Auctions

Rare Boards (and an Even Rarer Book) Auction Raises $680k for Surfing Heritage Spot: Update

See the update at the end of page 2 on last weekend's Surfing Heritage Vintage Surf Auction raising $680,000 and other event details.ORIGINAL POST, MAY 9, 2 P.M.: The Surfing Heritage & Cultural Center in San Clemente is putting "some of the world's most rare and iconic surf memorabilia" up for ... More >>

Trial Date Set For Kobe Bryant's Memorabilia Auction Fight With His Estranged Mother

A federal judge in New Jersey has ordered "an in-person settlement conference" for May 17 in the dispute between Kobe Bryant and an auction house planning to sell the Los Angeles Lakers' teenage memorabilia late next month for the superstar's mother, Pamela. If the mediation doesn't work, U.S. Dist ... More >>

Kobe Bryant Wins Courthouse Assist From Sister in Memorabilia Dispute With His Mother

Los Angeles Lakers' superstar Kobe Bryant is receiving an assistant this morning in his legal battle to permanently block his mother and an auction house from selling more than $1.5 million worth of his personal memorabilia to the public in June. Sharia Washington, Bryant's sister, filed a May 11 d ... More >>

Kobe Bryant Lawyer: Mother-Son Dispute Over Memorabilia Auction Is Not A Marketing Ploy

An inquisitive federal judge in Orange County today left a temporary restraining order intact for at least two more days in the dispute over whether an auction house working for the mother of Kobe Bryant is legally entitled to sell nearly 1,000 pieces of personal memorabilia of the NBA superstar's y ... More >>

Kobe Bryant Memorabilia, Some He Says was Lifted from Newport Coast Home, Can't Be Auctioned Off Yet, Says Judge: Update

See the update on page 2 about a judge issuing a temporary restraining order preventing a New Jersey auction house from auctioning off Kobe Bryant memorabilia.ORIGINAL POST, MAY 7, 4:21 P.M.: Injured and shut out of the playoffs, this likely isn't the way Kobe Bryant hoped to spend his time on the m ... More >>

Irvine Women Ranked Among Top Earners in the Nation from Online Auctions of First Dates

Ladies in Irvine auction off first dates to the highest bidder--who knew? WhatsYourPrice.com knows, having ranked the land of bland No. 10 on its list of "Top 13 Cities Where Women Date-for-Dollars." Irvine got the nod because during the first week of May, 56 women from the city joined the website t ... More >>

Fourth Annual Orange County Food and Wine Festival

Lyon Air Museum

18th Annual Taste of Anaheim

GardenWalk

33rd Annual Wine Extraordinaire

Anaheim Hilton

Tom Leykis Show One-Year Anniversary Party THIS MONDAY in Long Beach!

Man, how time flies: I still remember the first day that The Tom Leykis Show returned to the airwaves on April 2 last year. I was in some goddamn hotel room or other, waiting until I had to give a speech and needing to laugh my ass off by listening to the Professor. Can't say I had any expectations ... More >>

Art Auction 2013: California Underground Preview Week

Laguna Art Museum

Dana Point Lobster Fest

Doheny State Beach

UCI's 'Artistic Beats' Takes Islamic Culture to the Club

UC Irvine student Hannah Said combines her passions for helping youth, giving back to her community and her faith of Islam to put on a benefit concert called "Artistic Beats" at the university's Crystal Cove Auditorium tonight from 6-9:30 p.m. The concert line-up is an eclectic mix of spoken word po ... More >>

Want VIP Coachella Tickets? Bid on Sweet Relief's Exclusive Auction--With Two Days To Go!

