The auction in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on Jan. 29-31, which sold over 76,000 objects salvaged from the ship, drew scores of antiquarians from many countries, including Belgium, Germany, France, Italia, Russia and the UK.
The antiques were believed to be Chinese products made under the Quing dynasty during the 1723-1735 period, including porcelain dishes, pots [...]

The Serbian Privatisation Agency, Novi Sad office, held its 188th public auction today in Novi Sad, at which the capital of four companies was sold.
Miljan Vuckovic purchased on behalf of a consortium the company “Poljoprivreda” from Senta for RSD195 million, while the starting price was RSD 191,586 million.
“Kluz-Srem” from Ruma was sold to Mihailo Mikic [...]

Barkeeper.ie – The licensed premises property market has realigned over the past five years, according to Morrisseys Auctioneers in its annual report. Licensed premises which were located within major and/or growing population centres enjoyed a bright future and those that did not faced challenging times.
Interest from developers in pubs with development potential resulted in 25 [...]

The last Alrosa international rough diamond auction of +10.8 carat diamonds closed last Tuesday, fetching $23 million. The Russian miner sold 159 out of 166 offered lots. 1,172 diamonds with a total weight 21,300 were up for auction, including 40 rough diamonds weighting more than 50 carats each.
The 20th International Auction, held in co-operation with [...]

[ May 3, 2007; ] Press Release

Bonhams – The late Tony Banks, Lord Stratford (1943-2006), ex-Labour MP and Sports Minister, was probably known best for his candour and forthright views, often resulting in controversy. However, Bonhams is about to reveal the life-long private passion of one of the country’s most eminent politicians of modern times.

On May 3, at Bonhams’ New [...]

Christie’s auction house said Friday it had bought a London contemporary art gallery, moving the world’s largest auctioneer onto terrain usually occupied by art dealers.
Christie’s said it had acquired the Haunch of Venison gallery, based in London’s Mayfair district. The auction house did not say how much it paid for the gallery, which also has [...]

Greece will auction 1.7 bln eur in new five-year bonds on Tuesday February 27, the Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA) said.
The PDMA said that the bonds have an annual coupon of 4.1 pct and expire on August 20, 2012.
The settlement date will be Friday, March 2, and retail investors can also subscribe for amounts [...]

A heritage museum says donations of memorabilia and “knick-knacks” have been hit by internet auction sites.
Carmarthen County Museum said people used to donate items for displays but were now more likely to sell them.
Manager Chris Delaney said people were more aware of what pieces such as 1930s kitchenware were worth and the web offered an [...]

The Dutch competition authority (NMa) is to investigate plans by major Dutch flower auctions Aalsmeer and FloraHolland to merge into the world’s largest flower exchange, Dutch media reported Thursday.
The competition watchdog will try to find out whether the new joint venture, which with an annual turnover of almost four billion euros would be by far [...]

The Register – A hacker has once again managed to pilfer eBay credentials that allow him to masquerade as an official company representative even as he taunts eBay officials on the company’s message boards. It’s at least the second time the person going by the name Vladuz has pulled off the [...]