Carrying an estimate of € 30 000-40 000, Antoni Clavé’s “Le coq” is literally cock of the walk. Dating from 1945, this oil painting is to lead off at the Ketterer Kunst auction of Modern Art & Post-War/Contemporary Art in Hamburg on 24 and 25 October 2008.
Auction info www.kettererkunst.com

Swedish alcohol retailer Systembolaget said among the 400 bottles on the auction block will be a bottle of Macallan from 1946 with a starting price of $3,620.
Event organizers say they don’t believe Sweden’s poor economy will spoil the auction to take place in Frihamnen.
The auction will also offer a Very Very Old Fitzgerald Original Sour [...]

Mercuria Energy Trading S.A. of Switzerland has won an auction by the Sao Paulo Municipal Government in Brazil of 713,000 certified emission reduction (CER) credits, representing 713,000 tons of CO2 equivalent. The winning bid was 19.20 Euros ($28.20) per credit-a total of over 13.68 million Euros.

At the annual auction of Swiss Art in Zurich on 1 December 2008, Christie’s will offer the most important work by Swiss artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss ever presented at auction; the installation Der Lauf der Dinge, 1987 (The way things go, 1987) and the 16mm reel of the iconic short film Der Lauf [...]

19th century Dutch painting will be offered at Sotheby’s Amsterdam on Wednesday 15 October 2008.
The landscapes, ice scenes, marines and town views, painted by Dutch masters of Romanticism and of the Impressionist Hague School, are offered from international collections, including important private collections from Canada and Belgium.
The sale is highlighted by impressive paintings by B.C. [...]

Carrying an estimate of € 60 000-80 000 and measuring 83 x 65.5 cm, “Früchte- und Blumenstillleben mit Insekten” [“Still Life with Fruits, Flowers and Insects”], was painted by Jan-Frans van Dael in 1814 and heads the Art of the 19th Century division at the auction of Old Masters and Art of the 19th Century/Marine [...]

Taking place from 14th to 17th of October, the auction has a with a wide selection of old master paintings, 19th century paintings, works of art (sculptures, glass and porcelain, silver), and jewellery.
Old Master Paintings, 14 October 2008
19th Century Paintings, 15 October 2008
Works of Art (Sculpture, Silver, Glass, Porcelain, Furniture)
16 October 2008
Jewellery, 17 October 2008
Public [...]

Ketterer Kunst is showing more than 30 works on paper by the two artists as well as seven pieces of their sculpture that form the nucleus of the exhibition.
The exhibition of works for sale in the Ketterer Kunst rooms at Fasanenstrasse 70 in Berlin runs until 4 October 2008. Prices for works by Heiliger and [...]

Metalloinvest, Russia’s biggest iron ore producer, has won an auction for the Udokan copper deposit for $585 million and will invest more than $5 billion into developing it with Russian Technologies.
The Federal Subsoil Resource Use Agency named Mikhailovsky GOK as the winning bidder on its web site Wednesday.
Metalloinvest, said in a statement that it would [...]

Serbia’s Privatization Agency will auction the country’s former top sugar and paper producers as well as the property of a now-bankrupt top exporter, a statement said Tuesday.
The Privatization Agency said the auction for the sale of the Dimitrije Tucovic sugar plant and the Matroz paper manufacturer, as well as an office tower and business space [...]