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Sotheby’s has announced its first ever major international auction series in the Middle East will take place on Wednesday, March 18 and Thursday, March 19, 2009 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Doha, Qatar.

Sotheby’s two-day international auction series will include sales of Orientalist Art, Watches, Arab, Iranian and International Contemporary Art. Highlights from all the auctions will be exhibited in the United Arab Emirates in February prior to the sales and will be on pre-sale view at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Doha on March 16 and 17, 2009.

Contemporary Art Sale
The Contemporary Art Sale will include in the region of 50-70 lots of International, Arab and Iranian Contemporary Art and is estimated to realise in excess US$10 million. One of the current highlights of the Arab and Iranian component of the sale will be Mohammad Ehsai’s (b.1939) oil on canvas Eshgh (Love), 2006, in two parts, which is estimated at $150,000-200,000.

Fine Watches Sale
The auction will comprise fine and important watches by all the renowned watchmakers, including IWC, Patek Philippe, Rolex, Breguet, Cartier and Audemars Piguet.

One of the most important highlights in the auction will be a fine and impressive white gold and diamond set minute repeating wristwatch (the total diamond weight is 10.5 carats) which measures 40mm in width, circa 2000, by the maker Breguet. The watch is estimated at US$240,000–440,000.

Another major highlight of the auction will be a magnificent white gold and diamond set bracelet watch (total diamond weight 39 carats), Audemars Piguet Royal Oak, measuring 38mm in width, which is estimated at US$300,000–500,000.

The Orientalist Sale
Sotheby’s Orientalist Sale in Doha will present an impressive showcase of Middle Eastern-inspired works, including important paintings by Rudolf Ernst and Jean Baptist Huysmans.

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Major International Auction Series in the Middle East

At the recent Sotheby’s Magnificent Jewels and Jadeite auction in Hong Kong the highest bid was for a spectacular Jacob & Co. cushion-shaped diamond ring. Featuring a 34.07 carat, D color, internally flawless stone, the ring commanded an impressive $5.78 million, and was acquired by a private collector. The fourth highest selling item, also from Jacob & Co., was a set featuring a necklace, earrings and a ring in yellow gold with white and yellow diamonds totaling approximately 79.40 carats that fetched $960,624.

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Hong Kong Magnificent Jewels and Jadeite Auction

J. P. King Auction Company, is selling seven Soaring Eagle Lodge condominiums at absolute auction, to the highest bidder in Snowshoe, West Virginia on Saturday, December 6, 2008 at 1 p.m.
The condominiums feature two bedroom, two bath and open floor plans with designer furnishings, decorative lighting, gas fireplaces, slate tile floor, state-of-the-art technology. The kitchens […]

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West Virginia Condominiums for Auction

eBay has launched a service to help large merchants sell thousands of fixed-price products via eBay.

The new program, Large Merchant Services, is still in beta, according to eBay. It “provides an efficient way to process large numbers of transactions within the eBay Trading Platform.” It also offers inventory management based on SKU numbers.

“EBay is acknowledging the strength of Amazon’s model and clearly they’re making changes to target the same enterprise branded-seller market upon which Amazon has built their third-party seller program,” said Eric Best, CEO of Mercent, a Seattle-based company that helps retailers take advantage of eBay’s new service.

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EBay Launches Large Merchant Services

A first-edition copy of Dracula, signed by the author Bram Stoker, is expected to fetch up to €25,300 at Sotheby’s in London on December 17.

Stoker was born in 1847 at 15 Marino Crescent, located today in Fairview, but then in Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland. He attended Trinity College, Dublin from 1864 to 1870 and graduated with honours in mathematics. He started writing while employed as a civil servant in Dublin. He died in 1912.

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Bram Stoke First Edition for Auction