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Hong Kong’s government has come forward to auction off about fifty sites with the strategy to ensure the boosting of land supply. In the jam-packed public land auction, the fierce bidding took place among the worthwhile investors. The battle was limited to developers in Hong Kong. The star attraction at the auction was Lingnan College [...]

Cantonese Developers Battle for Luxury Hong Kong Government Plot Auction

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It has been fifty years since man could travel in space. It must have been a momentous occasion and I am sure the 50th anniversary will be celebrated in different ways. Bonhams, the auction house is celebrating it in their own way by organizing an auction of items related to space travel. They are calling [...]

Space History Sale by Bonhams to Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Space Travel

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Actor Dennis Hopper’s bullet-riddled painting of Mao by Andy Warhol sold for an astounding $302,500 during an auction at Christie’s on 12 January. The final figure overshot the initial estimate by over ten times. The painting was estimated to sell between $20,000 and $30,000, high enough figures. However, the proceedings at the two-day auction revealed [...]

Hopper’s Mao Zedong Portrait Fetches $302,500

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The year is coming to an end and it has been quite a busy year for luxury property and estate dealers with many old luxurious estates being bought and sold for different reasons. Recently Caldwell & Company Realty has announced sale of world European style Charlotte Luxury Estate. Customs Homes Magazine has called it best [...]

European Charm Charlotte Luxury Estate Up For Sealed-Bid Sale

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Patricia Kluge’s business is in trouble again. This time around, the billionaire wife’s upscale wine business is facing a foreclosure due to a legal notice that is in reference to a debt of $34,785,000. The property that might go under the hammer will include Kluge Estate Winery and Vineyards, including 907 acres in southern Albemarle, [...]

Patricia Kluge’s Estate Winery and Vineyards in Trouble

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There is a deluge of iPhone and iPad Apps in the market these days. Sotheby’s also has brought out its latest app and it is pretty good if you are interested in art collection or just art for art’s sake for that matter. To put it simply, with the help of this app, you will [...]

Sotheby’s New Iphone App A Must Have For All Art Aficiandos

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Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows is launching an auction, from 10th of October for 10 days, offering travelers the opportunity to stay in a Signature Bungalow at a discounted rate. The auctions will take place on luxury-hotel travel site Off & Away. The profits from the auctions will be donated to the Chrysalis who works for [...]

Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows Launches Auction for Benefit of Homeless

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Sotheby’s has a long experience of selling high end exclusive wines for years but only through auctions. It is for the first time that they are getting into the retail side of the business. They have now opened a retail store. The auction house bought out Aulden Cellars, the retail wine store on the ground [...]

Sotheby’s Takes Over Aulden Cellars to Get in to Retail

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Asia is fast emerging as a great market for old wines. Sotheby held a very successful auction a few weeks back and is now all set to host another one in Hong Kong in October. This would be the sixth phase of Classic Cellar From a Great American Collector. More than 400 bottles from the [...]

Sotheby’s Sixth Phase of Classic Cellar From a Great American Collector in October

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Charles Krug Winery’s historic Carriage House in Napa Valley will witness a wine dinner and charity auction on October 7, 2010. It is a joint initiative of Morton’s The Steakhouse and the Mondavi family for the benefit of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. It is going to be a national event as the proceedings will be broadcast [...]

Mondavis Organize Auction to Support Make A Wish Foundation

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Accelerated Marketing Partners is organizing the country’s largest residential sealed-bid auction. The property on offer is worth nearly $80 million. They have put together a total of 11 luxury homes located throughout Park City, Utah. The minimum reserve prices for the homes range from $1.495 million to $15.875 million. This means a reduction of prices [...]

Sealed Bid Auction For 11 Luxury Homes in Park City, Utah

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The bounce is back in the homes and condos market. Endeavour Clear Lake is the first waterfront high-rise condominium in Huston’s bay Area. The original developer had gone bankrupt. Wonmore Ltd. Bought the 44 condos in the building which remained unsold and invested $2 million on renovations and upgrades. These residences will be auctioned on [...]

Endeavour Clear Lake in Houston Ready for Auction