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Byline: John Irwin As used electric vehicles become common, the largest auto auction houses grapple with how to value a car after factoring in the gradual degradation of aged batteries, [...]

My article in the previous issue gave some tips on using the Internet Archive. I now continue with the theme of alternative information providers by taking a look at the [...]

Barrett-Jackson will usher in a new year of high-octane auction action during its 48th Annual Scottsdale Auction, featuring some of the world's most coveted collector vehicles and authentic automobilia collectibles, [...]

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers has published its June 2017 auction metrics on the company's website. In a release on July 7, the Company noted highlights to the Monthly Auction results: -Gross [...]

The influence of the auction house on the price of comparable art objects is an issue in the economics of arts literature. The standard approach has been to run hedonic [...]

Business success and failure of antiques auctioneer, Ken Buhler is discussed.

Experience--there's nothing like it. And when it comes to Antiques Roadshow, the program's appraisers have many years of experience sitting 'behind the table' at events. This is the 11th year [...]

One of England's preeminent auction houses would take place at Skinner that regularly conducts sales in Boston. Steve Fletcher, Skinner's executive vice president joined Skinner full-time and discusses the numerous deals which he conducted under Skinner.

First there's the voice, that flat, crackly, affectless upper-class drawl: "The calla lilies are in bloom agayne--such a strange flowah. "Then there are the long, fluid legs. The planed cheek-bones. […]

When Simon de Pury needed a C.E.O. for his struggling Phillips auction house, he hired his millionaire girlfriend, Louise MacBain. Ten months later, after she warred with his partner, she [...]

The operations and management of Media Arts Group Inc of Morgan Hill, CA, are discussed in detail by executive VP and chief financial officer Herbert D. Montgomery.

DoveBid has built its fortune on the misfortunes that come with irrational exuberance--from the junk-bond scandals of the 1980s to the dotcom implosion. Here's how it gets the highest bidders--and [...]

eBay, the online auction company, has a 75% share of the consumer-to-consumer e-auction market. The company's earnings for 1999 were expected to be $24 million.

The UK's two biggest auction houses, Christie's International PLC and Sotheby's Inc., are increasingly diversifying from their traditional activities to extend their slender profit margins. Both firms, which are now owned by businessmen from outside the UK, are involving themselves in more private sales, although both prefer not to describe this activity as dealing. They have also entered the cheaper and more popular end of the market, which includes small domestic items and pop memorabilia, and they have new staff departments, including taxation advisors and client hunters.

Christopher Burge constantly rehearses his voice for the biggest auction night of his collections. Picasso's Portrait de femme will be offered before 2,000 elite and art collectors at Christie's Park Avenue place. His vigorous and overwhelming voice is instrumental to the success of the bidding.

Sanjib D. Lahkar traces the growth and future prospects of the Guwahati Auction, a tea center that has shown tremendous potential in recent years. The Guwahati Tea Auction Centre completes [...]

Brooks worked her way through most of the top executive positions to become CEO of the world's largest auction house. She has brought the bottom line up from low-profit years by cutting costs, making several management changes, introducing new merchandise categories and targeting low-end buyers.

There appears to be a trend toward auction houses grouping pottery into themes. The works of William Marshall and Michael Cardew sold well, and Japanese ceramics were popular. Specific artists and pieces are discussed and pictured.

Peter Wilson, late chairman of Sotheby's, increased the auction house's sales from $16 million to over $560 million, and changed the art market to what it is today. Now, his Chateau de Clavary in the south of France is on the market with Sotheby's handling the sale.

THE ROGUE GALLERY Butterfield & Butterfield is a Wild West outlaw in the prim and proper world of auction houses. A BLACK LIMOUSINE PULLS UP OUTSIDE BUTTERFIELD & BUTTER-field's Los [...]

Byline: Arlena Sawyers Manheim is trying to speed up the bidding and buying process for dealers who buy used vehicles listed on Manheim.com and OVE.com. In October, it began requiring [...]

The operations and management of Ableauctions.com Inc of Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada, are discussed in detail by president and CEO Abdul Ladha. The company is an active auction house.

Online Auctions for Business-to-Business Transactions. The Internet has dramatically changed the way business is being conducted today. According to predictions made by several research firms, the business-to-business (B2B) electronic commerce [...]

The potential advantages of using internet auctions to buy rare or unique goods are discussed. The success of a consortium of auction houses, International Auctioneers, in selling items through simultaneous auctions is examined.

Revealing a flair more associated with East End traders than London's West End, the Knightsbridge auctioneer has carved a niche in areas as diverse as contemporary ceramics and rock ephemera. […]

Byline: Arlena Sawyers Manheim is launching a standard procedure for grading damage to vehicles it sells at its 90 North American auctions. The nation's largest auto auction company says the [...]

A monumental two-headed Roman bust at Bonhams SOMERSET STRUBEN DE CHAIR was an adventurous young British soldier stationed with the Royal Horse Guards in Palestine when he saw a larger-than-life [...]