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Bonhams New York will hold its 27th annual sale devoted to the art of dog paintings on Tuesday, February 10, 2009. This year, Bonhams will be the only auction house presenting a dog-themed sale as dog-lovers from across the country converge on New York City for the popular Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. (02/09/2009)

Whether it's going to be selling on eBay, setting up an alternative marketplace or selling your own goods and services via a standalone website, going through the process of proper planning can greatly increase your chances of success, substantially reduce the risk of losses and help you to project a more professional image from the outset. (02/09/2009)

The market resilience of works by Banksy and other ‘grafitti’ artists will be put to the test by Bonhams in their forthcoming Urban Art Sale on 24th February which features subjects as diverse as Marilyn Monroe, Kate Moss and Hurricane Katrina. (02/08/2009)

How has Facebook managed to grow so fast in competition with rival MySpace? Why is eBay still king of the hill for online auctions? Why is YouTube still THE video website? Why Is Google booming compared to Yahoo? Why are there winners and losers at all? (02/07/2009)

Undoubtedly for me the best ways to increase your website, blog or webstore's popularity is by writing and placing  articles at other websites that contain links back to your site. This not only builds your site's popularity and those all important SEO backlinks but can help establish your own "online reputation" as a trusted expert within your field of interest. (02/07/2009)

Within the overall hobby of philately there are many branches and in this article Pheebay administrator "Sunray" offers a comprehensive guide to collecting GB First Day Covers (FDCs), a hobby which he believes has benefited from the advent of online auctions. (02/07/2009)

Collectors auction website Delcampe now claims more than 20 million items for sale spread across it's various international sites with over 600,000 in the US and over 160,000 in the UK. Since launch more than 16 million sales have been completed across the international sites and total membership now exceeds 350,000. (02/06/2009)

RM Auctions, in association with Sotheby’s, will present one of the most historically significant and valuable Ferrari racing cars ever offered at auction, the legendary 1957 Ferrari 250 TR (chassis no. 0714TR), when the famed Ferrari Leggenda e Passione event returns to Maranello, May 17, 2009. (02/06/2009)

Atomic Mall is a relatively new website proving popular among former eBay sellers and those looking for an easy alternative to running their own ecommerce website. Given AtomicMall's increasing popularity Pheebay have now added them as one of the search options in their multi-website search tool which is a feature on most of Pheebay's pages and other websites. (02/06/2009)

Bidboxr Auctions claim to be unique because of web 2.0 interactive advertising technology that helps sellers reach more potential buyers and provide online entrepreneurs with a source of revenue. Bidboxr's ad banners are content responsive to attract bidders to websites that offer related items meaning Webmasters can earn revenue by offering biddable content just by adding a few lines of code on their websites. See the full press release [...] (02/06/2009)

Following on from yesterday's rankings according to Google presence, we've now done a similar comparison of eBay Vs the alternative auction and stores venues according to their page counts indexed by Yahoo! (02/06/2009)

Estimates total over £300,000 spread across 5800 lots of Great Britain, British Commonwealth and Foreign Stamps. (02/05/2009)