A security guard stole thousands of pounds worth of electrical goods from Tesco’s Carlisle store and sold them on eBay, a court was told yesterday.
Graham Rothery, 28, of Scotby Close, Carlisle, admitted 12 charges of stealing from his employer and two charges of selling the items for cash under the Proceeds of Crime Act. He [...]

Bonhams has been appointed by Corgi to sell its archive of coveted prototype and “Number One” vehicles. The unique auction will take place on 3 October 2007 at Bonhams’ Knowle salerooms in Solihull, West Midlands.
With over 500 lots for sale the stars of the auction will be the “Number One” models” and collectors will be [...]

Livestock markets will be allowed to open from Monday following the easing of restrictions imposed after the two outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in Surrey.
Cattle, sheep and pigs can also be taken to shows under the new relaxed regulations but the 20-day standstill rules on moving livestock still remains.
Auctioneer Graham Ellis, of Stanfords, said Colchester’s market [...]

eBay is launching an offline, text-based bidding service in the UK, France and Belgium today.
The UK service costs 12 pence plus VAT per message and will be offered to users as an option when a bid is placed online. It does not require any additional downloads or up-front payments and can be used with any [...]

The property slump in Galway has now extended to agricultural land — it has been revealed that two holdings which came under the hammer did not even attract one bid.
And it has been stated that the ‘heat has gone out’ of agricultural land sales across County Galway over the past six months.
Experts say that potential [...]

Sotheby’s, the second-largest auction house, said it hired Guillaume Cerutti to head its business in France, where it has lagged behind No.1-ranked Christie’s International for at least four years.
Cerutti was formerly with the French Ministry of Economy and Finance, where he headed the Department of Consumer and Competitive Affairs, and was managing director of [...]

Hungarian markets will be looking at the 2012/C and 2017/B auctions with usual amounts on offer today. Since the last auction of these issues (2 August), the 5-year yields went up by around 30 basis points while the 10-year increased by around 15 bps. UniCredit said on Thursday decent demand should be expected at the [...]

A painting by Scottish artist Jack Vettriano fetched almost £500,000 at auction last night.
Bluebird at Bonneville was the top lot at Sotheby’s sale of Scottish pictures at the Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire.
The painting was one of seven commissioned in 1997 by Sir Terence Conran, the London restaurateur and designer, for his Bluebird Club in Chelsea.
They [...]

Seats on the first commercial flight of the new Airbus A380 superjumbo, the largest passenger plane ever built, are being auctioned by Singapore Airlines on global online market eBay.
Bids are already running into the thousands of pounds, despite the fact that the auctions will remain open until 10 September.
The maiden flight will take place on [...]

A tiny key which could have saved the Titanic will go under auction in Britain next month.
The key to the ship’s crow’s nest binocular store survived the 1912 sinking of the vessel which killed 1,522 people because it was not on board.
Instead, it was with David Blair, the Titanic’s original second officer who was transferred [...]