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A New Beginning Estate Liquidation Company, Inc
DUNWOODY ESTATE SALE
May 13-15th
Fri.-Sat. 9-5
Sun. 10-5
Ridge Moore Drive Atlanta, GA 30360 

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Bunte Auction Services, Inc.
755 Church Rd - Elgin, IL 60123
847-214-8423 - Fax: 847-214-8802

Decorative Arts, Fine Art & Jewelry

Saturday, May 21, 2005, 11:00 A.M.
Sunday, May 22, 2005, 11:00 A.M.
Viewing: Friday, May 20, 10:00 A.M.-8:00 P.M.

And mornings of Auction from 9:00 A.M.

18th, 19th & 20th CENTURY FURNITURE: Victorian; mirrored dresser, chairs, tables, bed and hall stand; Georgian chests, 18th c. Sheraton chest, oak curved front china cabinets, Barrister bookcase, Louis XV style bedroom set, French Vitrines, fireplace mantles, Dutch china cabinet circa 1800, English desk circa 1800, Heywood Wakefield, Jean Michel Franck style club chair, pair of Wassily chairs by Marcel Breuer, long case clocks and more.
18th, 19th & 20th CENTURY OILS, WATERCOLORS AND PRINTS: N. Diaz, Andrea Landini exhibited piece, Eugene Isabey, Jules Dupre, Charles Daubigny, Richard William Hubbard, Italo Nunes Vais, Robert Kipniss oil paintings, Ernest Fredericks, Georges LaChance, Frank Enders, Charles Vickery Ship paintings, Frank C. Peyraud, Tadeusz Hipner, Walter Krawiec, Dan Branson, Ruth Van Sickle Ford, T. J. Willison, Florence Ezzell Stevenson, Jens Sinding Christensen, George F. Schultz, V. Vezien, Griffith Bailey Coale, David Young Cameron, Johann Friedrich Hennings Park Figural, H. Somers, Jose Palmeiro, Jean Pierre Zingg, Joseph M. Kotz, Otto Stark, Alex Fournier, D.J. Sadler, Frank Falk, Lars Haukanes, M. Rinaldi, F. Lansing, Jessie Benton Evans, Michael J. Whitehand, August Holland, H.B. Koekkoek, A.K. Stoiloff Baumgartner, Richard Springer, D. Hansel Native American painting, Zhiwei Tu , Reima Ratti, Finn Wennerwald, J. De Vries, Lauritz Sorensen, Oluf Jensen, Svend Drews, Knute Ellis Lindgren, Jean Fusaro, M. Wickard, William Dommersen, Lee Reynolds, Ernest Walbourn, A. Gelff, Primitive, Arthur Cumming, after Thomas Cole, Edward M. Hamer, style of David Taniers, B.F. LaFrambosie, Robert Gallon, Pampeo P. Massani, Salvador Dali, Sophie de Koningh, Ernest Fredericks, Leoni, Berlin, Helga Dean, Leonard H. Reedy, C. Davis, George H. McCord, Skinner Sheffield, Niels Borch, Charles W. Oswald, S. Catali, Edwin Hughes, F.S. Williams, H. Rosend, Arnold Turtle, Jens C. Bennison, N. Lenks, Henry Holding, F.T. Simon, H. Tournay, W. Peck, William Jean Beauley, A. Schapansky, Benjamin Eggleston, Tomac, Helge Dahlman, Luigi Kasimir, Gulam Rasool Santosh, Francis Cadell, Peter Passuntino, tadeusz Hipner, Michael Whitehand, Bernard Buffet, William Hogarth,

17th and 18th Century, Claude Hughes Pissarro, Frank English, M. Louisa Steuart, Reima Ratti, Jessie Trefethen, Old Disney cell, Robert Gunn, Lee Godie, R.Raimondi, Herbert J. Day, Edwin Buckman, Paul Marny, Estella Canziani plus other artists
BRONZES: Harriet Whitney Frishmuth, Paul Tereszczuk, Guy Boyd, Georges Vanderstraeten, Cyprien Godebski, Frederick RemingtonCLOCKS: Cartier table clock, Tiffany & Co. regulator, French carriage clocks, 18th c. longcase clock by Joshua ShawSILVER: English, Gorham, Reed and Barton, Francis I, S. Kirk, Tiffany and Co., Russian, German

