According to Australia’s The Border Mail, the crew from the Australian radio station 105.7 The River are relying on members of AC/DC and the Socceroos football team and to entice bidders at their charity auction in Albury Saturday (July 1).
The radio station is determined to raise $28,000 to purchase an isolet machine, similar to a [...]

Full details at Bonhams
The July sales at Bonhams & Goodman have become even more diverse and exciting with the inclusion of a carousel currently residing at Luna Park in Sydney.
The privately owned 100-year old steam carousel (or ‘galloper’ as they are referred to amongst fairground enthusiasts) has provided thousands of children and adults with [...]

Search engine Google is expected to launch an online payment service today that will undercut the charges of established providers such as Ebay’s PayPal in enabling transactions over the web.
Google Checkout will speed the purchase process for consumers and make it easier for advertisers to monitor and complete sales.

Past and serving politicians and their spouses may be among those investigated for stealing expensive and rare antiques from the landmark Brisbane building.
Police have begun investigating allegations hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of antique furniture and other goods went missing in 1991 or earlier.
A stocktake completed in October 1991 found dozens of items were [...]

KENT’S most famous item of cricketing memorabilia went under the hammer at Sotheby’s in London on Tuesday and sold for £680,000, almost £400,000 above the guide price.
The painting of Kent in the field against Lancashire at the St Lawrence ground in Canterbury in 1906 was commissioned by the club’s founder and chairman Lord Harris to [...]

A baggy green cap worn by Australian cricketer Keith Miller more than half a century ago has sold at auction for $35,000.
The successful bidder paid almost double the amount expected.
Miller is recognised as one of Australia’s greatest cricketers and donned the Test cap during the 1954/55 series.
Also, the cap donned by wicketkeeper Wally Grout during [...]

A Victoria Cross posthumously awarded to a New Zealander for bravery at Gallipoli will be sold by auction in Sydney next month.
Captain Alfred John Shout, born in Wellington in 1882, emigrated to Australia in 1905, and fought with the Australian Imperial Force at Gallipoli.
Two days after landing at Anzac Cove in April 1915, he [...]