Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc. reported earnings of US$14.9-million (US42 cents a share), for the quarter ended Sept. 30, a 53% jump from the period a year earlier powered by higher demand for construction equipment around the globe.
The world’s largest auctioneer of industrial equipment said on Tuesday that auction revenues for the quarter came in at [...]

At the last Heffel Fine Art live auction in Vancouver in May, the Lawren Harris painting Pine Tree and Red House, Winter, sold for a record $2.85 million.
It set the tone for a record $22.8-million auction that almost doubled the previous Canadian record. Four paintings sold for over $1 million.
The Canadian art world took notice. [...]

An Ontario-based auctioneer who held a high-end jewelry sale in Saskatoon is demanding the provincial government apologize and pay him thousands of dollars after his company received bad publicity prompted by a government alert.
“Basically the suggestion to the buyer was to be careful, that some kind of fraudulent activity was going on,” said auctioneer Jim [...]

Friends of Tibet Fundraising Dinner Friday, October 26
Hellenic Banquet Centre, 1315 Prince of Wales Drive (613-889-0450; www.oft.ca) 6-10p.m. $75; $40 students. The Ottawa Friends of Tibet is hosting a fundraising dinner featuring an Indian buffet, silent auction, sales tables, and entertainment on the Japanese flute by Debbie Danbrook. Proceeds will go towards building a seniors’ [...]

It’s buyer beware at a “high value jewelry” auction in Saskatoon this weekend, warns the province’s consumer protection branch.
Heritage Auctioneers Alberta Ltd. is advertising the auction items as “magnificent pieces of jewelry” and “high value jewelry confiscated for non-payment.”
Newspaper ads list emeralds, rubies, sapphires, pearls, a 2.25 carat pear-shaped diamond and a men’s Rolex watch [...]

Casey House Foundation, Art with Heart, conducted by Ritchies Auctioneers, at the Carlu, 444 Yonge St., seventh floor. Gala reception and final viewing 5:30 p.m., auction 7 p.m. Tickets $125, call 416-962-4040 ext. 231 or visit artwithheart.ca.

The two most expensive wines ever presented at
auction in Canada will be up for bids at 6:30 p.m. on October 12 at Ritchies
New Galleries at 380 King Street East in Toronto as part of the LCBO VINTAGES
fine wine auction. Organized in partnership with Ritchies Auctioneers, the
auction will run until October 15.
Two [...]