Bernie Ecclestone’s Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster sold for 3.9 million pounds, including commission, at a London auction today, short of its top estimate.
Ecclestone, Formula One’s billionaire chief executive officer, is selling more than 40 cars valued at a combined 15 million pounds by RM Auctions Inc. in London’s Battersea Park. The silver 1937 Mercedes had […]
The huge demand for tickets to the Led Zeppelin reunion concert has spawned a series of scams, Computeractive has discovered.
Among the genuine auctions for spare tickets to a range of events on Ebay are a number of traders who are selling non-existent tickets for thousands of pounds.
Harvey Goldsmith, rock promoter and organiser of the Led […]
The spotlight will be on Argentinean racing history next week as two of the country’s most celebrated national treasures cross the auction block in London, England.
The legendary Ernesto Blanco’s multiple championship winning 1931 Reo Racing Car – his weapon of choice for more than 22 years – and the six time consecutive 1,500cc world championship […]
As back-to-back sales by Christie’s and Sotheby’s this month show, contemporary art at high-profile auctions is changing the complexion of interest in art.
‘Contemporary art is becoming a global language; the interest is massive,’ Francis Outred, head of evening auctions and private sales at Sotheby’s, told IANS.
‘We have seen a generational change that is certainly here […]
A portrait bidders believed to be by 17th century Dutch artist Rembrandt has been sold in Cirencester, in the West of England.
The portrait, described by auctioneers as the work of an unknown follower of Rembrandt and with a reserve of up to £1500, sold for £2.58 million, including fees.
“On the day of the […]
Manheim Auctions today announced that the eagerly awaited new 4-lane auction facility will be officially opened at its Colchester auction centre on Tuesday 6th November 2007. It is the first of its kind in Europe and will enable Manheim Auctions to offer twice as many vehicles to buyers during prime selling times. The Colchester auction […]
The trial of a Torquay man accused of an internet auction site fraud conspiracy was brought to an abrupt halt yesterday after one of the key witnesses left the area.Alisdair Noon, 20, of Lummaton Cross, Torquay, has denied the charge of conspiracy to defraud but his trial at Exeter Crown Court had been held up […]