Auction Blog

Cowan’s, an international leader in auctions of historical Americana and early photography, held a successful American History auction on December 9, 2009. Auction proceeds totaled $665,000, with 508 bidders from 6 countries vying for 400 lots.
Additionally, December’s American History auction was the department’s first sale with iCowans Bid Live available for bidders. Proceeds from iCowans […]

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Abraham Lincoln Funeral Photograph Album Auctions For $27,025

Ritchie Bros will be conducting a multi-million dollar unreserved public equipment auction in Farmington (5500 Hwy 64), New Mexico on Monday, December 14, 2009 at 9:00 a.m.
More than 450 equipment items and trucks from 30 owners will be sold to the highest bidders on auction day, with no minimum bids or reserve prices. More than […]

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Aggregate and Concrete Equipment for Farmington Auction

The auction firm of James D. Julia ended their 2009 auction season with a bang, setting the stage for an even more successful 2010. As part of a 3-three-day auction event, Julia’s combined the efforts of Julia’s advertising, toy & doll division head Andrew Truman and glass & lamp department head Dudley Browne in […]

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A rare and precious bottle of Glenfiddich, the world’s most awarded Single Malt Scotch Whisky, was auctioned for charity by Christie’s, at a price of $38,000. One of the rarest and most precious expressions of authentic Single Malt Whisky ever released by Scotland’s most distinguished distillery, the bottle of Glenfiddich 50 Year Old was […]

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Hart Davis Hart capped off the year with the largest single-owner auction in the US in 2009, realizing $4,567,158 against a pre-sale auction estimate of $3,000,850-4,484,690. The headliner of the auction was a massive fifty-eight lot section of Chateau Pétrus spanning vintages 1964 through 2002 that realized $994,240 against a pre-sale estimate of $658,500 to […]

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Largest Single-Owner U.S. Wine Auction of 2009 Results