The Bay East Art Auction on Sunday 2 March at 1pm in Waterloo, features a diverse range of fine and affordable art ranging in price from $500 to $20,000. Artists represented include iconic Australian painters Brett Whiteley, James Gleeson, Sidney Nolan and Donald Friend, as well as work by exciting young contemporary painters including [...]

On Thursday 13 March 2008 at 6pm (E.S.T) Bonhams & Goodman will hold a sale of collectors’ cars and automobilia in Melbourne. The sale has been strategically timed to capitalise on ‘Grand Prix fever’ which will be in full force as Melbourne gears up for the important race.
Cars enthusiasts will have the opportunity to [...]

eBay has announced a new feature that will make it easier to correct listings that have been removed by eBay due to policy violations.
Most listing violations are unintentional, yet because the listings are completely removed from the site, sellers are unable to make the required corrections and relist. Instead, sellers have to recreate the listing.
Starting [...]

A beautifully restored 1935 Ford V8 Coupe in largely original condition will be one of the most sought-after lots of Shannons 13th annual Melbourne International Motor Show Auction on Monday March 10.
Ford promoted the 1935 range as having ‘Greater Beauty, Greater Comfort and Greater Safety, but it was the brisk performance of the flathead V8 [...]

The problematic black 1955 Morris Minor convertible that actor Garry McDonald drove as Arthur Beare in the popular ABC television comedy series ‘Mother and Son’, sold for an unprecedented $18,000 at Shannons Sydney Summer Auction last night.
In a classic ‘life imitates art’ sequel, the car that was sold on behalf of the Australian Broadcasting Commission, [...]

With about 1000 properties for auction yesterday, only 73% sold under the hammer, according to the Real Estate Institute of Victoria. While the clearance rate was the same as last weekend, agents had hoped for a better result, given the sheer number of properties buyers could choose from.
Last year, when property prices rose by 23.4%, [...]

This week, Bonhams & Goodman surpassed Albert Tucker’s sale record when it sold a monumental masterpiece Explorers (1967) by the artist for in excess of $1,000,000.
The private treaty sale was negotiated by Geoffrey Smith, Director and National Head of Art, at Bonhams & Goodman.
The painting measuring 137 x 183 cm is the largest [...]