Archive for January, 2006

Bloomfields Sale results

Sunday, January 29th, 2006

Including a French court cabinet, £600; Victorian mirrorback sideboard, £350; watercolour landscape, £350; Victorian glass lamp shade, £230; large Victorian oil, £190.

Ross’s sale

Sunday, January 29th, 2006

Including a 3-piece red leather suite at £510 while a Marie Carroll, oil on board, made £500.
a mahogany tol table with fluted legs £210; 4-drawer chest of drawers £195; antique kneehole desk £190; antique mahogany chest of drawers £190. Lots in Ross’s main sale included an antique oak dresser base [...]

Duke auctions off family silver

Saturday, January 28th, 2006

The Queen’s cousin, the Duke of Gloucester, will this week sell more than 800 royal family treasures for up to £2 million – to pay a tax bill.
The auction of the private collection at Christie’s in London on Thursday and Friday will raise money to pay his father’s death duties.
Among the items up for auction [...]

iSold It to open 40 stores in Ireland

Saturday, January 28th, 2006

iSold It, a retail chain that makes it easier for internet users to sell goods on eBay has officially opened up for business in Ireland.opened up for business in Ireland.
The California-based company, which currently has over 600 stores franchised stores in 48 states in the US, launched its first European store in Sandyford in Dublin [...]

CAB to auction Dublin criminals property

Saturday, January 28th, 2006

Two million euros worth of property belonging to a Dublin criminal who disappeared in Spain 18 months ago are reportedly being put on the market by the Criminal Assets Bureau today. Reports this morning said six houses and other land in the Co Donegal villages of Portnablagh and Creeslough were being sold at auction [...]

Myhome.ie may be sold ?

Friday, January 27th, 2006

The Irish Times reports that Myhome.ie, the property portal owned by the main estate agents, may be sold following a strategic review to be carried out by a leading corporate finance house.
It is understood IBI Corporate Finance has started examining the business with a view to recommending future strategic options. A sale or further expansion [...]

Ikea to bring jobs to Ireland

Thursday, January 26th, 2006

The Swedish retailer Ikea has announced it wants to build a major outlet near Belfast, creating 400 jobs.
The firm said it intends to seek planning permission for a “major store” at the Holywood Exchange site, near Belfast City Airport.
The company said it expected a further 100 jobs would be created in outsourced services such [...]

Titanic Ferry for auction

Thursday, January 26th, 2006

A ferry that transported passengers and luggage onto the ill-fated Titanic, was sold for scrap metal and used as a restaurant may get one more life tomorrow when it goes on the auction block.The Nomadic, a 221ft ferry currently docked in the northwest port of Le Havre, will be put up for auction in Paris [...]

QXL Ricardo announces 53% rise in revenue

Thursday, January 26th, 2006

Online auctioneer QXL Ricardo showed signs of recovery today after it revealed a 53% rise in revenues and a sharp reduction in losses.The auctioneer – once tipped as Europe’s answer to eBay – is expected to announce its first annual pre-tax profits since 2003 when it post results later this year.Chief executive Mark Zaleski said [...]

UCD Dublin announces masters degree course in cybercrime

Tuesday, January 24th, 2006

The secret files on dozens of international criminal investigations have been handed to UCD’s department of computing science to be used as case studies in the world’s first masters degree course in cybercrime investigation.
The degree is restricted to accredited law enforcement officers from around the world and 10 police officers from as far afield as [...]

Belfast Property Auctions

Tuesday, January 24th, 2006

Next month 20 lots of commercial property and land will go under the hammer in Belfast – demonstrating the increasing popularity of using auctions to sell in the commercial market.
The lots – ranging in price from £500,000 to £5m – comprise 12 properties and land in Northern Ireland [...]

iSOLD IT EXPANDS INTO EURO MARKET

Monday, January 23rd, 2006

iSold It, the nation’s leading eBay drop-off chain, has said it will accelerate its penetration of the European market with plans to open more than 200 locations in the UK and Ireland by 2010.
The entry into Ireland and the UK represents the company’s first steps towards developing the important European market, and furthers the company’s [...]

Beech Hut In Ireland Sells For $145,000

Sunday, January 22nd, 2006

If you thought property prices in New York and San Francisco were bad, check out the cost of a 200 square foot home in Ireland.Named Neptune Cottage, it has no electricity, no toilet and no sewage capabilities. But it is selling for $145,000 in Ireland’s Wicklow county, reports Reuters.”They don’t come up that often, which [...]

Morgan’s Auctions

Sunday, January 22nd, 2006

Including a 48-piece Royal Albert tea and coffee set went for £195, while a Vienna doubleweight wall clock made £350. Other items included: a circular mahogany breakfast table, £520; a flight of three Beswick ducks, £170; quantity of Army uniforms, £235 and six Chippendale-style dining chairs that went for £300.

Ross’s Sale

Sunday, January 22nd, 2006

Including: seven Harlequin Sheraton dining chairs went for £230. Other items included: stuffover couch (zebra print), £210; St George’s Chapel, Westminster, watercolour drawing, £200; oak sideboard, £200; oak fire surround & inset, £180; Roy Wallace pair of oil paintings, £150; lacquered granddaughter clock, £140; brass fender, £140; four piece mahogany [...]