| Alumni Association holding auction
The University of Maine Alumni Association recently announced the opening of the second Black Bear Online Auction on April 3. All proceeds will benefit the programs dedicated to the school's 95,000 alumni.
Alumni and business sponsors have donated more than 100 unique items that will be up for bid until 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 3. Diana Richardson, assistant to the president of the Alumni Association, said the association hopes to raise between $5,000 and $7,000 through the event.
The auction, in its second year, "came from the association's senior staff and was approved by the board of directors last year," said Richardson, who has devoted countless hours to pulling the auction together and making it run smoothly. "Most of the staff and some members of the board have been instrumental in getting the donations and sponsors."
The current top 10 items up for auction include a night's lodging in Blue Hill, Maine, a game of golf and lunch at the Penobscot Valley Country Club, a 1993 men's Black Bear Hockey team photo autographed by Shawn Walsh, miscellaneous Black Bear paraphernalia and a Moxie T-shirt.
UA given green light for new Stirling mart
Stirling Council's development control panel has backed United Auctions' application to build a market at Hill of Drip, to the west of its existing facility at Kildean. The 52-acre site will use the same roundabout off the motorway as the present site, but it will have better access. One of the stumbling blocks to permission for the £10m development was the requirement to include a clause that the area would be returned to a greenfield site in 50 years. .
Prince Charles: Troubled landmark up for bids
The oft-troubled Prince Charles Hotel in downtown Fayetteville is scheduled for auction this morning. Again. For the second time since 1991, the Prince Charles is in foreclosure. This is the third auction since then for the sale of the building. And once again, the bank holding the note may end up buying the hotel. Whoever takes over faces a pile of neglect and ill will. I have found the worst hotel in the country. ... Filthy rooms, rude staff, no AC, dishonest staff. I would rather stay at a soup kitchen. — December 2006 customer review of the Prince Charles on Yahoo Travel. The current owner, R.K. Properties of Rockville, Md., put off critical maintenance and scrimped on staff and service, according to court records, customer reviews and other sources.
Ritchie Bros. Continues to See Worldwide Participation in its ...
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(CCNMatthews - April 2, 2007) - Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (TSX:RBA)(NYSE:RBA), the world's largest auctioneer of industrial equipment, announces the results of three large unreserved auctions held last week. The largest was a two-day auction in Edmonton, Alberta that generated over CA$58 million (US$50 million) in gross auction sales - beating Company records for the largest Canadian auction ever held by Ritchie Bros. in more than 40 years of business. The other two large auctions were held in Atlanta, Georgia and Houston, Texas, generating over US$29 million and US$33 million in gross auction sales (respectively) - also breaking a number of Company records in those regions.
Ritchie Bros. continues to attract buyers from around the world to its auctions, including those who are bidding live and on-line, using the Company's online bidding service rbauctionBid-Live.
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