Pictures by Irma Stern and Maggie Laubser dominated prices at Bonhams second South African sale in London yesterday (30.1.08) which was over £2m up at £3.7m on the previous sale in May 2007 which achieved £1.4m.
The packed saleroom in Bonhams’ Bond Street Headquarters said it all, as 200 bidders in the room and many more [...]

A record has been set after the sale of a 104-year-old number plate bearing the registration F1 fetched £375,000.
The registration number was sold to businessman Afzal Kahn, of Kahn Design Ltd, by Essex County Council.
The council has held the plate since it was first issued in 1904, when the county became a licensing authority, and [...]

Entries for Bonhams’ April sale at The International Classic MotorCycle Show, Stafford continues to grow rapidly. Joining the Brough Superior SS100 and Coventry-Eagle Flying-8 there will be a typically eclectic mix of machines from all eras, ranging from a 1900/01 Chater Lea to a 1999 Egli-Vincent.
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One of the highlights of Tennants Spring 2008 Catalogue Sale will be an exceptional eight day coromandel wood Marine Chronometer, signed Victor Kullberg, 105 Liverpool Rd, Islington, London, No.4656, 1887 and estimated to sell for £7,000 – £9,000.
Victor Kullberg (1824-1890) was described as “One of the most brilliant and successful horologists of the 19th century”. [...]

Charterhouse Auctioneers & Valuers in Sherborne are instructed to sell a fine Victorian cameo brooch by a client who has had the brooch featured on The Antiques Roadshow when it visited Rochdale.
“The brooch is just exquisite and I can see why Geoffrey Munn, their jewellery expert, featured the brooch not only in the television programme, [...]

Bonhams has announced that it is moving its Scottish headquarters from 65 George St to 21-22 Queen Street Edinburgh, to provide an improved service to clients.
Miranda Grant, Bonhams Managing Director in Scotland comments: “I am really delighted that Bonhams has secured these very exciting new premises from which to continue growing our business in Scotland. [...]

UK based GoIndustry plc is acquiring DoveBid Inc in a pivotal deal which will create the world’s largest industrial machinery and equipment auctioneer.
GoIndustry CEO John Allbrook says 2008 will be another important year in the Company’s development following the announcement of the acquisition of DoveBid. During a global teleconference, Allbrook told employees worldwide, that with [...]

The gallantry medals of Brigadier G.W.B. Tarleton, CBE, DSO, MC with Bar are to be sold by Tennants Auctioneers in their specialist Arms, Armour and Militaria Sale to be held on Friday 29th February 2008 in Leyburn, North Yorkshire.
Brigadier Tarleton’s decorations comprise Commander of the British Empire (1945), Distinguished Service Order (immediate award Sicily), Military [...]

eBay has said it will cutting fees it charges people to offer items for sale and raising standards at the online auction website.
In a move aimed at holding off increasing competition from companies like Google and Craigslist, eBay is trimming fees it charges sellers by as much as half.
“Consumers have more choices than ever, and [...]

Paintings and statues used in The Da Vinci Code film are being auctioned to raise money for Lincoln Cathedral.
The building was transformed into Westminster Abbey for the 2005 film after authorities in London refused to take part. Westminster Abbey refused to allow stars Tom Hanks, Audrey Tatou and Sir Ian McKellen to act out the [...]

Allsop’s next commercial auction will be held on Tuesday 5 February 2008 at The Cafe Royal, Regent Street, London W1 starting at 11 am.
George Walker, Auctioneer and Partner at Allsop comments, “despite a downturn in the wider investment market, our last auctions in both October and December proved to be the most positive for some [...]

The number of repossessed homes being sold at auction has soared to levels last seen during the 1990s house price crash, say Europe’s biggest residential property auction house.
Allsop said nearly 40pc of all the homes it was currently putting under the hammer were properties that were being sold by banks and building societies that had [...]

NFU Cymru has kicked off discussions internally on how farmers might market their finished lambs more efficiently and, in particular, how auction markets may be able to help farmers achieve the best possible returns for their livestock.
The issue is acquiring ever greater prominence given the severe pressures in the lamb market in the second part [...]

The Metropolitan Police are investigating a report that an auction house was going to sell body parts from endangered animals.
Officers visited the auction after an anonymous tip-off that a tiger skull, three narwhal tusks and a number of turtle shells were on display to be included in an upcoming auction.
“A member of the public raised [...]

Pro Auction will conduct an auction sale of the entire craft bakery at the former Rigby’s Bakery plant in Morley Leeds.
Several interesting lots will go under the auctioneers hammer, which will appeal to a wide range of craft and plant bakeries alike.
The sale will include a state of the art Backtech bread plant, dividers, mixers, [...]