Margin of Safety: Risk-Averse Value Investing Strategies for the Thoughtful Investor by Seth Klarman – it’s a mouthful, but if you ever stumble across a copy of this 1991 book – snatch it up immediately. Seems to be a nice market for it right now,...
Auctions
Collector’s Dream Auction; June 9, 2007
Antiques and Estate Auctioneers will be holding a collectibles auction tomorrow, Saturday, June 9, 2007 at 10:00 am at their gallery located at 44777 St. Rt. 18 E., Wellington, Ohio. An online catalog and bidding will be available for this auction at www.proxibid.com....
Rare Cigar Tip Cutter realizes $60,500
Showtime Auction Services held an auction last month at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds in Ann Arbor, Michigan on April 20-22, 2007: RARE COMBINATION CIGAR-TIP CUTTER / TRADE STIMULATOR BRINGS $60,500 AT SHOWTIME AUCTION’S SALE OF THE JIM CATE COLLECTION (Ann...
Lawren Harris Pine Tree and Red House
Harris painting sells for nearly $2.9M at record-setting auction Thursday, May 24, 2007 CBC Arts “Several auction art records were smashed in Vancouver on Wednesday night, led by the sale of a large Lawren Harris canvas that fetched nearly $2.9 million. The sale...
Rare Map Auction from Old World Auctions
OLD WORLD AUCTIONS TO CELEBRATE ITS 30th ANNIVERSARY (Sedona, Ariz.) – Old World Auctions will celebrate its 30th year in business with an auction preview and gala party on July 13-14 and an exceptional online sale that opens July 2 and closes July 18. The...
Sports Memorabilia Auction April 2007
Mastro Auctions April auction of sports memorabilia closed this past week with some nice numbers coming up. Some of the highlights included: -A Set of 48 1938 Goudey Heads-Up baseball cards for $238,587. – A complete set of 1911 T3 Turkey Red Cabinets SGC-graded...
Collectible Decoy Auction
Decoys the real thing Expanding market sends value of these collectibles soaring CHICAGO SUN-TIMES May 2, 2007 BY DALE BOWMAN Staff Reporter “The second-greatest decoy auction in history last week suggests nobody really knows the ceiling for collectible decoys....
Andy Warhol’s Bad set up for auction
Property from the set of the classic 1977 Andy Warhol movie “Bad” to be sold May 6th, 2007 (Stamford, Conn.) Property from the set of the 1977 Andy Warhol movie “Bad” will be sold at auction May 6th by Stamford Auction, in its new showroom...
Philip Weiss Auctions – May to June 2007
(Oceanside, N.Y.) – After already logging several huge multi-estate sales in the early part of this year, Philip Weiss Auctions is preparing for what could be its biggest sale ever – a two-day, three-session monster weekend filled with collectibles from a...
Largest pearl on market up for auction
Largest pearl on market up for auction By BARBARA SURK, Associated Press Writer Thu May 3, 2007 ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – It has been passed down for 800 years, from Chinese emperors to Marco Polo. The name of its current owner is a secret. But Thursday,...
