Bonhams’ forthcoming Sale of Old Master Paintings holds a wealth of fine and important artworks from the 17th and 18th centuries. The sale will take place at 101 New Bond Street, London, on 6 December 2006.
Acquired in the 1920s by the current owner’s family, Jan Lievens’s Portrait of a Young Girl in profile and Gerard [...]

A half-bottle of Scotch whisky thought to be about 150 years old sold for 14,750 pounds ($28,700) at auction in London, beating the top presale estimate of 10,000 pounds by almost 50 percent.
The Glenavon Special Liqueur Whisky, bottled on Speyside in northeast Scotland some time between 1851 and 1858, may be the oldest Scotch whisky [...]

A rare LS Lowry painting has been sold at auction for £530,000 – safeguarding one of Britain’s premier art collections in the process.
Glasgow Docks, which was painted by the Manchester-born artist in 1947, went under the hammer in Edinburgh.
Auctioneers Lyon and Turnbull, who had been expecting it to fetch around £300,000, now believe it has [...]

Ten paintings by Pink Floyd founder member Syd Barrett have raised more than £55,000 at auction.
A stool decorated by Barrett fetched £4,400, and a collection of his art reference books a further £4,000.
The paintings were among the contents of Barrett’s home in Cambridge being auctioned following his death in July at the age of 60.
The [...]

Sotheby’s raised 20.2 million pounds ($39.3 million) from a sale of Russian art in London yesterday, as buyers snapped up paintings, porcelain and Faberge works including an imperial snuffbox.
The proceeds fell in the middle of Sotheby’s presale estimate of between 16.5 million pounds and 25 million pounds. About 68 percent of 438 lots were sold, [...]

Defence chiefs have banned troops from using eBay as it is distracting them from their duties.
Military IT experts found that soldiers who had returned from overseas duty were busy spending their £2,240 taxfree bonuses on the auction website to buy Christmas presents.
An MoD spokesman said the ban applied to all its computers. One soldier said: [...]

The painting “A Little Dressmaker” by Alexei Kharlamov (1840-1925), a Russian artist of the late 19th century has been sold by the Bonhams auction house for 610 thousand GBP (1 million and 160 thousand USD). None of Kharlamov’s paintings had ever been sold at such a high price before.
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Enid Blyton fans have “lots” to look forward to next month when some of the famous children’s author’s prize possessions go under the hammer.
The Famous Five children’s writer’s daughter Gillian Baverstock has just downsized from a big house in Ben Rhydding to a “more compact” townhouse in the centre of Ilkley.
To help with the move [...]

Figures released by online auction site eBay have revealed that gamers eager to get their hands on a PlayStation 3 are willing to pay more than US$ 1000 for the privilege.
In the week following launch, a total of 14,675 PS3 units were sold – with that figure including both the 20GB and 60GB versions. The [...]

A Cartier ruby and sapphire brooch given to Wallis Simpson by Edward VIII at the start of the affair which led to the abdication crisis is to be sold at auction.
The entwined letters “WE” – an amalgamation of their initials which they often used in private correspondence – were commissioned by the King, then the [...]

A FORMER Bolton police station has been attracting substantial interest from developers ahead of it going under the hammer next week.
Prospective buyers, quick to spot the site’s development potential, have been queueing up to view Castle Street Police Station, which comes comlete with cell block, in The Haulgh, Bolton.
The station, which was built in 1874, [...]

Auction to take place on Wednesday 29 November 2006, viewing Tuesday 28 November 2006 and on morning of sale. A most exciting auction of food processing and packaging machinery, a large proportion of the equipment was purchased new 2004/2005 and used for only 6 months.
The machinery is still in situ at Estate Road No 7, [...]

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Guns used by James Bond through 40 years of films are to be sold at auction.
Around 60 weapons will go under the hammer including one gun used by Sean Connery in 1962 film Dr No, which is expected to go for up to £25,000.
Other items due to be sold at an auction of film memorabilia [...]

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