Archive for the 'Auction News' Category

Bonhams Appoints New Canadian Art Specialist And Auctioneer

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

The Directors of Bonhams are delighted to announce the appointment of Perry Tung as a specialist and auctioneer to Bonhams Canada. Perry joins the company with immediate effect.
Perry will be assisting Jack Kerr-Wilson, the President of Bonhams Canada, in gathering items for the Canadian sales as well as sourcing goods for sales elsewhere in [...]

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Acquires Martella Auction Company

Friday, December 25th, 2009

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers announced the closing of the acquisition of the auction business and certain assets of Martella Auction Company, Inc., an agricultural and industrial equipment auctioneer based in Tipton, California.
As part of the agreement, Ritchie Bros. will lease Martella’s 65-acre auction site to conduct unreserved public auctions. Jeremy Martella, former principal of Martella Auction [...]

Record set with final 2009 auction at Ritchie Bros. Edmonton

Friday, December 18th, 2009

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers conducted a CA$58 million (US$54 million) unreserved public auction at its Edmonton, Alberta auction site last week (December 10 & 11, 2009), bringing the total 2009 gross auction proceeds generated by that site to CA$392 million (US$344 million) – the most equipment ever sold at one Ritchie Bros. auction site in one [...]

Canadian & International Works Of Art for Westbridge Fine Art December Auction

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

On December 13, 2009, Westbridge Fine Art Auction House, located in Vancouver, BC, Canada, will host its Important Canadian & International Works Of Art Auction live online with Artfact Live!. In this exciting sale, Westbridge Fine Art Auction House will offer more than 100 lots of important Canadian and International works of art. A Karoly [...]

Grand Opening Auction in Grande Prairie, AB

Friday, December 4th, 2009

Ritchie Bros. officially opened its new 60-acre permanent auction site in Grande Prairie with a two-day unreserved public auction on November 24 & 25. The new auction site is more than double the size of the site it replaced and features the second-largest Ritchie Bros. auction building in the world, with space for the Company’s [...]

Bonhams Canadian Art Sale Tops $1M

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

Bonhams Sale of Canadian Art on 30th November made a total of CAD $1,046,670 with 86.5% sold by value.
Top picture in the sale was Lot 223, a James Wilson Morrice (1865-1924) titled `On the March in France, circa 1918.’ It stormed past its pre-sale estimate of CAD $80,000 -120,000 to make CAD$204,000.
The [...]

Paintings from Band Estate Auctioned at Heffel

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

Fifteen masterworks from the collection of Helen E. Band estate brought in a combined $10,494,024, and with the other 84 lots in Heffel’s second session of Fine Canadian Art, totaled $17.5-million. The first session featuring Canadian Post-War and Contemporary Art that occurred between 4 p.m. and 6:05 p.m. brought in $3.3-million. The two sessions combined [...]

Husky Announces Successful Exploration Drilling and Land Auction Results

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

John C. S. Lau, President and Chief Executive Officer of Husky Energy (TSX: HSE) is pleased to announce the discovery of additional oil resources in the White Rose area.
The North Amethyst E-17 well was drilled in the fall of 2008 to delineate the Ben Nevis Avalon Formation (the producing formation at White Rose) and to [...]

Canadian Company Wins Auction for the Pontiac Silverdome

Friday, November 20th, 2009

Williams & Williams (www.williamsauction.com), the premier brand in real estate auction, on behalf of the City of Pontiac, Michigan, announced today the auction for the Pontiac Silverdome was won by a family-owned real estate company based in Toronto, Canada with a high bid of $583,000. The winning bidder plans to refurbish the Stadium and utilize [...]

Joyner Canadian Fine Art Auction Auction

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

On November 24, 2009, Waddington’s, located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, will host its Joyner Canadian Fine Art Auction Auction live online with Artfact Live!.
In this impressive sale, Waddington’s will offer more than 270 lots of fine art. A Mary Evelyn Wrinch, O.S.A., A.R.C.A., Lake Of Bays is the top estimated lot, requiring a minimum bid [...]