Archive for July, 2008

HighEndCrazy.com Free Online Auction Site

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Fletcher, NC – HighEndCrazy.com, a free online auction site / classified directory launched last year, has announced that the site is dedicated to remaining free for all users for as long as the site exists.
“We believe a lot of the ecommerce sites have gotten carried away with their fees,” said HighEndCrazy.com co-founder John Green. “HighEndCrazy.com [...]

First Web 2.0 Summit Web Meets World Auction Benefits Charity

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

TechWeb (formerly CMP) and O’Reilly Media, Inc., co-producers of the annual Web 2.0 Summit, announce the Web Meets World Auction at Web 2.0 Summit on the evening of Wednesday, November 5, at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. The first Summit auction illustrates this year’s theme of applying what we’ve learned from the Web to [...]

Superior Galleries Realize Strong Prices

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

DGSE Companies, Inc. (AMEX:DGC), which wholesales, retails and auctions fine watches, jewelry, diamonds, precious metal and rare coin products via traditional and Internet channels, today announced its results for Superior Galleries July 26, 2008 Baltimore Elite Auction. This 870 lot event realized $1,249,168 inclusive of the standard 15% buyer’s premium amid active bidding.
Some individual highlights [...]

Rackspace Hosting Stock Auction

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

SAN ANTONIO – Rackspace® Hosting, Inc. has announced that the auction for its proposed initial public offering of its common stock has commenced. Rackspace announced that it expects the offering to price after the stock market closes on or about Thursday, August 7, 2008.
Goldman, Sachs & Co., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Merrill Lynch [...]

Wine Auctions Exceed $66 Million

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

More than $66 million worth of fine and rare wine went on the auction block in the second quarter of 2008, a 23 percent increase over the amount sold in the same period last year. Wine Spectator’s auction price database tracked more than 11,000 collectible wines that were sold both in the first and second [...]

eBay Launch Online Advertising Division

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

eBay, is launching an international advertising division to capitalise on the growing number of brands that want to launch cross-territory branding campaigns. eBay Advertising International will be led by head of European strategy Christian Kunz.
More info www.ebayadvertising.com

Insurance Auto Auctions Announces Successful Integration of Verastar Locations

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

WESTCHESTER, Ill – Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. the leading North American salvage auto auction company today announced the successful first phase integration of six original Verastar locations including Bowling Green and Paducah, Kentucky; Chattanooga, Knoxville and Nashville, Tennessee; and Asheville, North Carolina. The integrated locations are now functioning under IAA’s operating model and proprietary technology [...]

Australian eBay Seller Goes Bust

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

A Queensland based seller, known on eBay as ebusiness-supplies and registered in Australia as EBS International Pty Ltd, was wound up on Friday and is under external administration, according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).
eBay buyers who bought exercise equipment, pocket bikes, quad bikes, electric guitars, furniture and other household items from EBS [...]

Namibia Wildlife Auction Breaks Record

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

The Nambian Ministry of Environment and Tourism generated N$19 million from a live game auction held in Windhoek on Friday morning. A total of 175 animals were auctioned.
The animals were captured in the Waterberg Plateau Park and Etosha National Park.
Auctions of rare game species from State-owned game parks were approved by Cabinet in 2003.
They are [...]

Rare Australian Stamp for Leski Auction

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Leski Auctioneers is predicting a recently discovered Australian Kangaroo stamp could fetch as much as $25,000 when it goes for auction on Monday, August 11.
The 1913 ten shilling stamp was estimated at $20,000 to $25,000 was because of a printing error which left it with a doubling of the frame, auctioneer Charles Leski said.
The previously [...]