http://www.australianauction.info Auctions News and Information for Australia Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:53:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A Hummer H1, sold unreserved for $69,000 at Shannons Melbourne Summer Auction on November 24. Egged on by the enthusiastic auction crowd of around 700 people, bidding for the massive off-road vehicle developed from the HMMWV (High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle) used by US Forces in the Gulf War began at ... http://www.australianauction.info/2008/12/04/hummer-h1-auctioned-at-shannons/ A green cap worn by Australian batsman Don Bradman is expected to fetch more than $1 million at an auction of cricket memorabilia later this month. It will go under the hammer in Melbourne along with a host of cricket treasures on December 15. The cap will be sold with a ... http://www.australianauction.info/2008/12/03/bradman-cricket-cap-for-auction-dec-15/ Monday 8th December, Waterloo, at 11am The Books, Maps & Manuscripts auction will see 367 lots offered. Highlights include GJ Angas’ South Australia Illustrated (1847); 3 volumes of Cook’s First Voyage (1773); and C. Ptolemy’s Geographica (1574). Also on offer will be a collection of 19th Century sub-division maps of ... http://www.australianauction.info/2008/12/02/bonhams-goodman-books-maps-and-manuscripts-auction/ Pickles Auctions is holding a ground-breaking totally unreserved auction of over 50 near-new used cars and demo Holden vehicles, under instruction from Draper Dillon Chartered Accountants. Pickles Auctions Sunshine Branch Manager, Mark Thorne, says this is a great opportunity for the general public to save thousands on high quality, near-new vehicles. There ... http://www.australianauction.info/2008/12/01/pickles-auctions-to-liquidate-used-cars-and-demo-vehicles/ A group of four WWI medal including the Distinguished Conduct Medal from a Dorset family are included in the two day collectors’ auction on Thursday 11th & Friday 12th December at Charterhouse in Sherborne. “The Distinguished Conduct Medal was awarded to Sergeant P Finlay of the Dorset Yeomanry for his ... http://www.australianauction.info/2008/12/01/gallipoli-medals-for-british-auction/ An impressive selection of 38 high quality classic vehicles has been assembled for Shannons Melbourne Summer Auction on November 24, with vendors responding to the current economic climate with very realistic prices. Lovers of European sporting classics have plenty to get excited about, with a very rare factory right hand drive, ... http://www.australianauction.info/2008/11/23/shannons-melbourne-classic-car-auction-nov-24/ A Manly ferry is up for auction. The Baragoola which was built in the 1920’s is being auctioned by Gray’s. Mark Kehoe from Gray’s Online says the ferry made its last trip from Circular Quay to Manly in 1983. “Since then, she was bought by a businessman who spent over $1 million ... http://www.australianauction.info/2008/11/17/australian-ferry-for-auction/ Christie’s has announced the second sale of Modern and Contemporary Australian and South African Art on Tuesday, 16 December 2008; the sale brings the best artworks from Australia and South Africa to the London marketplace. Australian Modern and Contemporary Art Highlights Leading this section is a single-owner collection of nine pictures by ... http://www.australianauction.info/2008/11/16/contamporary-australian-and-south-african-art-for-london-auction/ Deutscher and Hackett’s auction in Melbourne on November 26, will feature an exceptionally rare and important work by Colin McCahon. The painting, Mondrian’s Last Chrysanthemum: Scared, has been held in a private collection for the last 12 years. http://www.australianauction.info/2008/11/14/colin-mccahon-painting-for-auction/ 6.00pm – Thursday 6th November 2008 Decorative Arts Feature Sale at 25 Melbourne Street, Murrumbeena, Vic. 3163. Viewing: Wed. 1 – 6 pm & Thurs. 10 am – 6 pm Tel: 03 9568 7811 & 22 Fax: 03 9568 7866 Auction info www.thecollector.com.au http://www.australianauction.info/2008/11/04/murrumbeena-decorative-arts-auction-nov-6/