http://canadianauction.info Auctions News and Information for Canada Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:58:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A rare print of a 396-year-old map of Canada made by French explorer Samuel de Champlain has sold at an auction in England for nearly $250,000, three times the estimated price. It was described by Sotheby’s as “perhaps the most important single map” in Canadian history. http://canadianauction.info/2008/11/14/canadian-map-makes-250000/ On November 13, 2008 Sotheby’s London will auction a large, finely-engraved map of the northeast part of America, drawn by “The Father of New France”, Samuel de Champlain (est. £30,000-40,000). Champlain’s very rare map of 1612 is considered the most important single map in the history of Canada, and can ... http://canadianauction.info/2008/11/12/most-important-single-map-in-the-history-of-canada-for-auction/ A.Y. Jackson’s 1937 oil painting, Alberta Foothills, is expected to fetch $125,000 to $175,000 during the next Heffel Fine Art Auction. The 25 x 32 in signed landscape depicts Alberta’s prairie. The auction takes place Nov. 19 at Toronto’s Park Hyatt Hotel. Preview at: Heffel Gallery Montreal Auction info www.heffel.com http://canadianauction.info/2008/11/06/heffel-fall-auction-of-fine-canadian-art-nov-19/ Auctions International Inc., a technology company that owns and markets proprietary software that enables real-time online auctions of virtually any commodity in the wholesale market, announced today that there is significant interest in licensing its wholly owned proprietary Auction Software. Doug Mann, President and CEO of Auctions International Inc., said, “For ... http://canadianauction.info/2008/10/19/auctions-international-inc-auction-software/ In a recent currency auction conducted September 17th - 19th 2008 by Heritage Auction Galleries in conjunction with the Long Beach Coin Expo, Canadian Paper Money history was made on Wednesday night when a DC-19 1911 $500 “Queen Mary” graded Very Fine 20 by PMG, one of only three examples ... http://canadianauction.info/2008/10/05/canadian-note-makes-322000-at-auction/ Quilts are being sold at eight live auctions and over 15 exhibitions. As well as Ottawa’s first auction at La-Z-Boy on Hunt Club Road, there are auctions in Toronto, Calgary, Stratford, Halifax, Kamloops, Victoria, and the first U.S. auction in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Ottawa Quilt Auction takes place Tuesday October 28th, ... http://canadianauction.info/2008/10/05/ottawa-quilt-auction/ Toronto, CA, - Auctionwire.com, the leading online auction management company, has announced that it has launched the Auctionwire Platform. A leading auction platform providing corporations, entertainment companies, and charities the ability to run and control their own fully branded auction sites while tapping into the Auctionwire Network, consisting of over ... http://canadianauction.info/2008/09/30/auctionwire-launch-online-auction-platform/ Auctions International Inc., a technology company that owns and markets proprietary software that enables real time online auctions of virtually any commodity in the wholesale market, announced today that the first sale was registered and completed at wwwAutoBidLive.com on August 18, 2008. Doug Mann, President and CEO, said, “The first sale ... http://canadianauction.info/2008/09/29/first-transaction-at-autobidlivecom/ CONSIGNMENT AND OUTLET STORE LLC, LOCATED AT 15700 MIDDLEBELT ROAD, LIVONIA, MICHIGAN, IS PROUD TO LAUNCH A NEW, INNOVATIVE AUCTION WEB SITE. BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 21, 2008. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO VIEW AND BID ON OUR LARGE AND VARIED INVENTORY AT resalestuff.com OR usliquidatorpros.com. http://canadianauction.info/2008/09/26/new-canadian-online-auction-launched/ More than 4,100 people from 21 countries registered to bid on CA$41 million of construction, transportation, forestry, agricultural and other industrial equipment sold at an unreserved public auction in Alberta. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, conducted the auction at its permanent auction site in Edmonton on September 3 & 4, 2008. Day ... http://canadianauction.info/2008/09/15/big-crowds-at-ritchie-bros-50th-anniversary-auction/