VSE Corporation and Rick Levin & Associates, Inc. will conduct an auction of seized and forfeited property on behalf of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Other agencies that are participating include: U.S. Customs & Border Protection, Immigration & Customs Enforcement, Internal Revenue Service and Secret Service.
Proceeds from the auction are returned to these agencies [...]

Bonhams & Butterfields’ Made in California: Contemporary Art auction on November 18, 2008 did exceptionally well, signaling that the market for California art is still very strong. The auction brought more than $1.6-million, with roughly 80% of the lots sold by value. The sale was simulcast from Los Angeles to San Francisco, both B&B salesrooms [...]

On Nov. 9, as Heritage Auction Galleries Vintage Movie Poster Auction brought intense bidding from the Internet, the phones and the auction floor. The end result was an amazing $2.17 million total in prices realized, with a poster for one of 1930s Hollywood’s most opulent musicals leading the way.
Flying Down To Rio, featuring the inimitable [...]

Grady, Baltimore’s former fireboat has been sold in an online auction to an Ohio-based equipment supply company, raising $80,000, said Ian Brennan, a City Hall spokesman.
The auction for the Grady closed Nov. 18 after attracting 80 bids, according to Govdeal.com, the auction Web site. The buyer was Allan Johnson from Southshore Equipment Corp., said Chief [...]

I.M. Chait ASIAN AND INTERNATIONAL FINE ARTS AUCTION Dec 14 2008 at 13:00
Western 20th Century treasures include a Georges Rouault Fauvist painting (#361), an Ansel Adams Collotype (#372), a Bernice Abbott Photograph (#371), a fine collection of Antique European Furniture (#s 379 – 390), and truly magnificent jewels (#s 319-351).
Asian collections offer Ming and Qing [...]

J. P. King Auction Company, is selling seven Soaring Eagle Lodge condominiums at absolute auction, to the highest bidder in Snowshoe, West Virginia on Saturday, December 6, 2008 at 1 p.m.
The condominiums feature two bedroom, two bath and open floor plans with designer furnishings, decorative lighting, gas fireplaces, slate tile floor, state-of-the-art technology. The kitchens [...]

An exceptionally rare, dark cranberry cut to clear tankard by Dorflinger, cut in the fine #99 pattern and boasting a fine embossed vintage spout with monogram “S.V.S.” signed Tiffany & Company, with mark “C” (for Charles C. Cook, the president of Tiffany from 1902-1907), soared to $49,000 at an American Brilliant Cut Glass multi-estate auction [...]

A rare T206 Honus Wagner baseball card – one of only a handful of known examples released into circulation in the early 1900s by the American Tobacco Company and often called the Holy Grail of sports collectibles – soared to $791,000 at a three-day multi-estate sale held Nov. 21-23 by Philip Weiss Auctions. The card [...]

On December 17, 2008 Sotheby’s New York will hold its annual sale of Important Judaica, comprising important manuscripts, books, ceremonial metalwork, carpets and textiles, and paintings. Highlights from the sale include an Extraordinary Silver Sabbath Hanging Lamp (est. $600/800,000), a rare set of illustrations by Ze’ev Raban of the Passover Haggadah (est. $180/220,000), a selection [...]

A John Singer Sargent masterpiece will be offered at Bonhams New York’s December 3rd American Paintings sale.
Sargent’s study Head of a Spanish Musician is perhaps the most talked about lot of the sale. The oil on canvas sketch is signed and dates from the period when Sargent was in Spain at work on his masterpiece [...]

The top auctioneers in the nation lent their fast-talking skills and high energy to bring smiles and toys to the kids of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, one of the world’s premier pediatric cancer research centers, during the 13th annual Toy Auction, sponsored by the National Auctioneers Association (NAA). The special auction took place on [...]

The auction will be held December 6th, 2008 at the Historic Cherokee Mills building, 2200 Sutherland Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37919.
Items offered include Tennessee art, Civil War related material, International fine art, and other fine smalls.
For a complete online catalog of all lots go to www.caseantiques.com

Christie’s has announced the fall sales of Antiquities and the tenth annual Ancient Jewelry sale, on December 9. Both sales will offer a strong selection of works, from sculptures to wearable ancient art representing Egypt, the Near East, Greece and Rome. With estimates ranging from $2,000 to $700,000, both sales are expected to achieve in [...]

On December 17th Bloomsbury auctions will hold a 20th Century Arts auction that features an eclectic selection of livre d’artistes, monographs, photographs, photobooks and iconic prints from the Modern, Contemporary and Pop periods. The sale is led by affordable works from such masters as Picasso, de Kooning, Lichtenstein, Hockney and Warhol. The catalogue will be [...]

The 1947 Steyr-Allard racer owned by the legendary Sydney Allard, one of America’s greatest automotive pioneers, will be sold at No Reserve during the 38th Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction in Scottsdale, Ariz., Jan. 11-18, 2009.
Considered the most famous of all Allards, the race car captured victories worldwide and blazed a path followed by American [...]