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Rural Spectrum Scanner
AWS-3 Auction Guide Available
The FCC released a Small Entity Compliance Guide to assist small businesses, providers, and other entities with understanding and complying with the AWS-3 Auction Procedures. This guide provides an overview…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Wealthy Buyers Find Comfort in Private Auctions
More wealthy art collectors are turning to private auctions instead of traditional public sales. These invitation-only events offer them greater privacy, flexibility, and a more personalized experience. Collectors often prefer…
ContractsProf Blog
Woman Claims to Have Bought an Unknown Van Gogh for $215 at Auction
This case fits in with our series on the contracts doctrine of mistake, addressed most recently here and here, but it is perhaps still more bizarre. On October 5, 2019,…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
What could be the world’s most expensive coin collection is going up for auction — after being banned from sale for a century
Following the death of the Danish butter magnate Lars Emil Bruun in 1923, his will had a curious order: His vast accumulation of coins, notes and medals, amassed over more…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Marilyn Monroe Pink Pucci Dress, Hugh Hefner Smoking Jacket Sell at Auction
A recent auction featured a variety of Marilyn Monroe and Hugh Hefner collectibles. Among the notable items sold was a pink Pucci dress Monroe wore, fetching a record-breaking $325,000. Other…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
WCB Partially Waives Bank Letter of Credit Requirement for Auctions 903 and 904
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has partially waived, sua sponte, the requirement that a bank that issues a letter of credit (LOC) to a support recipient for the CAF Phase…
ContractsProf Blog
Of Windfalls from Mistake and Breaches of Auction Contracts
A few months back, we brought you the heartwarming story of a couple that purchased a small, valuable painting by N.C. Wyeth (self-portrait, left) at a thrift shop for $4. …
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Sotheby’s to Sell ‘Hundreds’ of Works Owned by Chara Schreyer
Chara Schreyer, a prominent art collector, passed away in February at 75 after battling cancer. She was renowned for her dedication to philanthropy and passion for art, which led to…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
CPMI-IOSCO stocktake of industry progress on auctions
On 14 February 2023, the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and Committee on Payments and Markets Infrastructures (CPMI) issued a press release regarding the CPMI-IOSCO stocktake of industry progress…
China Law Insight
谈艺录：艺术品拍卖“不保真”考（上）
By King & Wood
作者：马捷 (Jay Ma) 陈依漫 宋滕昊 笔者步入律师业二十年，涉猎艺术品收藏也近廿载，尤嗜书斋匾额。案牍之外游于艺，庶几算得初窥门径。每逢春秋大拍于各预展中按图索骥、披沙拣金，颇有伊墨卿所书“慕古宣心”之意。 积年累月微有所思，故拟以艺术品为专题，假先贤书名，觍曰“谈艺录”，就所涉法律问题略陈拙见，以期裨益于业界。 所谓“不为有益之事,何以遣有涯之生？”，擅改清人项鸿祚之语，聊博方家一哂。 阅读更多