| Christie`s auctions prehistoric objects
On Monday, Christie's auction house in Paris, which usually sells fine art and furniture, is hosting an unusual auction of paleontological curiosities, including several prehistoric mammals.
Skeletons of a 10,000-year-old, 13.5-foot-long rhinoceros and a 7.5-foot-high cave bear are also going under the hammer. The skeletons are currently owned by a private collector, but buyers may include museums or artists, said Christie's spokeswoman Capucine Milliot.
The auction is not to all paleontologists' liking. Pascal Tassy, professor at Paris' Natural History Museum, has decried the selling off of specimens that could be useful to science.
"It is a pernicious consequence of the Jurassic Park effect," he said. "In the past, private collectors donated to museums, it was a great time of patronage.
Museum to focus on Canadian art
Museum London will be auctioning a number of its international pieces of art this year from its permanent collection and will begin focussing exclusively on Canadian art. An endowment fund will be created with proceeds from the sales earmarked to purchase new art, including local work. "This fund should permit the acquisition of the best works by London's finest artists for all Londoners to enjoy, something that has been difficult to achieve with existing funding sources," said museum board chairperson David Chapman. The news follows a two-year assessment of the museum's permanent collection. That assessment determined that the museum should be collecting, exhibiting, conserving and researching only Canadian art in its collection, as outlined in its mandate.
Knotty Pine going to auction
After having their Knotty Pine Cafe property on the market for more than 16 months while keeping the long-running mom-and-pop restaurant open, owners Shelby "Gene" and Leslie Jackson have decided to offer it at auction. An auction by F.C. Tucker Auction Services is set for 5 p.m., May 7, at the cafe location at Virginia and Main streets, according to Dannetta Hiatt, the leasing agent. .
TwinEngines Supports the Arts in Atlanta; 15th Annual High Museum ...
TwinEngines Inc. continues to support the Atlanta High Museum of Art in its Annual High Museum Atlanta Wine Auction fundraising campaign. Atlanta, Georgia (PRWEB) April 21, 2007 -- In its 15th year, the 2007 High Museum Atlanta Wine Auction broke all past records -- including a Live Auction total of more than $1.5 million. Silent auctions on Friday night and Saturday and a Paddle Raise brought in another $300,000 for a grand total of over $1.8 million in auction sales.
The 2007 Wine Auction marks the seventh year TwinEngines has participated in this exciting event. TwinEngines has dedicated its time, service and technology resources to develop and host a dynamic, database driven, content managed web site listing the theme events, and sponsors for the Wine Auction.
Used Phantom smashes auction record
You'd hardly call it a bargain at £208,000, but nonetheless one canny trader scored a bit of a result at a British Car Auctioneers sale in Nottingham recently, picking up one of the few second-hand Rolls-Royce Phantoms available on the open market for a song – relatively speaking. The 2005 model Phantom had covered just 5000 miles. Bidding on it started at just £140,000, but rose quickly to its final sale price of £208,000. And although the cars have been changing hands for as little as £160,000, this low mileage example would be likely to make its owner several thousand pounds should he choose to sell it on. The Phantom set a record for the highest sale price ever achieved by BCA for a current production car. The previous figure of £192,000 was also for a Phantom, conveniently enough at BCA Nottingham, which sold in 2005.
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