They also contended that Sotheby's failed to deliver on promises made in an auction proposal that detailed possible promotional tools and events for the auction.
But one place in which the new Administration has not talked much about drilling is off Florida, where the Interior Department is in the final stages of seeking public comment about a proposal to auction off rights to a six-million-acre field in the Gulf of Mexico.
MEPs voted down a proposal to delay an auction of so-called "polluter permits", which the European Commission said was necessary to increase their cost and encourage industry to reduce emissions.
"If a Hindenburg crash cover is worth between $5,000 and $50,000, and there are about 300 pieces of mail from the Hindenburg, try to use your imagination as to what will be the value of the only one from a far greater disaster," said Mr. Weiss, who has sent Mrs. Snyder a formal auction proposal.
The University of London has abandoned its proposal to auction a rare set of early printed editions of William Shakespeare's plays following an outcry by senior figures in theatre and academia.
The day after the auction the press reported that the House of Lords was considering a proposal for more government aid for the purchase of works of art.
(A proposal called "cap-and-dividend" would simply divide up the auction revenue equally among every citizen, along the lines of Alaska's oil fund).
The Japanese National Police Agency is circulating a proposal to require sellers of used goods through Internet auctions to obtain licenses, raising new fears among American online auction companies that they may face more stringent international control.
During a June auction, the partnership had sought to be paid $4 per barrel to develop the field, a proposal that the Oil Ministry rejected.
Under the auction houses' proposal, any work worth less than €150,000 would not require approval for a local government authority to be sold abroad.
As you know, last week we submitted a proposal from Hilco and Gordon Brothers as the stalking horse bid, which set the minimum bid requirement for the auction.
