The grandchildren of French fashion designer Paul Poiret will on Thursday auction off dozens of items from the 1910s and 1920s.
In what experts say will be the last sale of Poiret effects by his descendants, more than 60 dresses, coats and jackets designed by the avant-garde couturier for his young wife Denise go up for [...]

Bonhams France SAS held its first auction in France yesterday evening (9 February 2008). The spectacular “drive-through” sale of 70 ‘Automobiles d’Exception’ in Paris achieved 9,789,958 Euros (£7,298,000) – an increase of 40% over any previous Rétromobile auction.
Following an extremely busy three-day view, crowds of people filled the seats and lined the aisles in [...]

TUESDAY 19TH AND WEDNESDAY 20TH OF FEBRUARY 2008 AT 7 P.M.
VIEWING: SATURDAY 16TH AND SUNDAY 17 OF FEBRUARY FROM 11 TO 6.
The auctions will take place at the Jordaens premises, Van Peborghlei 13 b, 2640 Mortsel
A large collection of art nouveau, art deco and modern cameo glass, glass and crystal by Artyse, Gallé, Daum, Legras, [...]

Bonhams next sale, Fine & Rare wines featuring Italy, includes a record number of lots and for the first time, will extend into a buyer-friendly evening session. With over 1,200 lots featured in the sale, highlights of each of its three sessions include the renowned, and highly collectable “Super Tuscans” and a large parcel of [...]

FloraHolland merged with another Dutch auction group, Aalsmeer flower auction, at the beginning of the year. In 2007 their combined turnover about $5.93 billion. Some 11 billion flowers and 1.2 billion plants were processed by the two auction groups last year.
The Netherlands is the world’s largest exporter of flowers with a share of around 60 [...]

Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler said Thursday Turkey was set to make an official invitation in February for potential bidders in an auction to build the country’s first nuclear power plant.
“We have finished necessary legal arrangements and we will invite bidders on February 21st,” Guler told reporters after he received the members of RUWARD Youth [...]