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Five primary school composition notebooks are the unassuming vessels for the important debut novel of one of the most legendary sci-fi writers of all time: Sir Arthur C. Clarke’s Prelude To Space. These influential blocks of neatly ruled paper, filled with 51,500 words in Clarke’s clear, cursive script, will be part of Heritage Auction Galleries’ March 6-7 Signature™ Rare Books Auction at the company’s Uptown Dallas headquarters.

(02/01/2009)

As a site mainly focused on individual traders and smaller ecommerce ventures, you may feel the current economic troubles are not a topic to concern us or comment on but I think you would be wrong. Given many years experience in the finance industry I am seriously concerned that the next phase of economic breakdown is about to happen while our Governments are busy bailing out the wrong people. (02/01/2009)

Whether you’re buying or selling, the Atlantic City Classic Car Show & Auction with the lowest buyer fees of any major auction in the country and same-day pay for sellers is a must-be-there event. It’s the East Coast’s largest indoor classic car show and auction with more than 1,000 cars for sale, 600 in the auction and 500 in car corrals and salons.

(01/31/2009)

One of the top prizes up for auction this year at the Naples Winter Wine Festival, Naples, Florida charity event is the chance to own an Audi R8 sports car finished in Ibis White and a black Fine Nappa leather interior. (01/31/2009)

Pheebayer 0ctavias 0fferings has been the driving force behind the real penny auctions campaign where sellers at various eBay alternative websites put forward loss leader products for auction with start bids of just a penny to help bring attention to their venues and listings. (01/29/2009)

The Car registration name plate with only the letters ‘BMW’ have been put up for auction by Evens Clarke Auctions. Woodville North, South Australia. The auction ends Feb 2nd. (01/28/2009)

Charterhouse are holding an auction of classic and vintage cars, motorcycles and automobilia at the Bristol Classic Car Show on Saturday 7th February. (01/28/2009)

Stanley Gibbons has announced that it acquired The Philatelic Exporter, the UK's best known stamp trade magazine, on 23rd January 2009. Stanley Gibbons will be publishing the magazine with effect from the February 2009 edition. (01/28/2009)

UK based Pro Auction Limited have reportedly seen a significant increase in the number of overseas buyers purchasing equipment at their plant and machinery sales, which are focused within the food processing and manufacturing sectors. (01/28/2009)

Bonanzle.com, a relatively new alternative to eBay, is not only celebrating its millionth item listing but also claiming to have overtaken eBid and Blujay in terms of visitor numbers according to the metrics supplied by Compete.com. Not bad for a site that only launched four months ago! Read on to see the full Bonanzle press release [...] (01/27/2009)

What is claimed to be the finest individually owned collection of Clarice Cliff Ceramics ever to come to the open market will be auctioned during the Design 1860-1945 sale at Bonhams in New Bond Street on Wednesday 18 March 2009. The collection of more than 100 individual pieces was amassed by oilman, Sevi Guatelli. (01/27/2009)

With a pre-sale estimate of £10,000 the gold coin - dated to the years between 830 & 850AD - achieved nearly twice that amount at a recent Lockdales auction in Suffolk. (01/27/2009)