Archive for February, 2007

LARGE LEAPING HARE BY BARRY FLANAGAN PROMISES A BOUNDING START FOR TWENTIETH CENTURY BRITISH ART AT BONHAMS

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

A wonderful bronze on steel sculpture by Barry Flanagan portraying a Large Leaping Hare will be sold at Bonhams sale of 20th Century British Art in New Bond Street on Tuesday 6 March 2007 – estimated to fetch £300,000-500,000. Conceived in 1982, this work (244×275 x112 cm) is dramatic, witty, ironic, rebellious and highly entertaining [...]

The Auction Software Review Launches New eBay Strategy Section

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

Press Release
Leading independent eBay software site, The Auction Software Review, today announced the launch of its new ‘Strategy’ section. The new category aims to fill the void of information about product sourcing, e-commerce consultants, and outsourcing services — both for existing eBay sellers, and traditional retailers getting started on eBay.
Online selling is no [...]

Batmobile sold at Coys London auction

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

Batman and Robin’s famous car from the cult 1960s show has been sold for £120,000 at auction in London.
The Batmobile featured in a collection of some of the world’s finest cars – including several vintage Ferraris and a Lamborghini Countach owned by musician Barry Gibb of Bee Gees fame – to go under the hammer [...]

Del Boys Reliant makes 40K

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

A Reliant Regal three-wheeler used in the hit TV comedy Only Fools and Horses has sold for more than £40,000.
The battered van, emblazoned with the sign Trotters Independent Trading Co, went for £44,227 – more than double its original estimate.
The 1972 model, the second made for the show starring David Jason as Del Boy, was [...]

Multipar Car Parts Auction – March 3

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

More than 500 lots of surplus equipment will be sold at the first of two Multipart auctions on the firm’s Pilling Lane site in Chorley this Saturday, March 3.
The vehicle spares and logistics industry is relocating to a new, state-of-the-art, facility at Buckshaw Village.
A second public auction will be staged in late March prior to [...]

3i joins auction for London estate agency

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

Foxtons has become the latest estate agency to attract the attentions of 3i, the stock market-listed private equity group. 3i is preparing to join an auction for the London agent this week, a month after its failed backing for a £970m management buyout at Countrywide.
Foxtons, founded by entrepreneur Jon Hunt in the early 1980s, had [...]

Boozy Sharon Stone Auctions Up A Storm At Elton’s Party

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

Wannabe auctioneer SHARON STONE can whip up a pile of money for charity – even when she’s a little intoxicated, as she proved at pal SIR ELTON JOHN’s post-Oscars party in Hollywood on Sunday night (25FEB07).
The actress, who has become famous for taking charge of celebrity auctions of late, took to the stage of the [...]

MyFarmAuction.com

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

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Harry Potter author sues eBay over pirate books

Monday, February 26th, 2007

J. K. Rowling, Harry’s creator, is suing the online auction hosting service eBay after unscrupulous sellers used the Indian version of the website to sell unauthorised versions of her books.
Rowling is not the first person to sue the website for breach of copyright, but she has won a unique victory by obtaining an injunction that [...]

DVLA F1 number plates auction

Monday, February 26th, 2007

Plates F1 FAN and F1 NUT together sold for more than £70,000 at an auction held by DVLA at the RBS Williams F1 Conference Centre near Wantage, Oxfordshire
The star lot was F1 PRO which sold to Birmingham-based businessman Stuart Ross for £10,200. Mr Ross will put the plate on his Ferrari F40 supercar.
F1 MAD went [...]

M A T Stamp Auctions

Monday, February 26th, 2007

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Isle of Man Sales Ltd

Monday, February 26th, 2007

Two postal auctions each year of Isle of Man material.
Postcards, Postal History, Internment Mail, Calf of Man Stamps,
Snaefell Cachets, Coins & Tokens, Phonecards, Postage Stamps,
Revenue Stamps and Motor Cycle printed material
all feature in the auctions which have around 500 lots….

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Healey and Wise

Monday, February 26th, 2007

HEALEY & WISE have been stamp dealers since 1885, and since 1957 have specialised in Thematics, especially Scouts and Guides, Olympics and Sport from 1896 – 1956, including covers, cancellations, cachets, vignettes, postcards, essays and proofs….

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Harmers of London

Monday, February 26th, 2007

Hold arout 10 auctions per year…

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Contemporary Indian Art Sale at Bonhams

Sunday, February 25th, 2007

Forthcoming lots will include the following:
Francis Newton Souza (India, 1924-2002),
Portrait of a Man, oil on board, signed and dated ’57 upper right,
90 x 61 cm.
Estimate: £120,000-150,000.
Jamini Roy (India, 1887-1972),
Musicians, tempera on canvas,
85 x 149 cm.
Private UK collection: acquired directly from the artist in 1961.
Estimate: £25,000-35,000.
Maqbol Fida Husain (India, b. 1915),
Figure, oil on canvas,
84 x 48 [...]