Kunsthalle Bern to Hold Benefit Auction in September

BERN - On the 13th of September 2008, Kunsthalle Bern will auction off works by a total of 72 artists who, in the course of their careers, participated in exhibitions at Kunsthalle Bern and defined crucial moments and tendencies in art history. The proceeds will be dedicated in full to Kunsthalle Bern’s ambitious programme for […]

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Super Speedway Racecar for Russo and Steele Auction

t’s not often that a former NASCAR car comes to market, but even less common is it that one with a unique tie to America’s first racing scene goes across the auction block. Russo and Steele Monterey offers all that and more with the 2001 Ford Taurus NASCAR Super Speedway Racecar that is schedule to […]

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RM Auctions Announces Line-Up of Automobiles for London Event

LONDON, – Fresh on the heels of their recent record-breaking Maranello sale, RM Auctions, in association with Sotheby’s, is delighted to announce its second annual Automobiles of London auction event on October 29th, 2008.
Returning to the state of the art Battersea Evolution event arena, the highly anticipated auction promises another fantastic collection of vintage motor […]

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2001 Ford Taurus NASCAR Super Speedway Racecar for Monterey Auction

Monterey, CA. - Russo and Steele’s ‘Sports and Muscle in Monterey’ auction event is an experience unattainable at any other auction event. It presents a range of the most luxurious and collectable European sports, American muscle, Hot rods and custom automobiles, but will also provide every enthusiast a unique and memorable event. Russo and Steele […]

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LiveAuctioneers.com signs leading Hollywood memorabilia auctioneer Profiles in History

NEW YORK – LiveAuctioneers.com today announced the signing of Profiles in History, a leader in Hollywood memorabilia auctions. Profiles in History joins a powerhouse stable of memorabilia-focused auctioneers already using LiveAuctioneers.com for their Internet auction-bidding services, including Heritage Auction Galleries, Guernsey’s, Aurora Galleries, Regency Superior, Universal Rarities and Fame Bureau.

The first Profiles in History auction utilizing LiveAuctioneers’ services will be the July 31–Aug. 1 sale titled Hollywood Auction 32. The 1,000-lot auction features one of the largest known collections of film and television superhero costumes and props, including Ben Affleck’s complete Daredevil costume and Charlton Heston’s The Ten Commandments tablets. Additionally, the sale features 35 lots of original screen-used visual effects creatures created by the Academy Award-winning effects house Stan Winston Studio, including a screen-used full-scale animatronic male Velociraptor from Jurassic Park III, and a screen-used full-scale male T-Rex head from The Lost World: Jurassic Park II.

“We take great pleasure in welcoming Profiles in History to the LiveAuctioneers client family,” said LiveAuctioneers CEO Julian R. Ellison. “With the addition of this prestigious company to our roster, specialist collectors need look no further than LiveAuctioneers as the single premier source for the purchase of investment-grade memorabilia.”

To view Profiles in History’s entire illustrated catalog online, to leave an absentee bid or to sign up to bid live via the Internet as the auction is taking place, log on to: http://www.liveauctioneers.com/browse/seller/profiles-in-history.

About LiveAuctioneers.com
Founded in November 2002, Manhattan-based LiveAuctioneers.com provides real-time Internet bidding capability to 722 auction houses in a dozen countries. LiveAuctioneers.com has opened up once-exclusive sales to the cyber community worldwide through online publication of auction catalogs, and Internet bidding. Similar to telephone bidding, buyers at remote locations can conveniently participate in auctions in real time from their computers as the auction is being conducted. There is no cost to register and no obligation to bid; anyone can watch the action online, in real time. For further information, log on to www.liveauctioneers.com.

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