(Atlanta, Ga.) - An original oil-on-canvas portrait of Jenny Jerome (Lady Randolph Churchill), by John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), is the anticipated top lot in a multi-estate sale slated for Sunday, September 23, by Gallery 63. Sargent is arguably the greatest American portrait artist of all time. However, no record of this finished portrait exists, so […]

M.A.D.’s seventh annual Antiques Trade Directory of dealers, auctioneers, show promoters, and service providers will be published in December and mailed as a special supplement with the January 2008 issue of Maine Antique Digest.
All businesses that are in the current Antiques Trade Directory should have received renewal instructions. If you weren’t included this year but […]

RealtyTrac Inc. reported the number of properties in some form of foreclosure last month in the United States was the highest figure in a single month since the company began tracking them in early 2005.
The company said the country experienced a total of 243,947 properties in some form of foreclosure in August - a nearly […]

Chrysler announced today that the first two all-new 2008 Dodge Challenger vehicles off the Brampton (Ontario) Assembly Plant production line will be auctioned, with proceeds benefiting local charities.
The all-new 2008 Dodge Challenger - the ultimate modern American muscle coupe - will make its worldwide debut at the Chicago Auto Show on Feb. 6, 2008.
“Dodge is […]

exas auction house Hudson & Marshall will hold its largest ever auction in Detroit this weekend with nearly 700 foreclosed homes.
The three-day event will feature foreclosed homes with clean titles valued at between $5,000 to over $600,000, said Crystal Wright, a strategist for Hudson & Marshall.
The auction is Sept. 21 through Sept. 23 at the […]

“This auction coming up (Sept. 29, Clinton National Guard Armory) may be one of the biggest in terms of attendees that I have ever had,” said auctioneer Ted Wilk of Wilk Auction Service. “I know it will rank in the top 10 percent of attendance at auctions I’ve conducted.”
Doors will open at 8 […]

A top official in the Egyptian authority for antiquities has been arrested as part of an investigation into bribes for restoration contracts.
The head of the technical department, Abdul Hamid Qutb, was arrested on Saturday and his office was searched.
The contracts, worth tens of millions of dollars, cover some of Egypt’s best known monuments, local media […]

Over the course of the next two weeks, the Crawford County Sheriff’s Department and members of the Pittsburg Police and Fire departments and Crawford County Emergency Medical Services will show approximately 1,000 Pittsburg students just how to be safe.
Sgt. Aaron Calloway with the Crawford County Sheriff’s Department said that the safety fairs being held at […]

ALBERT BRIDGE - The tradition continued Saturday for two long-running community fairs in Cape Breton.
The Mira Ferry Community Fair marked its 75th anniversary Saturday with a wide range of exhibits, displays and activities for the entire family; and residents of Port Morien and area got into the spirit of the fall season by holding […]

Press Release
According to recent U.S. Census Bureau statistics, the Hispanic population is the fastest-growing and largest minority group in the country at 44.3 million. To assist the growing number of Hispanic families that call the Chicago-area home, Harris is hosting a series of Financial Fairs in Spanish in several surrounding communities.
On September 23, 2007 from […]