POTTERY & PORCELAIN: Majolica, Rookwood, Moorcroft, Weller, Roseville, Doulton, Buffalo pottery, Staffordshire, Wedgwood, Meissen, Royal Vienna, Sevres, Old Paris, KPM, Limoges, Capo de Monte, Dresden, Borsato, Cybis, Boehm, Royal Copenhagen, Worcester, Hutschenreuther, Royal Doulton, Chelsea, Spode
ART GLASS & LAMPS: Tiffany, Steuben, Charles Lotton, Daum Nancy, Mueller, St. Louis, Lalique, Galle, Moser, Lundberg, English, Victorian, Gorham leaded glass lamp, marked Peiser, Tiffany bronze work.
JEWELRY: Estate jewelry and watches, Cartier diamond double brooch, Marcus emerald and diamond line bracelets, diamond and gem set rings, bracelets, necklaces, and earrings, 14k and 18k gold jewelry, pearl necklaces and bracelets, ancient Roman and Greek jewelry, Cartier, Rolex and other makers wrist and pocket watches.
MISCELLANEOUS: Regina disc music box, Nikolaus Klein rocking horse, handcrafted ship models, ivory carvings, miniature portraits on ivory, French bird music box, chandeliers , Hawkes stemware, 19th c. Tea caddy, jade carvings, Bohemian glass, cut glass, Victorian lighting, Italian wall mirrors, ships wheel, costume jewelry, purses and hats. 
Terms & Conditions: Cash, check with prior approval, Visa, MasterCard or Discover. 15% buyer’s premium, Bunte Auction #044000113: Directions: I-90 to Elgin, exit Rt. 31 North, at 1st light turn left onto Tollgate Rd, at Church Rd turn right. 
Portions of Auction will also be held on eBay Live Auctions with a 20% buyers premium.
AUCTION NOTE: This is our second Decorative Arts sale of the year and both Saturday and Sunday are filled with plenty of great merchandise that promises to make this a quality auction. We will be offering furniture ranging from Georgian to Wassily and Art Glass will also be featured prominently with items from Daum Nancy, Tiffany, Steuben and Moser as well as several other makers. We will also be offering more items from the Richmond, IL antique stores, A Little Bit Antiques and Hiram’s Uptown. If you’re looking to purchase a ring, bracelet or necklace as a gift we will be offering a fine selection of estate jewelry. Don’t forget this month we will also be adding on a third day to the auction, which will be Monday, the 23rd. 
A portion of the Saturday sale and the entire Sunday sale will be offered on eBay Live so if you wanted to bid you don’t even have to leave the comfort of your home.

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Dougs Auction
DATE: SUN. MAY 15th 2005
TIME: 1:00 P.M. Sharp.
(Preview 12:00 noon- 5 pm Sat & 10am to sale on Sun)

LOCATION: DOUG'S AUCTION
3141 Harrison Blvd
Ogden, Ut 84403

ANTIQUE FURNITURE, COLLECTOR GUNS, MOUNTS, ANTLERED FURNITURE, GUN PLAQUES, ARROWHEAD & 
WESTERN SHADOW BOXES, ALL TYPES PRIMITIVES, WESTERN PRINTS, TRUNKS Great Collection, styles and types
INDIAN COLLECTIBLES, ETC
WESTERN GEAR & DECOR, 8' Hand-carved figure carrying deer on shoulders, GLASS, POTTERY, ETC, DAGGERS & SWORDS


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Mayer Auctioneering
FARM AND CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY AUCTION
Date: Saturday May 14, 2005 
Time: 10:00 A.M. 
Location: GIDDINGS TX, USA 78942 
Directions: LOCATED APPX. 9 MILES N. OF GIDDINGS, TEXAS @ THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 77 & 21 IN THE NE CORNER.
(CHECK YOU MAPS AS MAPQUEST IS USUALLY WRONG)

EXPECTING A VARIETY OF FARM MACHINERY, CONSTRUCTION, TRUCKS, AUTOS AND MORE.
GET YOUR CONSIGNMENTS IN EARLY AND GET THEM PICTURED ON THE WEB.
IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!!! WE DO AUCTIONS @ OUR FACILITY OR CAN TRAVEL TO YOURS...CALL TODAY.....WE LOVE ESTATES AND SELLOUTS AND ARE ALSO LICENSED TO SELL REAL ESTATE....979-716-3148 OR 832-452-3622!!!! 



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Daniel A. Carter, Auctioneer.
SAT., MAY 14, 10:00 AM
ANNUAL SPRING COUNTY BOY AUCTION
Daniel A. Carter’s Ranch
2593 West Five Mile Road 
Exit 24 off S. Tier Expressway - 6/10 mile
Allegany, NY 

For more information on consigning to auction, call Daniel A. Carter, Auctioneer
Truck phone: 716-474-9244 / Office: 716-372-2059 / Fax: 716-373-9488

GUNS • ANTIQUES • COLLECTIBLES • HOUSEHOLDS • TRACTORS • TOOLS EQUIPMENT • LAWN & GARDEN, PLUS.........

