Rob Myers, Chairman and Founder of Canadian-based RM Auctions, the world’s largest collector car auction house, today announced the purchase of the 235-acre auction park located in Auburn, Indiana by a subsidiary of RM from long-time automobile auctioneer, Dean V. Kruse**.

As part of the company’s overall expansion plans, Myers also announced the formation of Auctions America by RM ? a new RM subsidiary created to operate the recently-acquired auction facility, specializing in the presentation of the hugely popular 1950s and ’60s classics, customs and muscle car segment of the collector car market.

RM Auctions continues its annual calendar of events, and the two separate RM auction entities, each with its own focused brand identity, will seamlessly serve the entire spectrum of the collector car market with the superior level of client service for which RM has become known.

Under the Auctions America by RM banner, the tradition of staging what was once the world’s largest automobile auction held in conjunction with the Auburn, Cord, Duesenberg Festival each Labor Day weekend, will mark its 40th year, September 2 to 6, 2010 in Auburn.

“The very first collector car auction I attended was the one held on Labor Day weekend in Auburn back in 1974. The ACD Festival and auction weekend has been a tradition for me ever since,” stated Myers. “All of us within the RM group of companies are very excited to take on these new opportunities and we look forward to upgrading the auction park and continuing to serve our clients and friends with a venue like Auburn.”

Donnie Gould, RM Auctions partner and collector car expert, has been appointed President of Auctions America by RM. Gould will work closely with Ed Cepuran in his new role as Chief Financial Officer of RM’s new subsidiary. Serving as General Manager, the day-to-day aspects of the business will be overseen by RM car specialist, Ken Wallace.

“RM Auctions has so many customers active in the buying and selling of muscle cars, customs, street rods and just plain great old cars that we simply cannot service them all with our existing venues,” said Gould. “We believe the Auburn location is ideal for this biggest segment of the market with its freeway access, huge parking lots, and motorcoach and swap meet facilities. We are all very excited to get started.”

The Auburn Auction Park is located at 5540 County Road 11-A, Auburn, IN 46706. Originally opened in 1989, it is considered one of the best facilities of its kind by car enthusiasts from across the country. For more information or to consign a car to this year’s Labor Day weekend auction, please call 1-877-906-2437.

OPENLANE, Inc., a leading online auction company in North America for automotive dealers to buy and sell wholesale vehicles today announced that it has made significant enhancements to its U.S. open auction site, www.openlane.com, and has launched a new auction site for Canadian customers, www.openlane.ca. OPENLANE’s online auctions provide dealers and consignors in the automotive industry throughout North America with a comprehensive and feature-rich platform for seamlessly buying and selling high-quality wholesale used vehicles. With everything from title processing, vehicle condition reports, transportation and financing options, OPENLANE is an efficient, cost-effective buying and selling channel in the used auto industry.

The new enhancements to OPENLANE.com and the introduction of OPENLANE.ca include a complete redesign of each site’s Vehicle Detail, Search and Bid/Buy Confirm pages, all featuring a fresh, easier-to-read interface. Dealers and regional sellers will also benefit from site enhancements including a new one-screen web-listing page, which replaces the former five-web page listing process, making it faster and easier to list vehicles.

“Our goal is to provide a seamless experience for dealers and consignors who buy and sell quality wholesale vehicles on our open auction,” said Peter Kelly, President and CFO of OPENLANE. “With the new enhancements to both sites, we are evolving our technology to meet the demands of today’s challenging and fast-paced marketplace and serving the needs of our valued customers.”

The newly streamlined OPENLANE.com and OPENLANE.ca sites feature enhancements for ease-of-use and efficiency for both buyers and sellers.