​Sweet Relief, the organization that helps local career musicians facing financial hardship due to illness and disability, is hosting a charity festival ticket auction for the sold-out Coachella Music and Arts Festival 2012. Coachella, as everyone knows, will be held over two weekends in April--a ... More >>

McNugget Resembling George Washington Sells for $8,100 on eBay

​Some three years ago, a woman in Nebraska noticed that one of the McNuggets her children didn't eat looked kinda like George Washington in profile. So she stashed it in the freezer and later, put it up on eBay.The auction site took it down citing that the item violated a rule they had against ... More >>

Medieval Animal Rescue Charity Faire

OC Fairgrounds

Muhammad Ali's Trunks, Lou Gehrig's Last Bat and Dr. J's Championship Rings Up for Auction in OC

​Thanks to a Laguna Niguel company, you can swing the bat last used by Lou Gehrig as a Yankee, slide on "Dr. J" Julius Erving's NBA championship ring or slip into the trunks Muhammad Ali wore in one of his memorable fights against Smokin' Joe Frazier.Of course, to do so, you have to be the highest ... More >>

Do I Bid on Dennis Rodman's Green Velvet Jacket or the Portraits of Adolf Hitler's Folks?

​The dilemma facing collectors is this: shell out now for Dennis Rodman's boa, dollhouse (!?!) and green-velvet jacket or save the scratch to bid later on the oil paintings of Adolf Hitler's parents?South Coast Auction of Santa Ana is unloading the Worm's clothing, furniture and memorabilia on Wed ... More >>

Tree Hugger's Ball

Santiago Event Center

Star Trek Auction Seeks New Life and New C-Notes

​Set your phasers to geeked.A Santa Ana auction house begins taking bids at 10 a.m. Saturday for 257 lots of props, models and costumes from the original Star Trek television series and Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise, as wel ... More >>

Taste of Anaheim

Anaheim Gardenwalk

Jelly Bean Resembling Future Queen of England Kate Middleton Found!

Wikimedia Commons​Life is trying to tell us something when the Rorschach test is found in our food.Reported Thursday by The Telegraph, accountant Wesley Hosie discovered a jelly bean with an uncanny resemblance to princess-to-be Kate Middleton while sharing a jar from The Jelly Bean Factory. It ma ... More >>

Tonight: Baja Sharkeez Newport Beach Fundraiser for Japan

​The always loud and festive Baja Sharkeez Newport Beach is stepping up to help the Japan relief effort by hosting a silent auction and raffle tonight from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. There's some serious loot up for bidding--Lakers and Angels tickets, autographed Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Kings equipmen ... More >>

Bid on Fleet Foxes' Test Pressing of 'Helplessness Blues' to Benefit Japan

​If you're anything like us, you're probably jonesing really badly for Fleet Foxes' upcoming set Helplessness Blues, due for release to the masses on May 3. If, however, you have a couple of thousand to ease your pain (unlike us), you can bid on a test pressing of their upcoming sophomore release ... More >>

Black Eyed Peas, Blink-182, Simon Cowell and More Host Benefits for Japan Via Shows, T-Shirts, Albums, Vids, Tweets

​In the wake of the unfathomable disaster in Japan, musicians are showing their support through benefit shows, merch and other creative endeavors, rallying fans to help the country. Their efforts can make a real impact--Gaga's Japan-relief wristbands raised $250,000 in just 48 hours.  Here's ... More >>

Wyland Foundation Surfin' Santas

Ocean Institute

[UPDATED:] The 88! Auctioning A Guitar Lesson For Leukemia Fundraiser

​Update: We just found out that Adam Merrin, also from the 88!, is auctioning off a piano lesson for the same charity as well. Bid on that here.Aw, sweet. Keith Slettedahl, guitarist/vocalist for the Los Angeles-based rock group, The 88!, is auctioning off a one-hour guitar lesson. What will you ... More >>

Register Mickadeit Column is a Real Blowjob

​Don't be surprised if Orange County Register local columnist Frank Mickadeit's piece the ran over the weekend becomes the all-time leader in online page views. It's not that the topic--the Barrett-Jackson car auction at the fairgrounds in Costa Mesa--was that compelling. No, strong traffic can be ... More >>

