| Kovels' List of Top Antiques Searches Reflect Current Events
Kovels has released the Top 20 list of antiques and collectibles for March based on results of hundreds of thousands of searches on its website. The top three searches - Pottery, Glass and Furniture - rarely change and are always the major areas of interest because they are useful antiques or collectibles found in every home. But the other items reflect a special interest often influenced by current news or auctions. For example, the recent ruling against selling war medals has created a problem for dealers and a change in prices of World War II souvenirs so it moved to number 10. The auctions of several large toy collections created extra publicity and interest in toy prices, and Toys made it into the 7th position. The entire top 20 list follows: Pottery and porcelain Glass Furniture Jewelry Bottles Metals Toys Prints, pictures, paintings, paper Royal Doulton World War II Stoves Coca-Cola Advertising Alabaster Silver plate Lighters Folk art Occupied Japan Weapons Music Kovels.com offers the Web's largest free price guide for antiques and collectibles.
Bids opened for landfill expansion
In the discussion and planning stages for years, Defiance County's landfill expansion turned from words to action Thursday when bids were opened for the project. Three bidders offered estimates for the first six-acre expansion on 78 acres due south of the existing landfill. The last area on the current landfill is expected to be filled in December, according to Defiance County Environmental Services director Tim Houck. The lower bidder for general work was Melco Inc., Archbold, at $1,739,756. That firm also had the low alternate bid ($223,620) for such things as topsoil removal, fence construction and surface water diversion. Other bids were received from R.P. Jergens, Vandalia, $1,820,254 for general work, $271,016 for the alternate bid; and Comanco Environmental Corp., Plant City, Fla., $3,199,016 for general work, $343,925 for the alternate bid.
TwinEngines Supports the Arts in Atlanta; 15th Annual High Museum ...
TwinEngines Inc. continues to support the Atlanta High Museum of Art in its Annual High Museum Atlanta Wine Auction fundraising campaign. Atlanta, Georgia (PRWEB) April 21, 2007 -- In its 15th year, the 2007 High Museum Atlanta Wine Auction broke all past records -- including a Live Auction total of more than $1.5 million. Silent auctions on Friday night and Saturday and a Paddle Raise brought in another $300,000 for a grand total of over $1.8 million in auction sales.
The 2007 Wine Auction marks the seventh year TwinEngines has participated in this exciting event. TwinEngines has dedicated its time, service and technology resources to develop and host a dynamic, database driven, content managed web site listing the theme events, and sponsors for the Wine Auction.
Bidding high on historic flag
By last night, bidding had reached $4800 after the flag was listed with a starting price of $1000. It looked likely to reach its reserve price, estimated to be about $5000. Hamilton man Athol Giles is selling the New Zealand Merchant Navy ensign, which he found as a teenager on a Wellington beach the day following the Wahine ferry disaster, which claimed 51 lives. Mr Giles said his father was a close friend of a former Wahine master who told him to hang on to the flag. The online auction is being billed as a piece of New Zealand history. .
Who Asked Google For Preferred Cost Bidding?
Amidst all the buzz surrounding the DoubleClick acquisition, Google quietly launched "Preferred Cost Bidding" yesterday. Advertisers now have the option to choose a "preferred" or average CPC rather than a max CPC and Google will algorithmically make sure that your clicks average to that cost over time. Think on that for a second - if you happen to use algebra to determine CPCs, you're calculating your CPC ceiling (or the true max CPC) based on back-end performance variables. With a little more algebra and some trending analysis, you'd then determine what your Google max CPC should be in order to hit your true max. With Preferred Cost Bidding, however, your true max CPC becomes your "preferred" CPC. Google ensures that you're charged your true max CPC on average, no matter what, by sporadically lowering and raising your bids.
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