Archive for December, 2007

Bonhams Books & Manuscripts 2007

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

In 2007 Bonham’s Books & Manuscripts sales, a first edition, presentation copy of John Steinbeck’s 1939 masterpiece The Grapes of Wrath brought $47,800, setting a new at-auction world record.
In October, Sir Isaac Newton’s Optikcks; or, a Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light set a luminous world auction record at $90,000.
The department’s […]

California & American Paintings Bring More than $7.1-Million at Bonhams & Butterfields

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

Competitive bidding on December 10 night pushed the price for a 1914 oil on canvas painted by E. Charlton Fortune to a record high for the artist. The Winter sale of California and American Paintings & Sculpture established a new world auction record for Fortune when the artist’s Late Afternoon, Monterey sold for $1,832,000 – […]

Green Valley Car Auction

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

The Green Valley car auctions features a great selection of luxury or economic cars, at incredible prices. Monthly, more than thousand cars become government property through foreclosure laws. Because there are so many cars in this situation, their storage costs are huge; the conclusion is that the cars must be sold really cheap and fast.
Everybody […]

Public Car Auctions

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

Over the last couple of years, public car auctions, which were usually thought to be closed to general public, has become more open to the public at large. There are hundreds of public car auctions that are now available to the general public. As a matter of fact, if you know where to go and […]

Kathy Hilton Auctions Off Celebrity Belongings

Friday, December 28th, 2007

PARIS HILTON’s mother KATHY is selling off items belonging to stars like MEL GIBSON and TOM CRUISE in an effort to raise money for a children’s charity.
Kathy Hilton has persuaded celebrities to donate their unwanted wares to an online auction benefiting the Make-A-Wish Foundation, which helps to grant terminally ill kids their biggest wish.
Among the […]