Archive for the 'Auctions' Category

Collection Of Advertising, Country Store And Old West Items To Be Sold April 11-13 By Showtime

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

An outstanding single-owner collection of advertising, country store, and Old West antiques and collectibles will be sold the weekend of April 11-13 by Showtime Auction Services. The sale will comprise the living estate of George Cross, a dedicated collector from Orange, California. The auction will be held at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds in Ann […]

Dinosaur Bones at Los Angeles Auction

Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

 The bones of a 30-foot fossilized lizard that ruled the oceans some 70 million years ago are being sold today by Bonhams & Butterfields in Los Angeles.
 
 Mosasaur had a huge skull measuring more than a metre wide, together with 126 vertebrae and a massive girdle.
 
It was found in a mining area of north Africa - but […]

Dubuque Museum of Art Auction

Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

A fine art auction, featuring works from the Don and Criss Glasell estate, will benefit the Dubuque Museum of Art.
 
The auction will be from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, at Cafe Manna Java, 269 Main St.
 
The art careers of the Glasells paralleled that of Grant Wood. They lived mostly in Dubuque between 1927 […]

Missouri Dog Auction

Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

More than 250 dogs were bought and sold to breeders from throughout Missouri. Some went for as little as $12.50, while others fetched hundreds of dollars. Still others went unsold despite the auctioneer pleading, “Anybody want that dog for a $10 bill?”
No state has more dog auctions than Missouri, according to the Humane Society of […]

Osbourne auction brings in $800,000 for cancer charity

Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

“We had Ozzy fans bidding against these sophisticated fine art buyers, which you don’t see every day,” said Darren Julien, whose company, Julien’s Auctions, ran the charity sale Friday and Saturday. “For the most part the metalheads were outbidding the art crowd.”Bidders came from as far as Germany to try to buy belongings from the […]

Luther Vandross estate to be auctioned

Saturday, December 1st, 2007

More than 1,000 items that belonged to the legendary soul singer Luther Vandross will go up for auction, later this month.
Those handling his estate will sell a vast range of possessions including diamond watches, crystal vases, thermos flasks and handwritten lyrics.The items come from his three homes in the US and from his tours.Vandross died […]

Two Electric Guitars Highlight Entertainment Memorabilia Auction at Bonhams & Butterfields - Dec 9

Saturday, December 1st, 2007

Bonhams & Butterfields, international fine arts auctioneers, will hold a star-studded winter line-up of vintage and contemporary film and television props and costumes will feature Rock ‘n Roll memorabilia from Grateful Dead member Jerry Garcia — to be offered in support of a charitable cause on Sunday, December 9, 2007 in Los Angeles. Highlighting the Rock […]

Norman Rockwell Painting Makes $2.17M

Friday, November 30th, 2007

The painting, “Extra Good Boys and Girls,” is the original of a Saturday Evening Post cover from 1939.
It shows Santa going over his book of good boys and girls and planning his Christmas Eve route. A world map is in the background.
Both the seller and the buyer were anonymous. The buyer was an American who […]

Baseball History for Auction

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

A one-of-a-kind piece of baseballhistory could set a new standard for values of the sport’s most historicdocuments on Dec. 8, when the rookie-year baseball contract of Hall of FamerChristy Mathewson is sold by Memory Lane Inc., of Tustin, Calif. The companyis considered one of the premier sports collectible auctions houses in thecountry.

Mathewson is considered one […]

PropertyRoom.com Starts Car Auction

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

PropertyRoom.com, the largest site for online police auctions, announced today the launch of a new program for cars, trucks, boats and other large capital assets. The program rounds out PropertyRoom.com?s law enforcement auction services, which traditionally focused on smaller items such as jewelry, watches, laptops, tools and bicycles.
The new program includes Silver, Gold and Platinum […]