Search Stories
Now showing 9760-9770 of 10248 result(s)
(Auction Law and Ethics)Understanding Auction Markets
Auction Law and Ethicsby Steve Proffitt "Mr. Proffitt, I've got one of those complaining sellers on my hands and would appreciate your advice on how to handle him. Of course, his complaint is about what his things brought, and he blames me for that. I sold everything in an auction, ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)Whale Flips Tail and Records Fly at Morphy's $7.7 Million Steckbeck Bank Sale
Morphy Auctions, Denver, Pennsylvaniaby Dick FrizChalk up a new entry in the Guinness Book of World Records. Topping off an unremitting whirlwind spending spree, a capacity crowd on October 27, 2007, at Morphy Auctions in Denver, Pennsylvania, rallied the Stephen and Marilyn Steckbeck 488-lot mechanical bank collection to an astounding ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)Low Attendance Doesn't Hurt Big-Bucks Items
Northeast Auctions, Manchester, New Hampshire by David HewettThe three-day sale held October 26-28, 2007, by Northeast Auctions in Manchester, New Hampshire, was a winner, but in a rather quiet fashion. It grossed $6.3 million. There was a record-breaking Windsor chair that sold for $160,000 (includes buyer's premium). An Indian weathervane ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)The Price Auction
Tim Potter Auction Services, Port Perry, Ontario, Canadaby Robin McMullenAll prices in Canadian funds (the exchange rate on the day of the sale was CN $1 = $1.00017 US)In Ontario three well-known collections of antiques have come up for public auction in the last few years. The first was for ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)New Record Set for Automata at Skinner Sci-Tech
Skinner, Inc., Bolton, Massachusettsby Jeanne SchintoAn agent for a Russian billionaire came to the Skinner science and technology auction in Bolton, Massachusetts, on Sunday, October 28, 2007, and bought 16 lots of mechanical music boxes and automata for $1,041,960.50 (including buyer's premium). One of his purchases, a pair of life-size ... (Read More)
|
(Feature)The Art of Woodcarving in America: A Symposium
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusettsby Jeanne Schinto"The idea of what a carver can do is sometimes a very hard thing to come to grips with," keynote speaker Alan T. Miller told his audience at the Peabody Essex Museum's symposium "The Art of Woodcarving in America." It was held November 3 ... (Read More)
|
(Young Collectors)On the Road Again
The Young Collectorby Andrew Richmond and Hollie DavisWe used to have a real calendar like normal people, one with months and seasons and holidays. The new year started on January 1, crocuses marked the beginning of spring, and we knew when Christmas decorations started to appear that the year was ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)Extra! Extra! Andrew Jackson Elected President!
Cyr Auction Company, Gray, Maineby Mark SiscoHistory, art, form, and function combined to produce some standout hits in the $5000 to $15,000 range at Cyr Auction Company's October 10, 2007, sale in Gray, Maine. There were no grand slam home runs but lots of midrange scores to be had.The first ... (Read More)
|
(Issue Story)Editorial: Auction License for eBay Resellers?
Are those who sell other people's goods on eBay auctioneers, and should they be required to follow some of the same rules as conventional auctioneers? That question is destined to be answered by two pieces of proposed legislation currently on a collision course in Pennsylvania.The state's Board of Auctioneer Examiners ... (Read More)
|
(Issue Story)Cincinnati Badge Brings $5.305 Million
Sotheby's sold the gold and enamel Order of the Society of the Cincinnati badge owned first by George Washington and then by the Marquis de Lafayette for $5.305 million (including buyer's premium). The buyer was Fondation de Chambrun, a private French foundation.According to the Associated Press report, the decoration will ... (Read More)
|
1 (800) 752-8521 • PO Box 1429 • Waldoboro, ME 04572
