Published in Amsterdam in 1730, the work, featuring 256 stunning copperplate engravings, is to be sold at the Ketterer Kunst auctions in Hamburg on 18 und 19 May 2009.
Maria Sibylla Merian’s “Over de voorteeling en wonderbaerlyke veranderingen der Surinaamschen insecten …” is indeed a highlight of the Hamburg auction of Rare Books - Manuscripts - Autographs - Decorative Prints with Marine and North German Art and is bound to trigger off vehement bidding skirmishes. After all, apart from the quality of this work, the price of € 20 000 at which it will be called is certainly reasonable. Back in 1999 Ketterer Kunst sold an edition of this book, which is a pioneering early work of modern entomology by the enterprising and emancipated native of Frankfurt, to a bidder from the US for DM 100 000.
Pre-sale viewings have been scheduled at Meßberg 1, Hamburg, for the following dates and times:
6-8 May, 11 am-5 pm
11-15 May, 11 am-5 pm
17 May – by appointment only
www.kettererkunst.de
The new eBay Manager Applications Beta allows third party developers to embed their applications at My eBay, where professional sellers manage their business. eBay Selling Manager tool currently has 270,000 active paying subscribers in the US which represents a large potential customer base for the upcoming third party applications. Once approved, applications will be available to eBay Selling Management Applications subscribers, the developers set the price of subscription fees and get a 80% revenue share, according to Kumar Kandaswamy, head of eBay Developers Program and Platform. UPS integrates its shipping software, WorldShip, available from the eBay Selling Manager Applications, so sellers will be able to manage shipping directly from My eBay. Other featured eBay third party applications showcased at Web 2.0 expo are:
* Terapeak is a marketing tool that provides pricing and timing trends on the eBay marketplace.
* HostedSupport is a CRM that manages sellers-buyers relation.
* ahText
is an instant mobile alerts system
* Cloud Conversion provides performance feedback and sales ratings.
Started in November 2000, the eBay Developers Program has more than 87,000 members who have created by 13,500 live applications. More info about the eBay Developers Program can be found at http://developer.ebay.com/.
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New York-based Citigroup started the auction process to sell Nikko Asset Management Co. this week and has invited bids from Japanese banks.
Citigroup is selling assets after reporting more than $88 billion of credit losses and writedowns tied to the U.S. subprime-mortgage crisis. The U.S. government has channeled $45 billion into Citigroup and agreed to take a 36 percent stake after the bank posted five quarterly losses.
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Citigroup to Auction Japanese Asset Management Group
Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) — A bidding war is under way in the U.K. for land that will be used for building a new generation of nuclear power stations. The online auction of three lots of land adjacent to old nuclear power stations by the U.K.’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has now entered its third week, and some estimates place the bidding total at more than 200 million euros ($286 million), which is considerably higher than what was expected.
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Manion’s brand new special Sci-Fi auction is online now, coming hot on the heels of their collectible toy auction — their first non-military realted auction in many years.
“Everyone knows Manion’s International Auction House is synonymous with military collectibles,” said company VP John Conway. “We’ve come across some other interesting collections lately, and thought we’d feature […]
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