AUCTION NEWS and other interesting tid-bits -
08-19-10
Joe Saberino - of Boyer-Rosene Moving & Storage auctions off a neon sign that says Governor Blagojevich at an auction of the of items connected to convicted former governor, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010, in Arlington Heights, Ill.
Kruse Energy and Equipment Auctioneers - Hosts 3 Historic Auctions With More Than 125 Well Service & Drilling Rigs on the Block in Oklahoma City, Denver & Odessa.
Professional investors move into flipping foreclosed homes - The investors, primarily private equity funds and groups of wealthy individuals, purchase the homes at public auctions, which are held daily on the steps of local courthouses. They refurbish the properties and try to sell them for quick profits.
Monterey 2010: Gooding smashes records at Pebble Beach auction - Gooding's two night auction resulted in more than $64 million in sales, including six world records.
Ladder Fire Truck - original body; full rack of original ladders; 1920s; 62 inches long; sold for $32,200. Photo courtesy of Bertoia Auctions.
Marilyn's dress, Michael's glove - Auction-goers vie to own a piece of their favourite stars. Marilyn Monroe's chest X-rays. Barbra Streisand's houndstooth cap from the film "What's Up, Doc?" Elvis Presley's empty prescription bottles. Alfred Hitchcock's driver's license. Who wants all this stuff? And why would they pay thousands of dollars for it?
Lost Auction Bonanza! - From Locke's knife to Jack's pills to Claire's Squirrel Baby, IGN gets a sneak peek at all the awesome Island-ware you can bid on this weekend.
J.D. Salinger - PERSONALLY OWNED & USED Toilet Commode, $1,000,000 (Free Shiping)!
'Real Housewives' - star's bankruptcy auction rescheduled for October. With gentle prodding from the judge, the couple and a bankruptcy trustee agreed to delay the auction until Oct. 3 to allow time to review the potential worth of each item on the list for sale.
Rumely Oil Pull Tractor - Type L 15/25 Sold For: $13,500 On: Aug 13, 2010, City: Newville, State: PA, Auctioneer: Andrew Martin, Company: Martin's Auction Service (AuctionZip)
06-12-10
Princess Diana's - Daring Black Dress Fetches Over $275,000 at a London Auction.
Oswald’s Getaway Cab Sold for $35,750 - The Checker is believed to be the car in which Mr. Oswald briefly rode while making his getaway following the shooting of President Kennedy in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. The vehicle will remain on public view at its new home, Historic Auto Attractions of Roscoe, Ill., a sprawling showcase of automotive arcana 90 miles northwest of Chicago and owned by Wayne Lensing.
Buffett lunch sells for $2.63 million - A bidder has agreed to pay $2.63 million for a steak lunch with the billionaire investor Warren Buffett in a charity auction held on eBay.
James Bond DB5 heads to auction block - James Bond’s legendary 1964 Aston Martin DB5 will go on the block at RM Auctions annual Automobiles of London event Oct. 27.
04-17-10
Crocodile Inn Circa 1800 Inn Sign Double Sided - Important Hudson Valley double sided Inn sign, from the Crocodile Inn, in Bloomington area of the Hudson Valley, in untouched condition. Americana at its best! Sold For: $247,500. (AuctionZip)
03-30-10
AuctionZip - Rare Steiff of 1920's cartoon character "Felix The Cat" - $4,887.00
Broward County, FL - has turned to the Internet to set up a foreclosure auction system. Starting Tuesday, residents looking to settle down in Broward County can purchase a home with just a click of the mouse.
One man's space junk is another's objet d'art - Items from the Soviet/Russian Space Program 1945-2005 will be auctioned in Toronto on March 31, 2010.
Bam! Superman comic book bops Batman record - A high-quality copy of Action Comics #1, which marks Superman's 1938 debut, sold for $1.5 million on Monday.
Batman Beats Superman - In Comic Auction, 'Detective Comics' #27 Sells For $1.075 Million.
02-18-10
Buddy L Tug Boat - Extremely Rare, One of the Best known examples, Very Few Know to Exist, Excellent Condition, 28" Long, Sold For: $17,170 On: Feb 03, 2007. City: NORTH CANTON, OH. Auctioneer: Jeffrey Prinz, Company: Homestead Auctions. AuctionZip.
