R.M. Smythe & Co. held 6 auctions in 2007 offering historical autographs, currency, coins, stocks, bonds, antiques and even two cannons. While compiling a list of the more interesting lots that sold in 2007, the one unifying factor that fits all of the items listed is that collectors were looking for quality merchandise. This relentless […]
The Official Auction of the February 2008 Long Beach Coin Expo has been posted by Heritage Auction Galleries on their HA.com website. Combining the lots in the Signature, Husak, and Final Session catalogs of U.S. coins, more than 5,500 lots will be available for viewing and bidding in Long Beach. The Auction dates are February […]
After three failed attempts to sell the former William Boyd Printing Co. plant in downtown Albany, N.Y., the owner wants to try a different tack: auctioning the buildings and land.
The company has asked U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Robert E. Littlefield Jr., to let Collar City Auctions Realty & Management conduct the auction, according to a […]
By Kenny Phillips, Managing Partner
Powell Auction & Realty, Knoxville, Tenn
Ever been to a benefit auction? They’re different from a typical commercial auction, where the goal is to buy an item at the lowest possible price. At a benefit or charity auction, the bidder knows (or should know) going in that the idea is to support […]
A block of eight licenses covering the 22MHz C block of spectrum in the FCC wireless auction received a high bid of $4.7 billion in the 17th round of the 700MHz auctions, completed on Thursday.
On this block the FCC will require open access rules, the winning bidder must allow outside devices such as mobile phones […]
Proxibid, a premier provider of live auction webcasting services, today announced that it will provide live online bidding for the seventh installment of the Jerry Darnell Estate Firearm Auction. The live auction, which is presented by Nye County Public Auction, will take place on Saturday, February 2 at 10:00 a.m. PST. Online bidding for this […]
A wooden duck carved nearly a century ago in Burlington went for over $15,000 at an auction in New York.
Dick McIntyre of Seabrook, South Carolina, bought the oversized wooden mallard drake at Christie’s auction house on January 18th. He says it’s one of the best Iowa decoys he’s seen.