Another Day at the Auction

We went to ANOTHER auction on Sunday. Our favorite Auction House, Woods Auction, ... to use as bookends or doorstops. Did we plan on buying these? No, but they would go with the house ... more than $15! We bought a large Victorian oval picture frame with the curved glass for $20 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 03:34:38

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Collectibles - A Hobby

The wonderful thing about taking up collecting as a hobby is that there is no limit to what you can collect, ... of items still in auction houses and antique shops for sale at affordable prices, including swords ... on Civil War letters are found in auction houses, both online and the more traditional bricks and mortar [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 07:21:20

Auction Reporting Turns Ugly

Editor at Large of Art+Auction, Judd Tully, wrote something in response to the paltry performance at Christie's last night that truly surprised me: ... the auction houses' entire appeal? (It can't be the cramped cheap seating.) So someone ... that the frenzy that preceded this slow down was the auction houses' birthright, nor that of folks selling [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 12:51:00

My plans for the Auction House

I've spent the last few days levelling some alts, and professions, and generally trying to assemble necessary infrastructure, towards my goal of learning how to (hopefully) generate truly obscene amounts of gold via the Auction House...or at least enough to pay for some crafted purplez and an epic flying mount [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 10:58:00

Wright: Enzo Mari Animal Puzzles

First off, i just want to apologize to Wright, they've been kind enough to send me some of their incredible catalogs, ... one of the most impressive auction houses of modern design pieces, and their catalogs are completely mind ... just gotten to cleaning house and organizing and catching up on everything (yes, perhaps i do need [more...]

Date: 2008-08-18 23:28:00

Madonna’s Puss is for Sale

madonna-naked-pictures A (NSFW) thirty-year old full-frontal photograph of Madonna and what appears to be a small yak is now available to the ... highest bidder, thanks to Christie’s auction house in New York. People Magazine says The head of Christie’s photography department says Madonna was a financially strapped 20-year-old dancer [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 15:30:34

The lost saucer of 'Forbidden Planet' reappears

After 38 years, a "lost" Hollywood artifact with a truly cosmic history has resurfaced and, no surprise, ... to the Profiles in History auction house, it is "a marvel of 1950s engineering." That's because ... in the garage of a North Carolina man who decided recently to find out what the old model ship might [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 02:24:26

Naked Madonna Photo from 1979 goes up for sale

LONDON, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- A naked, pre-fame photo of pop star Madonna is expected to sell for as much as $15,000 when it hits the auction block in New York next month, the BBC said. Christie's auction house said the black and white picture, which was taken after Madonna responded to U.S. photographer Lee [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 21:00:00

GM sells off “collectables” to pay bills

Business Week: General Motors is cleaning out the attic to sell some stuff at the auction house to raise some much needed cash ... in West Palm Beach, Fla. Don’t think that GM is parting with the family jewels to pay the mortgage ... , and transport each vehicle. And with GM designs getting better and better under Lutz and Welburn, the company [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 00:05:30

R. Donahue Peebles buys second Hamptons home

Real estate developer and author R. Donahue Peebles, who purchased a 10.1-acre Bridgehampton compound last year for $5 ... from his current property. He acquired the house in an estate trust auction. Peebles plans to keep both homes, using the Sag Harbor place as a cabana and guest house, says Lori Barbaria of Prudential [more...]

Date: 2008-06-18 20:42:58

5 tips to get out of foreclosure

by Doc Schmyz Your house is the last thing that you want to loose ... by selling the house or repossessing it. Often the lenders lead their borrowers to believe that they don’ ... their house off the auction block. The following are a few ideas to help [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 18:48:36

TRACES OF THE TRADE: A FILMMAKER CONFRONTS SLAVERY IN HER FAMILY’S PAST

I first heard of Ms. Browne’s documentation of her family’s history in the slave trade last year, and now it will finally be presented on televison ... plantations in Cuba, and an auction house in Charleston, S.C.   Three generations of my ancestors brought [more...]

Date: 2008-06-23 00:28:32

Five Common Mistakes When Buying a Property in Foreclosure Auction

Many investors tend to get into the foreclosure auction process, ... . The house may sustain significant structural and fire damage or a host of other flaws. 4. Paying Too [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 01:00:59

Auction House Secrets for World of Warcraft Gamers

The number one secret that really shouldn’t be anymore is downloading the Auctioneer add on ... on these. If you do you can either resell them for the proper amount of profit or go build [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 01:00:12

Richard’s Tweets for the Week on 2009-01-11

http://twitpic.com/zqgl - This pinot from Germany tastes like fruity dill sauce. And i like it!! ... out the success of Chicago auction house Hart Davis Hart. Chairman John Hart met w me and Pelters [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 06:59:59

Pierre Paulin anniversary Ribbon Chair

Pierre Paulin anniversary Ribbon Chair ... of your choice giving it a personal touch. Not cheap at £2,538, but one for the auction houses of tomorrow [more...]

Date: 2008-08-20 11:52:17

Jewish Involvement in Black American Affairs Part 1

By Paul GrubachThe Nation of Islam (ed.), The Secret Relationship Between Blacks and Jews, Historical Research Department, Springfield, MA, 334 pp ... slave notices – Auction notices – Published sermons – Census data – Slave bills of sale – Tax ... publishing houses."The Black American expert on the slave trade, Dr. Tony Martin, has endorsed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 13:30:00

It’s Auction Time Again in Phoenix Real Estate

This coming Saturday, another large-scale auction of foreclosed homes in the Phoenix real estate market is going to take place ... inspected the homes, you’re out of luck. Open houses on these homes were the last two weekends [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 20:58:40

No.73 ~ UpperCase Living

AUCTION IS OVER No.73 - UpperCase Living Oh, I do love all this vinyl! Torreh from UpperCase Living donated this package worth just about $50 ... /Winter Catalog pg. 95 $8.95 valueShe chose these designs as she felt they were appropriate to the cause. I'm loving that Welcome one. I may have to order that too. 3. The Ornaments of a House [more...]

Date: 2008-09-16 23:15:28

Winners of the Brad Meltzer/The Book of Lies Giveaway + The Siegel & Shuster Society Charity Auction!

Congratulations to Elizabeth Oerther (Kentucky), Michael Spencer (Colorado), Marcella Hugentobler (Florida), Joseph Hyde (California), Mary Kaufmann ( ... Siegel in Cleveland, Ohio, where Superman was created. As Meltzer says, “The house where Google was founded is preserved. The garage where Hewlett Packard was founded is protected. But the house wher [more...]

Date: 2008-09-02 14:18:00

Maison Yves Saint Laurent

I was looking for photos of Yves Saint Laurent's home earlier this year, I'll tell you why in the next post, ... to "auction off the art and objects with which he and Saint Laurent filled the late designer’s duplex ... . One of the items that won't be sold is the the couture house’s original logo from 1961 that was hand [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 01:24:00

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