Punch cigar store figure, 1911 Indy jumpsuit, more will be sold March 1-3 by Philip Weiss Auctions in New York

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Two diverse yet complementary estates will cross the block Saturday, Jan. 21, in Panama City, Fla., at 9 a.m.

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PR: 12/7 Rock Bottom Art Auction

Last Updated on Thursday, 1 December 2011 08:15 Written by External Post Thursday, 1 December 2011 08:15

On Wednesday, December 7, Poster Auctions International will host its first ever Shelf Sale. Consisting of over 400 unique images from the past 150 years of poster advertising, this is a rare chance to buy an original, vintage poster at rock-bottom prices.
Blowout prices does NOT mean low quality merchandise: original pieces by hundreds of [...]
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Shootings pepper-spray attack mar Wal-Mart Black Friday sale

Last Updated on Friday, 25 November 2011 06:15 Written by External Post Friday, 25 November 2011 06:15

As shoppers converged on retailers around the country looking for Black Friday deals, authorities reported scattered problems.

In Porter Ranch, a woman pepper sprayed customers at a Wal-Mart in what authorities say was a deliberate attempt to get more "door buster" merchandise. In San Leandro, a Wal-Mart shopper walking to his car was shot and wounded in a suspected robbery early Friday.

Another shooting was reported at a parking lot next to a Wal-Mart in South Carolina, also a suspected robbery attempt. Officials told WMBF-TV they believe the robbery was tied to Black Friday.

At Porter Ranch, 20 customers, including children, were hurt in the 10:10 p.m. incident, officials said. Shoppers complained of minor skin and eye irritation and sore throats.

"This was customer-versus-customer ‘shopping rage,’" said Los Angeles Police Lt. Abel Parga.

The woman used the spray in more than one area of the Wal-Mart "to gain preferred access to a variety of locations in the store," said Los Angeles Fire Capt. James Carson.

"She was competitive shopping," he said.

Police are searching for the woman but said they’ve had trouble getting a clear description of her.

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Internet-only auction that’s already online will conclude with live bidding Nov. 18 by Gordon S. Converse & Co.

Last Updated on Friday, 28 October 2011 03:22 Written by a2e Friday, 28 October 2011 03:22

(STRAFFORD, Pa.) – More than 400 quality lots of merchandise, drawn from prominent estates and collections and in a wide array of categories, will be sold in an Internet-only auction that has already gone online and will conclude with live bidding on Friday, Nov. 18, beginning at 9:30 a.m. (EST). The sale is being conducted [...]
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Why eBay Will Never Be Great Again

Last Updated on Friday, 28 October 2011 03:19 Written by a2e Friday, 28 October 2011 03:19

There was a time when eBay (EBAY) was the cool place to shop.

When Tickle Me Elmo dolls, classic vinyl records, and Beanie Babies ran scarce at area retailers, folks would flock to the auction marketplace to see if they could outlast rival bidders to victoriously nab hot items.

This doesn’t mean eBay isn’t popular these days. eBay’s marketplace helped sellers move $14.7 billion in gross merchandise, excluding cars, in its latest quarter. The company’s PayPal juggernaut is now up to 100.3 million active registered accounts, serving as the middleman for $28.7 billion worth of net payments during the second quarter alone.

Bigger isn’t necessarily better, though.

Shares of eBay are trading essentially where they were five years ago. The world has passed eBay by, and the next five years aren’t likely to be much better.



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White paper: Seven best practices for fighting counterfeit sales online

Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 October 2010 01:21 Written by External Post Wednesday, 27 October 2010 01:21

Counterfeit sales represent 5 to 7 percent of world merchandise trade today. The damage these sales do to rightful brand owners goes well beyond revenues and profits: numerous reports have suggested that counterfeit and piracy trade supports terrorism,
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Big Memorial Day multi-estate sale planned for May 31 by Flowery Branch Auction in Flowery Branch, Ga.

Last Updated on Friday, 14 May 2010 09:29 Written by a2e Friday, 14 May 2010 09:29

(FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga.) – Over 400 lots of quality merchandise, consigned by local estates and prominent collections, will be sold at auction on Monday, May 31, by Flowery Branch Auction & Antiques, located at 5540 Atlanta Highway. Flowery Branch is situated northeast of Atlanta, just off Interstate 985, about halfway between Buford and Gainesville. The [...]
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Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd. will hold a huge cataloged auction Saturday, Mar. 20, in Hillsborough, N.C.

Last Updated on Thursday, 4 March 2010 01:00 Written by a2e Thursday, 4 March 2010 01:00

(HILLSBOROUGH, N.C.) – Nearly 800 lots of fresh-to-the-market merchandise from prominent local estates will be sold at a Fine & Decorative Arts Cataloged Auction slated for Saturday, Mar. 20, at 9 a.m., by Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd. The sale will be held at the firm’s state-of-the-art showroom, located at 620 Cornerstone Court [...]
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Liquidation.com Redesigns Its Online Auction Marketplace

Last Updated on Wednesday, 24 February 2010 12:15 Written by a2e Wednesday, 24 February 2010 12:15

Liquidation.com, the leading online auction marketplace for bulk lots of surplus merchandise from top retailers, warehouse clubs and manufacturers, today announced the relaunch of its website at www.liquidation.com. Featuring a streamlined design and an improved range of new features, the new site provides prospective buyers with faster, easier access to the merchandise most relevant to their inventory needs.

“We are extremely pleased to offer our professional buying customers a significantly enhanced experience on Liquidation.com,” said Rob Caskey, Vice President of Marketing for Liquidation.com. “We’ve made the site easier to use by giving our buyers more – and more relevant – ways to access the products they want. At the same time, we’ve introduced a host of features and enhancements that provide our customers greater transparency and more information to make well-informed buying decisions.”

Some of the most significant changes and improvements to the site include:

An enhanced search algorithm and search refinement tools that allow users to filter results by geography, price, size classification and a range of other criteria;
Personalized product recommendations throughout the site based on buyers’ past browsing and purchase behavior;
The introduction of seller performance reports on auction view pages and in search results, which provide buyers with objective information about a seller’s history on the Liquidation.com platform;
A streamlined bid path, allowing users to place their bids more quickly and easily; and
More images per auction and a utility that offers quick access to significantly larger images;
“The redesign of Liquidation.com was driven by our core values of customer focus and relentless improvement, and embraces the great feedback that we’ve received from our nearly 1.3 million registered users,” said Caskey. “As a result, buyers are able to more deeply engage with Liquidation.com, as evidenced by the fact that we’ve already seen improvement of more than 30% for many of the key buyer participation metrics.”

Liquidation.com works with seven of the top 10 U.S. retailers, two of the top three U.S. online retailers, two of the top three U.S. warehouse clubs, and more than 460 large and middle market retailers, manufacturers and distributors to sell surplus, overstock and consumer returned merchandise. Auction sizes range from truckload, pallet, small package and single units, and product conditions range from new to consumer returned and salvage. Nearly 1.3 million registered buyers source inventory and merchandise from www.liquidation.com.

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