Darin Erstad Still Helps Angels Community

Flickr user Rich AndersonDarin Erstad hits a game-tying homer for the Angels in 2005.​The way the Angels have been playing so far this season, they could use a Timmy Salmon, Troy Percival and especially Darin Erstad in their primes. At least Ersty is giving something back to fans and the Orange Co ... More >>

A Night at the Food Auction

We were two at dinner tonight. We ordered very different things; we don't look alike. Yet, the runner brought out our plates and started with, "Um, I have angel hair. Who had the angel hair?"Flickr user sea-turtle"Champagne? What am I offered for this bottle of Champagne? Who will give me 500 francs ... More >>

Ha-Has for Ta-Tas

Laugh Factory

Fashion Show and Make-A-Wish Benefit

The Vintage Steakhouse

CASA Holiday Luncheon and Michael Kors Fashion Show

The Ritz

"Home for the Holidays" Animal Adoption

Irvine Animal Care Center

For Old-School Art Pickers Like Rick Orr, the Thrills and the Payoffs Are Fading

20th Annual High Tea and Fashion Show

Balboa Bay Club

Bids Start at $4 Million for Asian Beauty's "Horror Story" on Dating Kingston Technology's John Tu

Perhaps you recall John Tu, the president of computer memory manufacturer Kingston Technology Co. of Fountain Valley, selling 80 percent of the company stock for $1.5 billion in 1996 and giving $100 million of that revenue to his employees as a bonus, turning many into instant millionaires.Now, a w ... More >>

KCRW's Jason Bentley to Appear at...South Coast Plaza?

Jason Bentley (seen looking very sly in that picture over there) took over as host of Morning Becomes Eclectic--and KCRW music director--on December 1 of last year, but though the taste-making Santa Monica-based public radio station's signal covers Orange County comfortably, Bentley hasn't had the c ... More >>

St. Regis Monarch Beach Scheduled For Foreclosure Auction; But What Happens To Stonehill Tavern?

As you may have already heard, the St. Regis Monarch Beach is on the verge of being auctioned off in a foreclosure sale.  LA Times had the scoop.The ritzy hotel, as many have noted, is infamous for hosting a certain AIG boondoggle.  You know the one: The bash they held after accepting government b ... More >>

To Do Tonight - 5/14

A "Taste For Charity" and Silent Art Auction, 5 p.m.Tastes by top restaurants, silent auction of art from local galleries and a live auction with raffle prizes! This charitable gathering has it all. Proceeds benefit the Community Clinic, 1st Thursdays Art Walk, Sally's Fund, CSP Youth Shelter, Woma ... More >>

STAGEStheatre Gala Fundraiser

STAGEStheatre

Clownzilla

Clownzilla

A Piece of Chone, All Your Own

The Angels are auctioning off Chone Figgins' helmet for charity! Did Chone steal your heart as well as second base this season? Then cast your online bid and his helmet can be yours. No, ladies, not that kind of helmet. Where's Commie Girl when I need her to make GOOD jokes about Angels' genitali ... More >>

Von Rich

Its official: Von Dutch is now an artist

Things You'll Never See Again

The Brucker Collection

Bid for Trestles on eBay

No, you can't actually buy Trestles Beach. But you can show your support for the Yosemite of Surfing by bidding on several on-line auctions, all to try and stop the Foothill-South toll road extension. Adio, Body Glove and Oakley have all donated prize packages to be auctioned off on eBay; 100% of p ... More >>

Corruption breeds bargains

Tired of the way your home looks? Think a 32 ft. long Oriental rug would spruce the place up? Then tomorrow is your lucky day, because tomorrow at 9 a.m., some of felonious ex-San Diego Congressman Duke Cunningham's ill-gotten gains will be auctioned off. According to the San Diego Union-Tribune: T ... More >>

How to Equip Your Band for Less than $100

Free Doesnt Come Cheap

NBA to Give Fans 40 Lakers and a Mule