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 [...]

On January 11, 2010, Pacific Galleries , located in Seattle, WA, will host its Art & Antiques: Asian Collection Auction live online with Artfact Live!. In this amazing sale, Pacific Galleries will offer more than 110 lots of fine and decorative art. A Japanese Theater Mask is the top estimated lot, requiring a minimum bid [...]

A brilliantly restored 1958 Chevrolet Impala (Lot #1258.2) originally purchased by rock ‘n’ roll phenom Buddy Holly will be sold at No Reserve during the 39th Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction in Scottsdale on Jan. 18-24, 2010. Holly purchased the coral colored classic in 1957; the Chevy was fully restored in Holly’s hometown of Lubbock, [...]

For nearly half a century, family-owned Stephenson’s Auctioneers & Appraisers has served the Philadelphia tri-state area with its popular weekly sales, but the company’s most highly anticipated event of the year is always its New Year’s Sale, this season to be held on Jan. 1 and 2, 2010.
The New Year’s Sale, which is sometimes held [...]

Cowan’s Fine and Decorative Art Department will hold its first Décor auction on Friday, January 8, 2010 in Cowan’s salesroom. The inaugural sale will include a fine selection of paintings and prints, furniture spanning the 18th to the 20th centuries, ivories, carved and gilt frames, rugs, baskets, sterling, and early and Bohemian glass.
Bidders can [...]

On the afternoon of 23 January, 2010 Sotheby’s will offer over 280 lots of Chinese export porcelain and China Trade paintings from the private collection of esteemed longtime dealer Elinor Gordon.
A fixture at the “Winter Antiques Show” since its inception in 1955, Gordon is largely credited with elevating Chinese Export Porcelain to an independent collecting [...]

The fantasy trip of a lifetime just in time for holiday gift giving to Green Bay Packers fans. One lucky fan will spend the first home game of the Green Bay Packers 2010 season playing golf, enjoying the game with three friends and former Packer quarterbacks Bart Starr and Zeke Bratkowski. Proceeds from the auction [...]

Led by the sale of New Hope impressionist Daniel Garber’s “Quarries at Byram,” which realized $229,000 (estimate $200,000-300,000), Freeman’s December 6th Fine American & European Painting and Sculpture sale was a great success, with 91 percent of the lots finding buyers (95 percent by value) and realized a sale total of $2,230,000. A traditional [...]

Randy Kincaid Auction Company (www.kincaid.com) announces the auction of retired fleet trucks, trailers and forklifts from Carroll Fulmer Logistics Corporation, according to auctioneer Randy Kincaid.
The auction is set for Saturday, December 19 at 10am, with on-site bidding at 8340 American Way in Groveland, Fla. Online bidding will be available through Proxibid.com/kincaid. The catalog will feature [...]

Collectors had their eyes on Cartier at the $1.2 million Heritage Auctions Signature Timepiece sale on Dec. 7 as a fantastically rare Diamond, Jade, Pearl, Coral and Rock Mystery Clock brought $155,350 and a gorgeous Silver, Gold Jadeite and Pearl Four Dial Eight Day Lamp-Form Desk Clock, from the Collection of the American Red Cross, [...]

“There was competitive bidding for many lots, both on the telephones and in the salesroom for natural wonders of all sorts. Colored stones, curiosities, gold nuggets and unique jewelry were the true highlights of the holiday Natural History auction at Bonhams & Butterfields,” said Thomas Lindgren, Co-Consulting Director, Natural History.
The top lot of the [...]

The Hollywood Entertainment Museum is offering a historic opportunity that no Movie Fan, Collector, or Film Aficionado will want to miss. 100 years of Hollywood History will be auctioned to the public for the first time in an effort to save the Hollywood Media Arts Academy from the current economic climate, a foundation that inspires [...]

Antique arms, edged weapons, suits of armor and modern sporting guns brought more than $1.5-million during a day-long auction at Bonhams & Butterfields in San Francisco on Monday, November 23rd 2009. A global audience of collectors and dealers vied for Colt firearms, edged weapons and militaria, with strong prices realized throughout the sale. A rare [...]

Kaminski Auctions, one of Massachusetts’ premier auction houses, announces its December Estates Auction, featuring fine art and antiques from the San Diego estate of Robert O. Peterson, noted patron of the arts and founder of the Jack in the Box restaurant chain. The auction takes place Monday December 28 and Tuesday, December 29 at Woodman’s [...]

An ancient Roman marble relief panel with Dionysiac decoration that was recently discovered to once have been in the collection of French writer Émile Zola sold for $1,538,500 at Sotheby’s Antiquities auction in New York. Six bidders competed for the piece which eventually sold to an anonymous telephone bidder. It was the highlight of the [...]