The News Review:
- Chinese bronze heads’ auction ruse poses problems for art market
- Bid time: Get going going … to local auctions
- Barrett-Jackson to Host Annual Premier East Coast Collector Car …
- Gottschalks says gets more time to hold auction
- Carnahan to Stifel: Buy back all auction-rate securities
- Heavily-fined home going up for auction
- BB&T pays big for land at auction
Chinese bronze heads’ auction ruse poses problems for art market
Los Angeles Times
They are part of an original set of 12 representing the Chinese zodiac signs that graced a clock fountain at the ld Summer Palace before it was sacked by British and French troops in 1860 during the second pium War. A Chinese art dealer’s phony bid for the looted treasures intended as a patriotic gesture raises disturbing questions about future auctions of relics that at some point had been stolen. By Barbara Demick March 4 2009Reporting from Beijing — The daring stunt of a Chinese art dealer to sabotage the auction of two bronze heads looted in the 19th century could cast a permanent shadow on the international market for Chinese relics an art expert said Tuesday. Christie’s which last week auctioned off the collection of the late designer Yves Saint Laurent is unlikely to attempt another sale of the disputed heads because of the furor.
Bid time: Get going going … to local auctions
Newsday
Items on the auction block come from various sources ranging from people’s personal possessions included in estate sales to ill-gotten gains seized from lawbreakers by local law-enforcement officials. Most auction houses accept cash credit cards and personal checks but some are cash-only operations. Expect to pay local sales tax and an added percentage called a “buyers premium” to your final tally to cover the auction house’s services.
Barrett-Jackson to Host Annual Premier East Coast Collector Car …
MSNBC
Live high-definition TV coverage will once again beprovided by SPEED. The event will kick off on Wednesday April 8 with a preview day forauction bidders and consignors. Bidding will begin on Thursday April 9and continue until the last vehicle crosses the block on Saturday April11. For the seventh consecutive year the event will take place at thespacious Americraft Expo Center at the South Florida Fairgrounds locatedat 9067 Southern Boulevard in West Palm Beach. Barrett-Jackson’s annual. barrett-
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Gottschalks says gets more time to hold auction
Reuters
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Carnahan to Stifel: Buy back all auction-rate securities
Bizjournals.com
to buy back all the auction-rate securities its customers hold. n Tuesday Carnahan called on St. Louis-based Stifel Nicolaus a unit of. _94D31C08162548DB84946D9926E23360.
Heavily-fined home going up for auction
MSNBC
com’>”);Richard Essexdocument. Neighbors say they’re glad to see the house up for auction but the owner says the fight’s not over yet. The tall grass a fire-damaged sign trash in the yard and an abandoned boat in back are part of the complaint. Story continues below ?advertisement |.
BB&T pays big for land at auction
Charlottebserver.com
5 million | Charlottebserver. 5 million by BB&T Bank which had foreclosed on the properties.