Ableauctions.com (AMEX:AAC) announced today that the Canadian Coinoisseur June Torex(R) Auction held on June 22 and 23rd, 2007, on
ebay Live Auctions through its subsidiary iCollector.com sold over $164,000 to the Internet and attracted over 425 registered bidders. Highlights of the auction included the following Internet sales:
1814 Indian peace medal, 75.6 mm — $9,600 CAD
Canada 5 cent 1931 PCGS MS-65 — $5,900 CAD
Canada Sovereign 1913C ICCS/PCGS MS-63 — $5,100 CAD
Newfoundland 5 cent 1946C AU — $4,500 CAD
Silver dollar 1945 NGC MS-65 — $3,900 CAD
After retiring as a Naval Officer in 1981, Michael Walsh, President of Canadian Coinoisseur, began dealing with private clients — buying, selling and building collections. In April 1998, Michael began conducting public numismatic auctions, and since then he has conducted seventeen sales. In 1999, he was a pioneer in the use of simultaneous live and online auctions. He was appointed Official Auctioneer in 1999 and 2000 for the Canadian Association of Numismatic Dealers as well in 2000 and 2002 for the Canadian Numismatic Association. Since 2001, he has conducted eleven sales as Official Auctioneer for Torex(R), Canada's oldest and most important coin show. He is currently slated as the Official Torex(R) Auctioneer for February and October 2008.
Michael is the incoming President and a Life Member of the Canadian Numismatic Association. He is also a Life Member of the Canadian Paper Money Society, the American Numismatic Association, the Ontario Numismatic Association and the Vancouver Numismatic Society, where he is First Vice President. He is a Member and a Past President of the Canadian Association of Numismatic Dealers and a Member of the Auctioneers Association of Canada.
About iCollector.com
iCollector.com is the pre-eminent supplier of live online auction technology and services to some of the world's most prestigious galleries and industrial auction houses and operates one of the largest
ebay Live Auction sales and support centers in the world. It is the only auction technology company to be endorsed by the National Auctioneers Association (NAA) and has partnered with
ebay Live Auctions in streamlining the process of broadcasting auctions real-time on the Internet. iCollector's technology enables auction houses to open their establishments to the world by allowing online bidders to participate in real time on the auction floor.
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https://www.icollector.com or (www.icollector.com/ourTechnology.aspx).
About Ableauctions.com
Ableauctions.com Inc. (AMEX "aac") is a high-tech liquidator and online auction facilitator that operates the domains iCollector.com, Naalive.com and Unlimited Closeouts.com.
As an online auction facilitator, the Company, with the experience of over 3,000 auctions, has developed state-of-the-art technology to broadcast auctions over the Internet (www.ableauctions.com/technology) and currently provides the technology and related services to auction houses, enabling them to broadcast auctions over the Internet. The Company broadcasts business and industrial auctions over the Internet for auctioneers and members of the National Auctioneers Association (NAA) and art, antique and collectible auctions for numerous galleries and auction houses around the world through
ebay Live Auctions.
As a liquidator, the Company, through Unlimited Closeouts, purchases overstocks, order cancellations and discontinued products from major manufacturers and importers, then sells the merchandise to major retail chains, other resellers or the public.
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https://www.ableauctions.com. For more information, contact Investor Relations at investorrelations@ableauctions.com.
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