Christie’s announced the appointment of Marc Porter as Chairman of Christie’s Americas effective January 2010. In this role, Mr. Porter will lead the Top Client Program in the Americas and remain President of Christie’s Japan, and a member of the Board of Christie’s. In addition, Stephen Lash has been appointed Chairman Emeritus and Christopher Burge [...]

Bonhams is privileged to announce the sale of an original circa 1895 Hildebrand & Wolfmüller motorcycle at the first of its two annual Stafford auctions. Manufactured in Munich, Germany, the Hildebrand & Wolfmüller is of the utmost historical significance as the first powered two-wheeler to enter series production, and is the first such vehicle to [...]

Harlowe-Powell Auction Gallery, located in Charlottesville, VA, will host its 20th C Design/Arts & Crafts Auction live online with Artfact Live!. In this exciting sale, Harlowe-Powell Auction Gallery will offer more than 500 lots of fine and decorative art. A Gio Ponti 84-Piece Diamond-Pattern Sterling Flatware is the top estimated lot, requiring a minimum bid [...]

Hollywood Entertainment Museum announced the release of historically significant items for auction to provide educational opportunities for LA’s at-risk youth. Presented by Super Auctions, nearly one hundred years of Hollywood history will be up for bid at a live, online auction January 31, 2010.
How can you alter the direction of a life? Not by lecturing, [...]

On January 18, 2010 Gateway Gallery Auction held it’s annual Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday auction, which consisted of an eclectic mix of fine antiques and artwork. The standing room only crowd was filled with motivated live and phone action, and received extensive absentee bidder interest.
Of significant interest, two signed Lily Spandorf gouache watercolors brought [...]

An American Flag carried to the moon on Apollo 12 astronauts Conrad, Gordon and Bean in Nov. 1969 will be auctioned with other NASA memorabilia owned by a former NASA employee at www.prwauctions.com
Apollo 12 Flag Carried to the Moon, 3″ x 6″ cloth flag, framed 8.25″ x 10.25,” 2.25″ x 3″ silver paper marker card [...]

Lichfield based Auction, Richard Winterton Auctioneers with over 150 years of auction pedigree commenced free valuation sessions at The Trinity Centre, Church Hill in 2000. These are held every Monday from 2-4pm and there is plenty of free parking and easy access.
The service has been a huge success and an invaluable point of contact [...]

Bonhams will offer an important collection of 100 motorcycles, mainly pre-1950 machines, from Pamplona, Spain, at the RAF Museum, Hendon on 27th February 2010.
The Pamplona Collection represents an important group of motorcycles assembled by a prominent Spanish private collector.
Over 100 in number, this extraordinarily diverse collection includes a brace of De Dion Bouton-engined machines dating [...]

Philip Kamin, a renown rock n’ roll photographer, has selected Legendary Auctions, a premier Sports and Americana auction house, to sell his prized photography collection which features rock music icons from the last 50 years. The 30,000-plus piece collection of images consists of Kamin’s own photographs as well as other famous shots he has acquired [...]

Bido.com, the Social Auction Platform, has officially released their “Vote For Profits” program. The auction selection process at Bido.com is now crowd sourced, and those who participate in screening the inventory are rewarded as a partner in the auction’s proceeds.
Bido.com has developed an interactive online auction with three distinct groups of members who participate in [...]