on sale, dating from 1297, was bought by Ross F Perot in 1984 and [...]

ByAuctionOnly LLC on Tuesday launched a home auction sales system to help struggling home owners to navigate the auction process.
The service by Clermont-based ByAuctionOnly gives home owners three marketing options that include access to an Internet-based global listing and bidding system, advertising and consulting services. The firm also reimburses marketing package costs, which range from [...]

San Diego Police Department is holding an unclaimed property auction at the Scottish Rite Center in Mission Valley (1895 Camino del Rio South).
Preview items at 9 a.m. The auction starts at 10 a.m. Cash or local check only. Call 619-531-2767 for more info.

More than 400 Civil War letters will go on the auction block September 29th ending a three-year battle over the writings.
This is the second time the auction has been scheduled. The first was cancelled in 2004 when the State of South Carolina tried to stake claim to the letters.
Tom Willcox, who was eventually granted [...]

Bakersfield, California-based Pacific Auction Exchange Inc. (PAX), a real estate auction company, says it expects the popularity of its business model to grow in the current real estate market.
In a press statement, PAX said it has franchised the real estate auction format and attempts to have 150 units up and operating by August of next [...]

Horses Unlimited will host the New Mexico Sport Horse Breeders Auction.
The auction offerings feature some of the best European bloodlines available anywhere in the world. Whether you are looking for a horse with FEI potential, a solid second level horse or a young horse to bring up the levels, there’s a horse for you.
Breeders Carol [...]

The auctioneer involved in the O.J. Simpson alleged armed robbery has been granted immunity by Las Vegas police, after handing over his audiotape of the incident.
Thomas Riccio’s lawyer had been negotiating the deal with police, to ensure he wasn’t prosecuted for his involvement in the incident on Sunday (16Sep07) and for making an illegal recording.
Speaking [...]

Material stolen from the Chrysler plant in Belvidere was sold on eBay, police say.
Bryan J. Vossen, 28, and Edward G. Lee, 41, both of Rockford, were charged with felony theft.
Belvidere detectives and Winnebago sheriff’s deputies searched a home in the 2700 block of Alfalfa Drive in Rockford on Thursday where they seized pieces of computer [...]

The Holiday Inn will be sold at a judicial auction next month.
Attorney Laurie Judd, of Johnston, Henderson & Pretorius law firm in Springfield and Peoria, handled the foreclosure proceedings and confirmed the auction will be held at 1 p.m. Oct. 18 at the Madison County Courthouse.
The 229-room hotel is located at 1000 Eastport Plaza Drive. [...]