UFI, the global association of exhibition industry, feels India has a huge potential for trade shows. To explore the Indian exhibition industry, UFI president Jochen Witt visited the country.
Speaking to ET, Mr Witt said, “Trade fair industry in India is developing and we want to support it by offering tools and training.”
The Rs […]

During a reverse auction, a customer allows suppliers only a short window of time to bid down the price on their products or services. The practice was pioneered by automotive and aerospace buyers, which used reverse auctions to procure commodity parts. Today, many large companies use them to buy everything from paper clips to their […]

A collection of previously unseen paintings, letters, diaries and photographs from artist Francis Bacon’s “famously chaotic” studio goes on sale today.
The sale, by Ewbank fine art auctioneers in Surrey, comes in the same week as the 15th anniversary of Bacon’s death. He died on April 28 1992.
Its appearance on the market will arouse interest among […]

New homes were found for 61 popular classics at H&H’s Spring sale at Buxton last week (April 18). They ranged in price from £40,700 for a 1958 Jaguar XK150 SE Drophead Coupe to £700 for a 1984 Jaguar XJS Coupe

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International relief agency Oxfam began taking bids on Tuesday in an online celebrity auction aimed at raising money for its work in Darfur and neighbouring Chad.
The auction, which will see the prized possessions of several celebrities sold to the public, is part of a five-million-pound (7.4-million-euro, 10-million-dollar) appeal launched by the charity on April […]

A fundraising auction of music memorabilia including The Edge’s guitar and Bono’s sunglasses shattered expectations and raised a record $2.4 million this weekend.
Proceeds from the auction will go toward Music Rising, a charity co-founded by The Edge to replace musical instruments lost or destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.
The U2 guitarist donated a Gibson Les Paul that […]

Cheffins Scottish Charity Sporting Sale offers vendors an opportunity to consign goods for sale at a special commission rate of 6%. All commission after sale costs will benefit The North Atlantic Salmon Trust and the Game Conservancy Trust equally.
To consign goods for this sale contact
Scottish Office: Clinton Hicks Telephone 01361 882769
Cambridge Office: Martin Millard (Guns) […]

Sporting treasures were discovered by experts from Cheffins Auctioneers whilst touring in Scotland at recent free valuation days in Scotland. So far amongst several exciting finds to be sold in the June Scottish Sporting Sale will include a wonderful painting by the artist A. Roland Knight, ‘Salmon on the fly’, valued at £1,500-1,800, a fun […]

Sotheby’s sold 4.6 million pounds ($8.8 million) of Islamic art, almost a quarter more than the pre-sale estimate.
The most expensive item at the April 18 auction was an Ottoman silk, velvet and metal thread calligraphic band, which sold for 311,200 pounds, more than twice the initial estimate, Sotheby’s said in e-mailed statement on the day […]

Keys to the Titanic’s post room have sold for more than £100,000.
The sale took place at Henry Aldridge & Son auction house in Devizes, Wiltshire.
The hammer price was £90,000, to which a buyer`s premium was added, taking the total fee paid to £101,750, far in excess of the £30,000-to-£50,000 estimate.
Auctioneer Andrew Aldridge said: “I had […]