For Buyers:

New “Comments” Section: Provides more purchase information about each vehicle, including Additional Disclosures, Additional Vehicle Information (Seller-provided), Incentives and Promotions
New Camera Icon for “Damage” Information: Links to a picture of vehicle damage noted by the Seller
Feedback Widget: Enables users to easily send OPENLANE feedback about the new and improved Vehicle Detail Page or other comments
DataScan Field Services Legend: Enables vehicles including a Third Party Inspection performed by DataScan Field Services (DFS) with a user-clickable pop-up legend of DFS’ inspection condition terms will appear in the “Damage Condition” section of the Vehicle Detail Page
New “Auction Type” Search Filter: Enables users to search for inventory by “Place a Bid” (auction) or “Buy Now” (fixed price)
Select Transport: Provides users with the option to add OPENLANE Transport services to their purchase from the Bid/Buy Confirm page
For Sellers:

New “Comments” Section: Enables sellers to add further detail to their listings, including Additional Disclosures, Additional Vehicle Information, and Seller-provided Incentives and Promotions
New “Save and Preview” Feature: Provides the ability to preview a completed listing before releasing the vehicle to auction
Enhanced “Damage” Information: Enables sellers to now add photographs to each Damage line by simply selecting from those previously uploaded
“OPENLANE.ca is a fantastic new site that provides me with more features and functionality,” said Scott Esplen of the Humberview Group. “I have relied on the OPENLANE’s Canadian auction site for 4 years to purchase high quality used vehicles and have been extremely pleased with the efficiency it has added to my dealerships. The new features the company is announcing will provide even greater time and cost savings to me, which is the ultimate benefit any company can give its customers.”

All Canadian customers who formerly accessed their accounts at www.onlane.com will now be redirected to the new Canadian-branded site, www.openlane.ca

Maynards Antique & Fine Art Ltd, located in Vancouver, BC, Canada, will host its Contemporary Art Auction live online with Artfact Live!. In this fine art sale, Maynards Antique & Fine Art Ltd will offer more than 100 lots of contemporary art. A Norman Anthony (Toni) Onley Light In The Park Lithograph is the top estimated lot, requiring a minimum bid of $270 and expected to sell between $400-$600.

If you can’t join the live auction action in Vancouver, BC, Canada, on May 5, visit Artfact.com to login or register free to bid live online at this exceptional auction. To research similar contemporary art auctions and view over 57 million auction price results, including previous results from Maynards Antique & Fine Art Ltd, visit http://www.artfact.com

Associated Cities, Inc. (www.associatedcities.com), the world’s largest association of Geographical Domain (Geodomain) owners, announced today that it will partner with Moniker® (www.moniker.com) and SnapNames® (www.SnapNames.com), both Oversee.net companies, to incorporate a special showcase auction into the 2010 GeoDomain Expo® 2010, scheduled for April 28-30, 2010, at the Roosevelt Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New Orleans, La.

This special showcase auction will feature premium domain names that assist searchers seeking information, products and services oriented toward geographic locations, travel and local search verticals. While the event is over a three-day period, the April Showcase & GeoDomain Expo auction will open online on April 13 and close on May 4, 2010 at 3:15 p.m. US Eastern time.

Auction details can be found at: http://showcase.snapnames.com/2010/04/travel-and-local-search-auction

Names include:

Lisbon.com

Gaborone.com (Capital and largest city of Botswana)

Raleigh.com

Bucharest.com

Crete.com

VisitRome.com

BookFlights.com

EuropeanAutos.com

FamilyVacation.com

PapuaNewGuinea.com & PortMoresby.com (Country and capital city combination lot)

“Geodomains are among the most valuable and most sought after assets on the Web,” said Associated Cities’ Executive Director Patrick Carleton. “Associated Cities is excited to partner with Moniker & SnapNames, leaders in domain auctions.”

“Travel, destination and local search domains have been a longtime favorite category for our business, affiliate and investor buyers,” said Moniker founder Monte Cahn. “These domains have become an integral part of the way end users search for location-focused products and services.”

