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Sothebys in Hong Kong have scheduled their bi-annual "Magnificent Jewels and Jadeite sale" to take place in the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on 7th April 2009. (03/04/2009)

The online auction for more than 70 box seats close to the Chicago Cubs dugout begins at Noon on Wednesday this week on the team's website and will be running until March 11th. (03/03/2009)

A high court stay has reportedly been issued in India on the planned auction of Mahatma Gandhi's personal possessions in New York later this week which has sparked protests from many quarters around the world. (03/03/2009)

It seems eBay are refusing to accept the poor performance of their namesake marketplace website is their own fault despite other ecommerce marketplaces growing and prospering. So it's perhaps not surprising that webmasters are increasingly trying and grab a slice of the action being left on the table by eBay. But which alternative venues are working and which will be here today but gone tomorrow? (03/03/2009)

Bloomsbury Auctions will hold its first New York sale of Post War Art on Wednesday 4th March at 2pm. The auction will feature a select group of works by cutting edge post-war masters including over 80 lots of drawings, paintings, prints and multiples from the post War period. (03/03/2009)

A novelty clock that is believed to be a 1955 gift to a Chelsea Football Club groundsman following the team’s success in the league championship is to be auctioned at Bonhams on 10th March in Knightsbridge. (03/01/2009)

Over 1,000 pieces of collectable modern china, glassware and kitchenware will be offered for sale at Tennants over the next couple of weeks. Over 70 lots are being split across two of their weekly antique and home furnishing sales today and the majority on 14th March. (02/28/2009)

Auctioneers Ritchie Bros. claim to be the world’s largest on-site and online industrial auctioneer and they are conducting a three-day unreserved industrial equipment auction sale from March 25th-27th 2009 at their brand new permanent auction site at 15500 Eastex Freeway, Houston, Tx. (02/28/2009)

From 12th March 2009 there's no longer going to be an Insertion Fee for private sellers who list items in the auction-style format with a starting price of up to 99p (eBay.co.uk) or €1.49 (eBay.ie). The Final Value Fee rates are also changing. (02/26/2009)

A new website portal aiming to cover every placename in the UK has launched. Virtually every county, city, town and village together with other places of interest in the UK now has a page and associated RSS newsfeed. (02/26/2009)

A recent meeting of the Reserve Bank of Australia's Payments System Board has considered the PayPal and eBay rules that prohibit merchants from surcharging customers for the use of PayPal and mandate seller acceptance of PayPal on the eBay website. (02/24/2009)

Tennants’ recent Specialist Scientific and Musical Instruments and Camera auction on Valentines Day proved that negative economic news can still mean positive results in the saleroom where vintage photographic equipment sold exceptionally well. (02/24/2009)