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Auction News

Pope's Old Car Auctions for Nearly Quarter Million

Pope Benedict XVI's former car has sold for nearly a quarter of a million dollars after an Internet auction that saw bids rocket in the space of a few hours, organizers said late Thursday. 
The highest-winning offer for the 1999 model metallic grey Volkswagen Golf when bidding closed was just under 189,000 euros ($244,000). 
Organizers eBay Germany said the sale had been validated. The new owner is an online casino that has paid high prices for novelty auctions in the past. 

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The world's richest collectors are hungry for 20th-century art

The world's richest collectors are hungry for 20th-century art. But, as Sotheby's discovered in New York last week, this booming sector of the international market has its pitfalls. The super-rich think the market will go higher, so they are reluctant to sell, and when they do consign works for auction they demand big pre-sale estimates.
In a market that has lost its head, as it did in the late-'80s, they might get away with this - but today's mood is much more careful. Last week, potential bidders were unimpressed by a Sotheby's Impressionist and modern art sale catalogue that contained too many poor, overpriced works, and sat on their hands. The result was that almost a third of the lots failed to sell and the total of £48.3 million was well short of Sotheby's pre-sale prediction of £67.7 million to £97.8 million.
Despite the fact that an overpriced painting by Kandinsky had already failed to sell in the same room in November, Sotheby's put a huge £8 million to £13.3 million estimate on his recently rediscovered Two Riders and Reclining Figure. There was not a flicker of interest in the picture, which one leading dealer described as having "no depth" and which bore a signature that the auction house admitted in the catalogue was "by an unidentified hand". Soutine's Le Garçon en bleu, doubtless brought on to the market by the success of another work by the same painter in London in February, could not come up to its £2.1 million to £3.2 million estimate, and pictures by Balthus, Matisse and Magritte were also among the casualties.
Good pictures did, however, command strong prices, and Max Beckmann's magnificent, brooding Self-Portrait with Crystal Ball went to a private buyer in the room for almost £8.9 million, while an American collector paid £4 million for Léger's Les Campeurs. The highest price of the evening was £9.8 million for Les Femmes d'Alger (J), one of an important series of 15 oils depicting the pleasures of a harem executed by Pablo Picasso in the '50s. It was bought by the dealer David Nahmad, who already has two other pictures from the series in stock.
The hammer price was comfortably above the lower estimate and provided some comfort for Sotheby's, whose co-chairman of Impressionist and modern art, David Norman, admitted "we had some good moments and some bad moments". In a frank analysis of what had gone wrong, he said: "It is an example of how important pricing is in the market. If we had something great and it was reasonably priced, it did well."
Christie's sale the following evening was a different story and provided comfort for those who feared that the market might be faltering. It had a larger proportion of Impressionist pictures, but compensated for the fact that these are less fashionable than 20th-century art by keeping estimates modest. Sotheby's rival also benefited from going second and, having seen what happened the night before, lowered some reserves at the last minute.
A barnstorming performance by Christopher Burge, who is unquestionably the world's best art auctioneer, contributed to a lively atmosphere in which people felt like spending money. The result was a total of £75.6 million - just short of the overall high estimate and Christie's second-biggest sale in the past 15 years. 
The high total was helped by the £14.5 million paid by an anonymous bidder, thought to be an American private collector, for Brancusi's Oiseau dans l'espace. This graceful, previously unknown 3ft-high marble piece, which until recently was gathering dust in the attic of a French mansion, became the most expensive sculpture ever auctioned (although another Brancusi has fetched a higher price privately).
This was a solid sale founded on sane estimates, with 88 per cent of the lots selling. Even Picasso's neoclassical portrait Tête et main de femme, which Christie's had been privately worried about, found a buyer at £7.1 million. Four works from the Maspro Art Museum in Japan, which Christie's won the right to sell after the vendors insisted the auction house's executives play the children's game of paper, scissors, stone with Sotheby's, totalled almost £9.4 million.
There is plenty of money around at the top end of the market for the right art at the right price. But auction houses have to persuade vendors that in the Impressionist and modern sector there is usually a limit to what people will pay.