Cahn’s experience is in line with a recent BIA Kelsey and ConStat study conducted March 10, 2010, which documented that nearly all consumers (97 percent) now use online media when researching products or services in their local area. The consumer tracking study, titled User View Wave VII, said that among consumers surveyed, 90 percent use search engines, 48 percent use Internet Yellow Pages, 24 percent use vertical sites, and 42 percent use comparison shopping sites.

Tickets for the 2010 GeoDomain Expo are currently available for $1195 until April 27. Go to http://associatedcities.com/conferences.php?id=3 to get your tickets today.

About Oversee.net

Oversee.net® is the leader in Internet real estate, specializing in monetizing, registering, selling and developing domain names. The company provides an array of managed services to domain investors, corporations and individuals across more than ten million web sites. Oversee owns one of the largest portfolios of domain names in the world. The company’s unique optimized technology connects consumers and advertisers with highly relevant advertisements. Headquartered in Los Angeles, the company’s core brands include DomainSponsor®, SnapNames®, Moniker®, and LowFares.com™. To learn more, please visit www.oversee.net

For more information, please visit www.associatedcities.com

Associated Cities, Inc. (www.associatedcities.com), the world’s largest association of Geographical Domain (Geodomain) owners, announced today that it will partner with Moniker® (www.moniker.com) and SnapNames® (www.SnapNames.com), both Oversee.net companies, to incorporate a special showcase auction into the 2010 GeoDomain Expo® 2010, scheduled for April 28-30, 2010, at the Roosevelt Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New Orleans, La.

This special showcase auction will feature premium domain names that assist searchers seeking information, products and services oriented toward geographic locations, travel and local search verticals. While the event is over a three-day period, the April Showcase & GeoDomain Expo auction will open online on April 13 and close on May 4, 2010 at 3:15 p.m. US Eastern time.

Auction details can be found at: http://showcase.snapnames.com/2010/04/travel-and-local-search-auction

Names include:

Lisbon.com

Gaborone.com (Capital and largest city of Botswana)

Raleigh.com

Bucharest.com

Crete.com

VisitRome.com

BookFlights.com

EuropeanAutos.com

FamilyVacation.com

PapuaNewGuinea.com & PortMoresby.com (Country and capital city combination lot)

“Geodomains are among the most valuable and most sought after assets on the Web,” said Associated Cities’ Executive Director Patrick Carleton. “Associated Cities is excited to partner with Moniker & SnapNames, leaders in domain auctions.”

“Travel, destination and local search domains have been a longtime favorite category for our business, affiliate and investor buyers,” said Moniker founder Monte Cahn. “These domains have become an integral part of the way end users search for location-focused products and services.”

Cahn’s experience is in line with a recent BIA Kelsey and ConStat study conducted March 10, 2010, which documented that nearly all consumers (97 percent) now use online media when researching products or services in their local area. The consumer tracking study, titled User View Wave VII, said that among consumers surveyed, 90 percent use search engines, 48 percent use Internet Yellow Pages, 24 percent use vertical sites, and 42 percent use comparison shopping sites.

Tickets for the 2010 GeoDomain Expo are currently available for $1195 until April 27. Go to http://associatedcities.com/conferences.php?id=3 to get your tickets today.

About Oversee.net

Oversee.net® is the leader in Internet real estate, specializing in monetizing, registering, selling and developing domain names. The company provides an array of managed services to domain investors, corporations and individuals across more than ten million web sites. Oversee owns one of the largest portfolios of domain names in the world. The company’s unique optimized technology connects consumers and advertisers with highly relevant advertisements. Headquartered in Los Angeles, the company’s core brands include DomainSponsor®, SnapNames®, Moniker®, and LowFares.com™. To learn more, please visit www.oversee.net

For more information, please visit www.associatedcities.com

OPENLANE, Inc., a leading online auction company in North America for automotive dealers to buy and sell wholesale vehicles, today announced that its popular iDEAL Open Seller program is now available throughout Canada. Debuting online at www.openlane.ca, OPENLANE’s iDEAL program provides independent, franchise dealers, fleet leasing companies, daily rental operators and other sellers the ability to market and sell their vehicles to a nationwide network of buying dealers while still offering the cars for retail sales on their own lots. Without the need to physically move vehicles to auction, used cars sell faster and at true market prices, maximizing profits and turn times without the extra costs associated with selling at physical auctions.

