A convicted fraudster – nicknamed ‘ eBay boy ‘, failed to turn up in court because he was being questioned by police about other suspected offences.
Phillip Shortman, was due to be sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court for a string of fraud and deception charges.
When he failed to arrive calls were made to his solicitor, who […]

The bottle of 1937 Moet and Chandon was brought to Britain by a returning World War II soldier as a trophy, but never opened, Charterhouse auction house said.
Solicitor Nigel Wilson, 62, was given the champagne by a client — an ex-soldier — around 15 years ago and sold it for 1,688 pounds (US$3,350; €2,496) to […]

Singapore Airlines’ online auction of tickets for the first commercial A380 flight will start on Aug. 27, the company announced Thursday.
Built by Airbus, the A380 is the world’s largest passenger jet and is scheduled to enter service with Singapore Airlines in October. The airline will sell seats on the first flight, from Singapore to Sydney, […]

THE MANAGER of the controversial co-op set up to sell and market Shetland livestock has quit just weeks before the busy annual sales season.
Karl Simpson leaves his post with the Shetland Livestock Marketing Group (SLMG) today after nearly three-and-a-half years to join his father in the Lerwick fish sales company Simpson & Ward.
Group chairman and […]

The event was organised by auctioneers and valuers Dee, Atkinson and Harrison in conjunction with the Driffield Steam and Vintage Rally.
A large number of lots went under the hammer, including a Massey Harris 203 and a Standard Fordson Industrial, plus other vintage agricultural machinery, stationary engines, spare parts and collectors’ items.

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The BBC today put a key commercial unit up for sale in the latest attempt to cut costs at the UK’s state-funded broadcaster.
The corporation said it hopes to complete the auction by March next year, although any deal will still need to be approved by the BBC’s Executive Board and the BBC Trust.
BBC Resources comprises […]

Oasis star Noel Gallagher is to auction a signed guitar for a charity auction. Also raising money for the Teenage Cancer Trust, are Razorlight’s Johnny Borrell, who will be selling a pair of his white jeans, and Klaxons, who donate a signed t-shirt.
Signed guitars are also being donated by Art Brut and Kings Of Leon, […]

James Alder’s art is set to go under the hammer to benefit churches across the region.
James, who died in June aged 86, was born the son of a docker in 1920 in Newcastle’s East End and held his first exhibition at the age of 13.
In the early 1990s, the Queen Mother commissioned him to produce […]

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A YOUNG mum from Whitehaven who conned eight people out of £2,400 for concert tickets, through internet auction site Ebay, has been jailed.
Haley McTaggart, 24, sold the tickets under the username Foxymax, offering bidders the chance to see several pop stars, including Robbie Williams but she never had the tickets.
McTaggart was sentenced to three months […]