Rare Barbie Mink Coat - Discovered the night before the sale in a box, and posted on AuctionZip that evening. Within an hour we had 3 calls on it, and by the auction time the next morning we had 5 people show up to the sale for the jacket specifically. Heated bidding between two onsite bidders went all the way to $2,000! Sold by Kraft Auction Service and was part of the Richard Young Collection. AuctionZip.
02-12-10
Warhol Dollar Sign Snapped Up by Graff in $61.4 Million Auction - An Andy Warhol dollar-sign silkscreen and an Yves Klein painting of a naked model were snapped up by diamond dealer Laurence Graff last night as buyers splashed out another 39.1 million pounds ($61.4 million) on contemporary art.
Giacometti statue claims highest price ever at auction - A sculpture from the 1960s has achieved world fame overnight after becoming the most expensive artwork ever sold at an auction. Its previous owner, a German bank, already has plans for the profits generated by the sale.
02-01-10
Auction puts smile on faces of Old West memorabilia collectors - It was cowboy collector’s heaven Saturday at the 16th annual Old West Collector’s Auction at the Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo. Registered buyers from 15 states bid on Old West memorabilia, antiques, historic saddles, bits, spurs, U.S. Cavalry artifacts, Native American pieces, Western art and Casey Tibbs memorabilia from consigners spread over eight states.
Churchill cigar sells for £4,500 at auction in Norfolk - A half-smoked cigar, abandoned when Sir Winston Churchill dashed away to an urgent wartime Cabinet meeting, has sold at auction for £4,500 ($7,100.00).
Jenni Farley - (aka J-WOWW) pics up for auction.
Owners tally up damage from auction tent collapse - many owners of classic cars who had hoped to be counting up their profits from a big auction were instead assessing the scratches and dents as a result of damage from a tent collapse during a windstorm in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Waterlogged Bugatti sells for big money at Paris auction - remains of a 1920s Bugatti that spent 70 years at the bottom of a Swiss lake sold at a Paris auction Saturday for $368,320, well above estimates.
Mystery car has Russo and Steele auction buzzing - Is it a long-lost convertible prototype of the 1948 Tucker? Or is it a reproduction car, carefully assembled using salvaged Tucker parts? Cole calls the sleek, blue convertible the "Holy Grail of Tuckers" and hopes it will fetch up to $3.5 million at the storm-ravaged Russo and Steele auction in Scottsdale, which is set to resume on Sunday.
'Hudson miracle' Airbus up for auction - second-hand Airbus A320. Condition: total wreck with possible traces of goose feathers.
The 1989 Daimler Limousine - has just over 17,000km on the clock and had been expected to go for between $29,000 and $30,000. The black Daimler sedan went under the hammer in Auckland at the weekend and fetched $69,000.
The cars of your dreams? - man auctions off his vintage car collection.
Part II Of The Donald Kaufman Toy Car And Truck Auction - Toy collectors from around the world converged on this specialty auction house, founded by the late Bill Bertoia, to compete for what can only be described in the automotive toy world as a consummate collection containing only the best of the best.
$25M mansion now up for a paltry $6M - The 30,000-square-foot abode has not one but six master suites, each with its own full bath, dual 30 feet by 30 feet living rooms, a ballroom, nine fireplaces, 15,000 square feet of wrap-around terraces and a 20-car garage, to name a few of the features.
Bank Auctions Capone's Hideout - to Itself. The hideout did sell. But the bank that foreclosed on the property in the first place ended up buying it for $2.6 million. Chippewa Valley Bank was the only bidder during a five-minute sheriff’s sale in the lobby of the county courthouse in Hayward, Wis.
10-02-09
Prices drop at classic car auctions--but not as much as predicted.
Going, going... almost SOLD - Inside the luxury auction of a historic NJ home.
Little Big Horn Rifle Brings $21,850 At Kaminski Auction - An Indian rifle owned and decorated with thunderbird images by White Man Runs Him, the scout for General George A. Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn, sold for $21,850.
Gil Elvgren (American, 1914–1980) - "It's a Snap (Pretty Snappy; Snap Judgment),” 1958, oil on canvas, 30 by 24 inches, reproduced as figure 342 in Gil Elvgren All His Glamorous American Pin-Ups by Charles G. Martignette and Louis K. Meisel, was the top lot overall at $215,100.
Hat worn by Jack Ruby - during Oswald shooting to be auctioned in Dallas. The auction house will start taking advance bids for the hat in October and put it up for auction in early November. The hat was auctioned for $61,000 in 2008, according to a previous Dallas Morning News article.