For more information on the iDEAL program or to get started, please call 866-966-5263 or visit: http://www.openlane.ca

REVELRY V: WHERE ARTISTS AND EMERGING COLLECTORS MEET – THE FIFTH ANNUAL ART AUCTION IN SUPPORT OF GALLERY 1313

Toronto, Ontario – Gallery 1313 presents Revelry V, its fifth annual art auction and fundraiser. Attention emerging collectors: This year’s art auction offers you the opportunity to bid on the work of almost 30 artists working in a variety of mediums (sculpture, painting and photography).

This is the first year this fundraising auction has focused on attracting emerging collectors. All work is reasonably priced (valued at under $800) so that first time art buyers, who have never experienced a live art auction will come away with an amazing piece of work to start or add to their collection.

On the evening of Wednesday, April 14, 2010 from 6:30 – 9 pm the Gallery will be hosting the auction preview event where we will thank our sponsors and allow prospective bidders to preview all the work and speak with the participating artists.

On Tuesday, April 27 at 7:30 pm, auctioneers Perry Tung, Canadian and European Art Specialist of Bonhams Fine Art Auctioneers and Valuers, and Andrea Zeifman will be auctioning off all the work along with other lots of donated items. All funds raised from the sale of all lots at this event go to support of the operations and programs of Gallery 1313.

The Auction Preview Party is by invitation only or by pre-registering as a bidder for the auction between March 9 and April 13, 2010.

Tickets for the Revelry V art auction are $10, which gets the purchaser a bidding paddle and full colour catalogue. Tickets are available at Gallery 1313 after March 9 or at the door on April 27.

Participating Artists: Pelin Canez, Robert Caspary, Jisun Chun, Po Chun Lau, Corey Comely, Leila Cools, Victoria Cowan, Sally Cumming, Rob Davidovitz, Lalie Douglas, Nelson French, dAeve Fellows, Hilda Hildahinojosa, Catherine Hunt, Ian Ketteridge, Melody Llewellyn, Robert Louie, Suzan Mandla, Adam Medley, Andreea-Alta Mihartescu, Darlean Morris, Chris O’Hoski, Nathalie Quagliotto, Robert Quance, Ryan Rader, Dave Sheppard, Jacquelyn Sloane Siklos, Chris Tryphonopoulos, and Shelley Wildeman.

Sponsors: SixFoot Photography and Design, Arts & Crafts Productions Inc. and Bonhams Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers, Fringe Hair Salon, Tarragon Theatre, Crumpler, Pelee Island Winery, Laurie McGregor Graphic Design and Photography.

ABOUT GALLERY 1313:
Gallery 1313 is a not-for-profit, charitable organization located in the Parkdale neighbourhood of downtown Toronto. The Gallery’s four unique exhibition spaces present cultural events and over 70 exhibitions per year. The Gallery is a vital contributor to making arts and culture available and accessible in Parkdale by providing much needed exhibition space for artist, critics, scholars, students and community organizations.

Gallery 1313 is an artist-run centre exhibiting local, national and international contemporary art. The Gallery supports emerging artists with professional development and career building opportunities. Gallery 1313 offers members a welcoming space to connect with colleagues, develop their practice and contribute to the operations of the gallery as well as opportunities to engagement with contemporary art through exhibitions and cultural events.

