Archive for June, 2009

Second Chance Pet Adoptions Auction For The Animals

Monday, June 29th, 2009

Kristine Mayberry, president of Second Chance Pet Adoptions (www.secondchancenc.org), has announced that the ninth annual Auction for the Animals will be held on from 7 to 11 p.m. on Saturday, July 25 at Delightful Inspirations in Casper Park, located at 5511 Avent Ferry Road. The event will feature three auctions, live, silent and chance. There [...]

New York – No Reserve Bibliophile Sale

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

Bloomsbury Auctions announces its first No Reserve Bibliophile Sale on Tuesday, June 30th at 2:00pm, with over 400 lots of titles, interesting manuscripts and fine sets. The sale contains property from Heritage Book Shop, Colonial Williamsburg, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and others.
The Bibliophile Sale includes historic, modern and contemporary works in addition to an [...]

Dallas Rare Books and Historical Manuscripts Auction Results

Saturday, June 27th, 2009

American history, past and present, converged at a combined Rare Books and Historical Manuscripts auction in Dallas on Tuesday, June 16, when Americans from all corners of the nation logged on to watch the auctioning off of a rare first edition of The Federalist Papers, America’s most important political philosophy treatise. When the piece hammered [...]

Mecum To Offer Harley Earl Chevrolet Corvette

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

Mecum Auction has announced the unique 1963 Harley Earl Chevrolet Corvette Convertible will cross the block during the Bloomington Gold Corvette Auction, June 26-27, 2009, in St. Charles, Ill.
This amazing car joins 400 remarkable specimens of the Corvette marque offered for sale by Mecum at the only all-Corvette auction in the industry.
“Over the years, we [...]

Painted Buffalo Auction

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

On the evening of August 29, 2009 the West Yellowstone Painted Buffalo herd will be auctioned off to the highest bidders. For the months leading up to the auction, bids will be accepted via http://www.wyed.org.
The herd gathers one last time from August 20 to 26th, 2009 at the Yellowstone Historic Center and then moves to [...]

Bonhams & Butterfields Auction of 20th Century Furniture Sep 28

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Bonhams & Butterfields will hold its Fall auction of 20th Century Decorative Arts on September 28, 2009. The Los Angeles sale will feature a diverse group of Arts & Crafts, Art Nouveau, Art Deco and Mid-Century Modern, with a focus on Contemporary Studio artists and early California design. Highlights will include an important collection of [...]

New York Wine Auction Takes $2,032,376

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

The final Wine sale of the spring season at Aulden Cellars-Sotheby’s New York once again topped presale estimates to bring $2,032,376 (est. $1.1/1.5 million). The sale was a remarkable 98% sold by lot and over 99% sold by value. The sale was presented in a new square-format catalogue, which found many supporters and featured a [...]

New York Space Exploration Auction

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Following the highly successful sale of a collection of papers from Rocket Engineering icon, Dr. Werner Von Braun, Bonhams New York will be presenting a sale entirely devoted to the history of man’s exploration of space.
Taking place on July 16th, the approximately 400 lot sale fittingly coincides with the week of the 40th anniversary of [...]

National Asset Management Group (NAMG) to list 90 No Reserve Online Auctions with Bid4Assets

Sunday, June 21st, 2009

Bid4Assets, Inc., (www.bid4assets.com), an online real estate auction company, have announced that it has been chosen by National Asset Management Group, a national real estate investment and development company, to sell 90 properties through online auction on the Bid4Assets website. These auctions will all have no “reserve price”. Bidding on some of these auctions will [...]

Pet and Livestock Supply Auction

Sunday, June 21st, 2009

The Dog Bone Boutique auctions will open 07/01/2009. The auctions will consist of only pet and livestock related products.
Final bidding prices on items that retail for over $100.00 will never exceed 50% of the MSRP. This will give bidders the opportunity to get expensive items, such as riding saddles, dog kennels, and cat trees [...]

Main Street Fair Classified Ads and Auction Site Brings in Funding for Schools

Sunday, June 21st, 2009

To provide supplemental funding to schools, Main Street Fair, the online classified ads and auction website that is branding itself as the easiest to use e-commerce site, is now open for business.
“We believe Main Street Fair is the easiest classified ads and auction website to use online,” said Lisa Porter, Main Street Fair CEO/president. “Even [...]

Cape Cod New Home for Auction

Sunday, June 21st, 2009

JJManning Auctioneers is to offer this newly constructed luxury home in Oyster Harbors, an exclusive resort community on Osterville Grand Island set within Cape Cod Bay in the Barnstable village of Osterville. The gated island is easily accessible by car and features the top-rated Oyster Harbors Club private golf course, surrounded by distinctive homes arranged [...]

Jewelry & Watch Sale at Bonhams New York

Saturday, June 20th, 2009

Pretty, wearable pieces are the highlights of the June 23rd jewelry and watch sale scheduled to take place at Bonhams New York and simulcast to the auctioneers’ Los Angeles and San Francisco galleries.
Keeping ahead of increasing demand for pieces that can be enjoyed and worn for many occasions, aficionados are certain to find many excellent [...]

Rock Island Auction Company Reports Auction Results

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

Rock Island Auction Company realizes strong sales during their April Premiere Auction. Peaked interest in the gun market, particularly collectable firearms has Rock Island defying the faltering economy. Strong bidding participation drove total sales to over $8.5 million; coupled with spectacular results from their Spring regional auction RIAC is set to break another industry record [...]

JAGUAR C-TYPE SPORTS RACER FOR RM MONTEREY SALE

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

A historic 1952 Jaguar C-Type Sports Racing Car that was driven to victory in 1952 by the legendary Phil Hill to claim the Jaguar C-Type’s first North American racing victory has joined the starting line-up for RM Auctions Sports & Classics of Monterey event, to be held August 13th – 15th in Monterey, California.
The rare [...]