THE National Railway Museum in York was today holding an auction with a difference in aid of Flying Scotsman’s overhaul.
Dubbed The People’s Auction For The People’s Engine, the Leeman Road-based attraction is promising lots to suit every pocket.
Great Britons from throughout history are rallying round to support the cause - as locomotive nameplates from 1960s […]

The future of troubled telephony vendor Zultys remains in the balance after its auction was delayed by another week, with two parties still interested in buying the company.
Last week, CRN exclusively revealed that Zultys founder, Iain Milnes, needed a further $1m of backing to retain control of the vendor (CRN Online, 24 October).
Milnes was preparing […]

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Artfact, LLC, the leading supplier of marketing services, databases, and software to traditional antiques and fine art auction houses announced that it will acquire Invaluable Group Limited under a definitive stock purchase agreement signed by the controlling shareholders of both companies.
Artfact, based in Newton, Massachusetts, U.S.A. and Invaluable, based on the Isle of Wight […]

A collection of works by Scottish colourists has fetched a record £1.9 million at auction, it has emerged.
The top lot among the 18 paintings was Samuel Peploe’s Pink Roses in a glass vase, which sold for £276,800 at the Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh.
It was purchased by a telephone buyer following a bidding battle with a […]

A private bidder paid $15 million (7.9 million pound) for the rights to hit songs by U.S. rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix at an auction on Thursday, but a company owned by the musician’s family said it will sue to prove it owns the songs.
The rights, title, and interest to songs including “Hey Joe,” “Purple Haze,” […]

A MYSTERY buyer with a background in housing development has bought Salthouse Mills for an undisclosed fee.
London auctioneers Barnard Marcus offered the 15.4 acre old paper mill site to potential buyers through an online website for a guide price totalling £6m.
A 6.5 acre piece of open land at Eccleriggs Avenue, Barrow, was also thrown […]

A FORMER Bury man has set up an online petition in protest at the sale of the town’s Lowry painting.
Frank Foran has already had replies from the USA, Austria and Brazil lamenting the loss of a piece of social history.
The 1947 oil painting, entitled A River Bank, will be auctioned at Christie’s in London on […]