Archive for February, 2007

New York Art Fairs Doing Brisk Business

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

Bloomberg - The 150 dealers at the annual trade show, ending today on the massive Hudson River Pier 94, largely put business before pleasure, generating a high volume of sales but little that was challenging or new.
Gone was any trace of the fair’s former life as the unpredictable, primary-market alternative to its staid uptown sister, […]

Community hospital sponsors health fairs in low-income areas

Sunday, February 25th, 2007

Redlands Community Hospital is reaching out to the community one health fair at a time. For the second week, the hospital will co-sponsor a health fair at an area church.
From 2 to 5 p.m Saturday at Christain Family Worship Center at 254 S. Mount Vernon Ave. in San Bernardino, the hospital will host “A Festival […]

Upcoming Highlights in the March 22nd Raynors Finest Auction

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007

Stone Copy of the Declaration of Independence; Commissioned in 1823 by then Secretary of State JQ Adams, and printed by William Stone. lot 043
Confederate General Leonidas Polk Archive lot 114
Letter Written by Andrew Jackson as President, February 1831, Discussing “the true reading of the Constitution.” lot 047
1869 Letter Regarding the “capturing, or killing if […]

Richmond Lake Officials choose auction for land sale

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007

Property on Richmond Lake will be auctioned off, city officials decided Monday.
The land, jointly owned by the county and city, is on the north-central part of the lake.
Last week, City Attorney Adam Altman met with the Brown County Commission to convey the city’s desire to sell the piece of property, after a short executive session […]

Audi R8 Featured in Auctions to Benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007

Press Release
The first Audi R8 sports car to be sold in the U.S. will be auctioned off at the 15th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation party to celebrate the Academy Awards. All proceeds will be donated to EJAF to support its work in the fight against HIV/AIDS. This marks the second year in a row […]

Acacia Automotive Announces Completion of SEC Filings and Special Meeting of Shareholders

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007

Press Release
Acacia Automotive, Inc. announced that, at a special meeting of the corporation’s shareholders on February 1st, its shareholders ratified an amendment to the corporation’s articles of incorporation to change the Company’s name from Gibbs Construction, Inc. to Acacia Automotive, Inc., effect a one-for-eight reverse stock split, increase the number of authorized shares of common […]

Ross Marvels Splash Page Clears $8,000

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007

Tales from the Longbox -An original double splash page to Marvels #2 by noted artist Alex Ross sold for $8,100.02 after receiving 31 bids. The art was in excellent
condition and featured a Captain America.
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eBizAutos Receives Local Market Certification From eBay Motors

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007

Press Release
eBizAutos (http://dealers.ebizautos.com) announces achieving eBay Motors Certified Solution Provider status and as a PSP (Preferred Solution Provider), is certified to work with eBay Motors Local market, which rolled out at the 90th National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) Convention and Exposition in Las Vegas.
eBay Motors’ Local Market listing format gives dealers an entirely new […]

Treasury aims to collect $2bn in extra taxes

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007

The Bush administration is to propose compelling eBay and auction businesses such as Sotheby’s to report to the IRS any customer that carries out more than 100 transactions a year worth at least $5,000 (€3,850, £2,565).
The Treasury expects to collect $2bn in extra taxes from the new regime, due to come into force on January […]

PropertyRoom Enrolls 31 New Agencies in January

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007

Press Release
PropertyRoom, founded by former police officers and presently the largest site for online police auctions, today announced that it signed contracts with 31 additional police departments and other municipal agencies in the month of January. This brings the total number of PropertyRoom clients to over 880.
“Since 1999 PropertyRoom has progressively enrolled more and more […]