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Work under way on Ritchie auction facility

The days of moving from city to city to hold equipment sales in Tennessee and Kentucky are nearly over for the world’s largest industrial auctioneer.
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc. has broken ground on its first permanent auction theater in Tennessee. The three-building complex is being built on 75 acres it purchased last fall on the south side of Interstate 40 at Highway 109 in Lebanon.
Julian Johnson, Ritchie Bros. regional manager for Tennessee and Kentucky, said when the complex is completed in about eight to nine months, it will give the company a much-needed presence in the Nashville area. Ritchie Bros. is not disclosing a price tag for the facility.
Over the past 20 years, the company has rented space to hold auctions around the region, from Nashville to Louisville, from Memphis to Knoxville. 
“It will better serve the customers because it will be a permanent facility and a draw to Nashville,” Johnson said. 
Headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Ritchie Bros. stages about 140 auctions a year, attracting bidders from all over the country in search of deals on trucks and heavy equipment used in construction and agriculture.
Nationwide, the company has built 30 permanent auction “theaters,” each typically encompassing about 30,000 square feet. 
The facility in Lebanon will contain a refurbishing building, a sheltered auction theater with 1,000 seats and a check-in building, said corporate spokesman Chris Hawley.
The facility will host about three auctions a year, Johnson said. Ritchie Bros. auctions typically handle 1,000 to 3,000 items per auction. Trucks and other mobile equipment are lined up and driven across a truck ramp and shown for 60 to 90 seconds while an auctioneer rattles off bids in front of the theater audience.
Ritchie Bros. is a publicly traded company that reported gross auction sales of $456 million for the recent quarter ending March 31, the largest first quarter of such sales in the company’s history. Its U.S. sales totaled more than $1.79 billion last year.
Lynn McGill, administrative director of the Tennessee Auctioneer Commission, said the Ritchie Bros. facility, when completed, will be the largest auction yard in Middle Tennessee that she is aware of.
McGill also mentioned that Ritchason Auctioneers Inc., founded by Dewain Ritchason in 1989, also operates equipment auctions in the area, with a facility on 30 acres in Lebanon and another in Calhoun, Ga. 



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Tourists' fishy behaviour shuts them out

Tokyo - The world's biggest fish market, Tsukiji in the heart of Tokyo, on Monday closed its famous tuna auction to tourists whose oos and aahs at the jumbo seafood has proven too much for merchants to handle.

The market on the edge of the upscale Ginza shopping district has traditionally accepted streams of tourists, many of them foreigners, who come in when trade opens at dawn and top off their experience with a sushi breakfast.
But the excitement during tuna auctions has distracted the fishmongers from their serious business.
"Sometimes we see as many as 100 tourists for tuna auctions, which take place around 5am or so. The flashes of their cameras make it difficult for auction organisers and participants to see numbers displayed," said Shigeo Hagiwara of the metropolitan government.
"Some tourists touch fish on sale, making a big sanitation concern for us," he said.
"Auction participants use big hooks to handle frozen tuna. Some tourists got too close to the auction and were hurt. We want to prevent those incidents from happening again. Tourists are affecting operation of the market," he said.
Tourists will still be able to enter the premises of the market, but the tuna auction area will be roped off.
Hagiwara also acknowledged that the market would be unlikely to physically evict any tourists who persist and defy the ban, provided they watch quietly.
The Tsukiji market, officially called Tokyo Central Wholesale Market, each day handles a total of 2 246 tons of seafood worth more than $17-million. It sells 450 kinds of seafood, of which tuna is the most popular.
The image of hundreds of frozen tunas lying on the vast concrete floor, a thin mist of icy steam hovering over them as they are readied for auction, has become one of the emblematic pictures of Tokyo in guidebooks. 

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The Positive Club

Attitude Determines Attitude 
I woke up early today, excited over all I get to do before the clock 
strikes midnight. I have responsibilities to fulfill today. I am important.  

My job is to choose what kind of day I am going to have.  

Today I can complain because the weather is rainy or I can be 
thankful that the grass is getting watered for free. 

Today I can feel sad that I don't have more money or I can be glad 
that my finances encourage me to plan my purchases wisely and 
guide me away from waste. 

Today I can grumble about my health or I can rejoice that I am 
alive. 

Today I can lament over all that my parents didn't give me when I 
was growing up or I can feel grateful that they allowed me to be 
born. 

Today I can cry because roses have thorns or I can celebrate that 
thorns have roses. 

Today I can mourn my lack of friends or I can excitedly embark 
upon a quest to discover new relationships. 

Today I can whine because I have to go to work or I can shout for 
joy because I have a job to do. 

Today I can complain because I have to go to school or eagerly 
open my mind and fill it with rich new tidbits of knowledge. 

Today I can murmur dejectedly because I have to do housework 
or I can feel honored because the Lord has provided shelter for my 
mind, body and soul. 

Today stretches ahead of me, waiting to be shaped. And here I 
am, the sculptor who gets to do the shaping. 

What today will be like is up to me. I get to choose what kind of 
day I will have!  

- Author Unknown