Texas Beach-Front Property to be Auctioned

A 6-acre, sprawling undeveloped piece of gulf front property in South Padre Island will go on the auction block this October 30th. The property, located on the north end of the island, is the last large piece of undeveloped property with utilities available on the island.
“This piece of land means so much to the people […]

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Ketterer Kunst to auction rare letter documenting the first circumnavigation of the globe

Hamburg (kk) - For € 80 000 it could be yours: the first empirical proof that the earth is round. The extremely rare original edition of a letter from Maximilianus Transsylvanus, secretary to the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, is to go under the hammer at the Ketterer Kunst auction of Rare Books - Manuscripts […]

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Rare Pistol To Sell At Hesse Galleries

A 19th-century percussion target pistol made by Morgan James, New York State gunsmith, will be sold at auction on Saturday, September 20, at Hesse Galleries in Otego, New York.
James was born in 1815. He began making firearms in 1830 when he was only fifteen. He worked mostly in Utica, New York, except for a few […]

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Bonhams Hong Kong 2008 Spring Auctions Scored the Highest Total Sales Since the Launch of Auction Business in Asia

Bonhams Hong Kong 2008 Spring Auctions of Fine Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Paintings, Fine Western and Jadeite Jewellery and Fine Modern Wristwatches held on 29 and 30 May at the Island Ballroom of the Island Shangri-La Hong Kong came to a successful conclusion, which augurs well for the 2008 Autumn Auctions. Colin Sheaf, […]

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Rock Island Auction Takes Nearly $9 Million

Rock Island Auction Company’s first premiere sale of the year concluded on May 5th, putting some of the world’s finest firearms into the hands of many serious collectors from across the globe.
The two highest grossing lots of the auction were both extremely rare antique Colt firearms, a Colt Walker model 1847 ‘D Company’ revolver, which […]

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