Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, will celebrate the Grand Opening of its new Madrid (Ocana) permanent auction site, with a two-day public unreserved auction on June 3 – 4, 2010. On the morning of June 4, Company officials and Ocana Mayor Jose Carlos Martinez Osteso will participate in a mid-morning ribbon cutting ceremony to officially mark the opening of the new Ocana auction site.
“Since our first auction in Spain in 2000, we’ve seen demand for our unreserved auctions continually increase,” said Jeroen Rijk, Vice President, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers. “Every auction has attracted …

From 1 to 4 June 2010, a stamp auction at the Peter Rapp AG auction house in Wil, St. Gallen, Switzerland, will certainly be causing a stir. In addition to the lost “Ticino” stamp collection that dates back more than 100 years and is one of the most valuable in history, stamps and coins are due to be auctioned for an estimated 13 million Swiss francs.
Investors and collectors from more than twenty-four countries will be bidding in the room, and several thousand by telephone or online. The auction is generating …