Christie’s of Hong Kong will auction one of history’s most significant diamonds next month, with expectations that bidding will top $6 million. The gem is the largest colorless diamond to appear on the auction market in 18 years and one of only three colorless diamonds of over 100-carats ever auctioned, Christie’s said.
Reuters reports the enormous [...]

A Painting by Antonio Blanco of a female nude sold for $46,562 at an auction in Jakarta yesterday, more than triple its top estimate.
The artwork titles “Odalisque,” was the star lot in a sale of art by Sidharta Auctioneers.
Antonio Blanco was born on September 15, 1911, in Manila, the capital of the Philippines. After completing [...]

Hosur now handles more than 35 per cent of the cut flowers traded in the country. Roses are cultivated on about 500 ha in the region. The region has more than 20 hi-tech floriculture units spread over 120 ha.
The plan is for an auction centre on the lines of the International Flower Auction Centre (IFAB) [...]

On May 14-15, 2008, Sotheby’s will feature the work of a number of renowned Indian artists in its spring sales of Contemporary Art in New York. Highlighting the sales are works by Subodh Gupta, Anish Kapoor, Rameshwar Broota, T.V. Santosh, Chintan Upadhyay, Riyas Komu, Raqib Shaw and Bose Krishnamachari. In October 2007, Sotheby’s set [...]

A Prince of Wales emblazoned snare drum sold for Dh17,500 at an auction in Dubai during the St. George’s Day charity ball.
The drum was donated by the Prince of Wales’s Divisional band, which entertained visitors during the charity event at the Jumeirah Beach Hotel on Thursday.
In a matter of hours, a massive Dh156,650 [...]

Bonhams Hong Kong wine auction raised about HK$11.5 million.
The top two estimated lots before the auction, a double magnum of Chateau La Mission Haut Brion 1955 and a 1992 magnum of Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon, failed to sell.
The total for the 246- lot sale was close to Bonhams presale high estimate of $1.5 million.
The auction [...]

Data stolen from Korean online auction Auction.co.kr has been put up for sale on Chinese Web sites, raising alarm over potential damage from voice phishing or spam e-mail. The personal information of 10.81 million users was stolen from the online shopping site in Korea.
A posting titled, ?Buy Naver, Auction IDs at a good price,? [...]

The first art auction for the year ended on Saturday and saw 153 pieces from a total of 165 art pieces auctioned off for a total 92.73 percent of the closing rate and earned
approximately HKD $122 million
A beast head pot from the post-Shang dynasty recorded the highest bidding making HKD $32.2 million.
Lee Tung, the CEO [...]

Shanghai will put 9,000 car plates under auction in April, sources reported.
Last month, the average successful bid was RMB 32,169, while the lowest winning price was RMB 31,300, up RMB 8,799 and RMB 23,200 respectively from those in January. The average winning price hit the highest last December to RMB 56,042.
The April auction may attract [...]

Sotheby’s spring theme sales of Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art in Hong Kong totaled HK$623,788,248 (US$79,826,182). The sales included Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork - Ming and Qing Imperial Gold, A Tradition of Elegance – The Leshangang Collection, Two Song Treasures From a Japanese Collection, Tao – The Jiansongge Collection and Splendours of the [...]