Gallery 1313 is located at 1313 Queen Street West, Toronto Ontario M6K 1L8

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Media Contact:
Tammy Moorse (Chair of the Revelry Art Auction Committee)
tmoorse@gmail.com
416-312-7219 or 416-536-6778

http://www.g1313.org

On March 31, 2010, Waddington’s, located in Toronto, ON, Canada, will host its 20th Century Design Auction With Russian Space Artifacts Auction live online with Artfact Live!. In this eclectic sale, Waddington’s will offer more than 300 lots of design pieces. A Space Suit Worn By Cosmonaut Anatoli Pavlovich Artsebarskyot is the top estimated lot, requiring a minimum bid of $12,000 and expected to sell between $25,000-$35,000.

If you can’t join the live auction action in Toronto, ON, Canada, on March 31, visit Artfact.com to login or register free to bid live online at this exceptional auction. To research similar design pieces auctions and view over 57 million auction price results, including previous results from Waddington’s, visit http://www.artfact.com

Stoney Nakoda Resort and Casino is thrilled to announce that they placed the winning bid for driver Rae Croteau JR at the 2010 Calgary Stampede Chuckwagon Canvas Auction. The Canvas Auction took place on March 4 at the Boyce Theatre, Stampede Park. Winning the bid at $60,000 for an opportunity to sponsor this year’s canvas was a great moment for Stoney Nakoda Resort.

Rae Croteau JR is a rising superstar of the professional chuckwagon racing scene. Rae spent eight years riding on the Dodge Pro Tour, winning three consecutive Strathmore Heritage Days from 20052007 and the Croteau Chuckwagon Team received the WPCA’s Equine Outfit of Excellence for best outriding horse ‘Amersham’ in 2007. As a former member of the Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association, Rae also holds the CPCA track record at the Regina Buffalo Days, was the CPCA’s Top Rookie Outrider in 1996, CPCA Top Rookie Driver in 1999, and CPCA Most Improved Driver in 2000. Rae is a third generation driver; he is the grandson of retired veteran driver Ray Croteau and the son of fellow competitor and championship driver Bert Croteau.

LiveBlock Auctions International (LAI) is pleased to announce that the Barrett-Jackson Auction Company, the world’s greatest collector car auctions, has renewed its contract with LAI. As part of this agreement, LAI will expand its current offering of live online auction software and services to include Barrett Jackson’s inaugural auction in Orange County in June, 2010.

“Providing a dynamic auction experience to our customers is our number one objective at Barrett-Jackson,” said Craig Jackson, Chairman/CEO of Barrett-Jackson. “Moving forward with LiveBlock will allow us to continue utilizing cutting edge technology and auction software at all of our events, including the new auction in Orange County. It also helps us conduct the most honest, transparent auction in the collector car industry.”

“We are very proud to be continuing our long standing relationship with Barrett-Jackson. Since 2005, it has been our pleasure to work with Barrett Jackson and to watch them grow from two sales annually to three, with the addition in 2008 of the Las Vegas sale. We are very excited to be a part of a fourth sale in Orange County in 2010 and that Barrett Jackson has chosen LAI to continue to provide its live online auction service.” Matt Pinch, VP Operations (LAI)

Barrett-Jackson: Established in 1971 and headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz., Barrett-Jackson specializes in providing products and services to classic and collector car owners, astute collectors and automotive enthusiasts around the world. The company produces “The World’s Greatest Collector Car Auctions(TM)” in Scottsdale, Palm Beach, Fla., Las Vegas and Orange County, Calif. Barrett-Jackson also endorses a one-of-a-kind collector car insurance offering for collector vehicles and other valued belongings. For more information about Barrett-Jackson, visit www.barrett-jackson.com or call (480) 421-6694.

LiveBlock Auctions International (LAI), a wholly owned subsidiary of ADESA Inc., is a global leader in the delivery of live on-line auction technologies. Founded in 1999, LAI’s head office is located in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada where it services more than 2500 auctions per month for clients in North America, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland. For more information about LiveBlock Auctions International, visit www.liveblockauctions.com or call 1-306-584-1383.