A NEW AUSTRALIAN AUCTION RECORD WAS SET LAST NIGHT FOR A COLOURED GEM STONE AND FOR A TOTAL RESULT ACHIEVED FOR ANY JEWELLERY AUCTION IN THE REGION Finishing with $1.379million in sales (including buyers premium) Chairman Tim Goodman said, “What we achieved tonight is absolutely fantastic. This is the first time in my 38 [...]

VANCOUVER - Equipment buyers and sellers demonstrated their ongoing preference for Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers’ full service unreserved industrial auctions last week, helping the Company set a number of new records - including the largest Atlanta and Australia auctions in Company history, as well as the highest total sales and total internet sales in one week. Ritchie [...]

NEW YORK - Philadelphia businessman Jay T. Snider announced today, on the verge of the 232nd anniversary of American independence, the sale at auction of his preeminent Americana collection related to the City of Brotherly Love. Formed over the last fifteen years by Mr. Snider, this comprehensive collection chronicles the history and growth of the [...]

LONDON - The July 2008 Evening Sale of Contemporary Art at Sotheby?s London achieved the phenomenal sum of £94,701,550 ($188,853,831) against a pre-sale estimate of £67.4 ? 96.6 million, making it the most successful Summer sale of Contemporary Art in Europe. The sale had numerous high points throughout the evening, with records achieved for 11 [...]

In Bonhams sale of 20th Century British Art on Wednesday 2 July, a wonderful and humorous oil on board, Granny with her Pet Mouse by Beryl Cook fetched more than double its estimate to realise a world record price of £69,600 for a work by the artist. A second work in the sale, The Dolphin [...]

Mallet Japan- Modern & Contemporary Art, Evening Sale 080725 Auction: July 25 at 5:00pm Preview: July 22 to 24 from 10:30am to 7:00pm July 1, 2008, TOKYO - Mallet Japan?s Modern and Contemporary auction will be held on July 25th in Tokyo. The sale offers a wide range of paintings and prints by Japanese, American and European artists. [...]

Finger Lakes Gallery and Frame hosts a silent auction of an original Patience Brewster. An original work is now being auctioned at Finger Lakes Gallery and Frame in Canandaigua for the Sands Cancer Center. “Offering Thanks”, an original that was done in pencil, watercolor and gouache on paper from famed artist Patience Brewster, will be showcased [...]