Archive for December, 2007

ACE Aviation Auction

Friday, December 28th, 2007

ACE Aviation Holdings Inc. nears the end of its wind-up with a Dutch auction set to expire on Jan. 10, 2008.
20% of ACE shares are held by Canadians, the rest are held by foreign investors, according to Canaccord Adams analyst Tom Varesh. ACE wants to buy back roughly 40% of its outstanding shares, but the [...]

Delcampe Launches Canadian Online Auction Site

Monday, December 24th, 2007

Delcampe has launched a Canadian site. The new site has English and French language versions. Listings on Delcampe.ca will also be visible on Delcampe.net.
Delcampe now has websites in Belgium, France, the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Germany, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands.
Site founder SebastienFaites de bons jeux et bonne chance sur les pages de Poker [...]

Sibername introduces premium dot ca auctions

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

Sibername will be debuting the first ever Premium Canadian Domain dot ca auction this week. Bidding will conclude on the same day as our regular TBR auction, which is one day after CIRA Wednesday drop.
Sibername are planing to run weekly auctions. If you would like details of the domain names for the Premium Domain Auction [...]

Ritchie Bros Edmonton auction sets new site records

Monday, December 17th, 2007

Ritchie Bros sold over 3,000 lots during a two-day unreserved public auction in Edmonton, Alberta, last week, generating gross auction proceeds of CA$58 million (US$57 million) - and setting new site records for online bidding and buying. The auction attracted over 3,800 registered bidders from 20 countries, including 34 U.S. states and 12 Canadian provinces [...]

Toronto Earthmoving Equipment Auction

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers conducted one of the largest Toronto auctions in company history this week, selling more than 2,500 lots over two days for total gross auction proceeds exceeding CA$26 million (US$26 million). The unreserved public auction featured complete dispersals for two major earthmoving companies, Caledon, Ontario-based H. Davis Equipment Rental Ltd. and Hamilton, Ontario-based [...]

New Nissan vehicles for London auction on Dec 15th

Saturday, December 8th, 2007

The new car stock of Sarnia Nissan is being put up for public auction next weekend in London.
“There are a lot of car dealers finding it difficult, especially in the border cities with the strong Canadian dollar,” said Kingsley Gardner of Gardner Auctions, handling the Sarnia Nissan sale.
It will be the first time Gardner Auctions [...]

Carr and Jackson paintings for auction

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

Two rare paintings by Emily Carr and another by A.Y. Jackson will be on offer at an auction tomorrow. There will also be other 19th-and 20th-century paintings by Canadian, European and Asian artists, as well as silver, porcelain and period furniture at Walker’s Fall auction.
The auction will begin at 5 p.m. tomorrow at the Tudor [...]

Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research Fund Raising Auction

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

The Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research launches an online auction today aiming to recoup more than $100,000 it lost after an art student planted a fake bomb outside the Royal Ontario Museum.
The items up for bid – from donors such as Holt Renfrew, Gucci, Tiffany & Co., Birks and others – were to be part [...]

Winnipeg Police Unclaimed Goods Auction

Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

Cowds of local bargain-hunters turned out Sunday for an unclaimed goods auction just outside the Perimeter.
The Winnipeg Police Service was holding its auction of items that have been recovered in the course of investigations or just turned into police.
It was at Associated Auto Auction at 7130 Roblin Boulevard. Bidders had their pick of everything from [...]