Archive for December, 2007

Priceless coin collection snatched in sting against auctioneers

Monday, December 31st, 2007

A chest of antique coins worth up to £300,000 was stolen by a gang in a sting on two auctioneers as they drove away from a exhibition centre.
Experts fear that the collection, which featured two gold coins of priceless historical value, could have been melted down. One of the coins can be dated back to [...]

Yellow Apricot Online Property Auctioneers

Monday, December 31st, 2007

Yellow Apricot is the only wholly online Property Auctioneer in the UK . Traditional property auctions occur in posh hotels or halls and you have to travel to the Auction Venue on the advertised date in order to manually bid on the property that you are interested in.
Using Yellow Apricot as your Auctioneer, you [...]

Last-minute bids push charity auction total over £8,000

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

SCOTLAND on Sunday’s Christmas Appeal online auction has raised more than £8,000, thanks to the generosity of readers.
A flurry of last-minute bidding took the total above the amount raised in a similar exercise last year to provide funds for the British charity Sightsavers International.
The top lot this year, raising £610, was the chance for three [...]

Coys to auction Jamie Olivers Aston Martin - Jan 12

Saturday, December 29th, 2007

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is putting his Aston Martin car up for auction by Coys in London on January 12.
The £91,000 V8 Vantage Roadster has not been used and only has delivery mileage on the clock.
Coys is also selling a 1990 Lamborghini Countach Anniversario whose owners have included 1980s’ pop group Five Star and [...]

eBay and Kyozou Explore High-Volume Seller Opportunities

Saturday, December 29th, 2007

Good news may be right around the corner for high-volume, low-price eBay sellers.
Toronto’s Kyozou Inc. recently opened a dialogue with eBay representatives - including top seller account managers - about exploring the possibility of creating a joint offering that would specifically cater to these kinds of eBay businesses.
“It’s been a real ‘Ghost in the Machine’ [...]

Shropshire auctioneers move blocked

Friday, December 28th, 2007

Halls, based at Welsh Bridge, have been refused an outline application to create new purpose-built auction rooms at Shrewsbury’s livestock market.
The application was for a two-storey, 1,850 square metre building for use as a fine art and general sale auction room with storage and office space.
Halls says it has outgrown the present Welsh Bridge offices [...]

Livestock Auctioneers Report Poor 2007

Friday, December 28th, 2007

A leading Cumbrian auctioneer, says 2007 was a write-off,” Adam Day spoke of the plight farmers face as they continue to recover from restrictions imposed during the foot and mouth outbreak and blue tongue disease.
Mr Day, also said: “The back end half of the year since August has been a disaster. There is no other [...]

Yugo cars on the auction block

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

he manufacturer of the Yugo car will be sold next year, the Serbian government said Thursday.
Nearly 90 percent of the shares of the company, Zastava, the only Serbian carmaker, will be sold in April, the Serbian Privatization Agency said. Serbian officials hope the two deals will raise the appeal of the troubled automaker.
Car producers with [...]

Conwy Valley aluminium works bankruptcy auction

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

An internet auction will be held in the new year to find a buyer for an aluminium plant unless a deal is sealed with a prospective buyer.
The auction will be for Dolgarrog Aluminium in the Conwy Valley, which went into administration in August.
The plant, which employed 170 at Britain’s only integrated casting and rolling aluminium [...]

Hampton & Littlewood

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

Hampton & Littlewood are based at their Alphin Brook Road Saleroom in Exeter. Established in January 2001 in this former International Auction House site, Hampton & Littlewood hold regular auctions of Antiques & Collectables, Antiquarian Books, Quarterly Fine Sales of selected antiques, Specialist Maritime and Sporting Sales.
The Quarterly Fine Sales include all areas of fine [...]