Auctions

Room and Board

Ambria's contents will be auctioned off on the Internet today

Less than a year after Ambria opened on the 16th Street Mall in the former home of Ling & Louie's, the last vestiges of its time there are about to disappear. It was a wild twelve months for Ambria, which opened last November, kicked its starting chef to the curb early on, then closed ten days ago ... More >>

Artists of the World online auction for water sanitation projects starts tomorrow

In the 1980s, the Rotary Club of Denver held massive Artists of America auctions, which raised more than $2 million for charitable projects around the world. Those annual events stopped in 2000, but the concept has now been reborn as Artists of the World, an online auction that will raise funds for ... More >>

Garryowen, Montana: Historic town pulled off the auction block

I've seen a lot of Western history auctioned off over the last year. I watched as billionaire William Koch bid $2 million to buy an original photo of Billy the Kid, and traveled up to Buford, population one, to see that tiny Wyoming town get sold -- for $900,000 -- to a man from Vietnam who'd never ... More >>

Seats of Power

Central City auctions off a 6.8 acre piece of history today

Head for the hills if you want to own a real piece of history -- or just see history in the taking. At 1 p.m. today, a 6.8 acre piece of property in Central City will be auctioned off, complete with five historic brick and stone buildings.

Brandon's going, going, gone

The remains of Brandon's Pub, the oddly named Mexican joint that got its start in the Beauvallon in 2008, just when the building was about to go under wraps for repairs, then reappeared in the former home of Chez Jose in Cherry Creek North in May 2010, will be auctioned off on Thursday, July 26.

Raw Courage

Smokin' Hot!

Buford, the one-person Wyoming town, sells for $900,000

Long before Buford -- the tiny Wyoming town with its own zip code but a population of exactly one -- became an international sensation, it was a road-trip must-stop for my family. We'd discovered it one morning when we'd zipped past Cheyenne and realized we might need gas before Laramie. Buford, loc ... More >>

Project Runway All Stars's Mondo Guerra benefits the Colorado Aids Project

Denver's most fashionable and charitable denizens turned out last night to attend a special Project Runway All Stars viewing party at Beauty Bar hosted by contestant and Denver designer Mondo Guerra. While Guerra hosts a viewing party at the venue every week, last night's event featured silent and l ... More >>

Dazzle kicks off week-long Mardi Gras celebration tonight

​It's Mardi Gras week at Dazzle Restaurant & Lounge, and what better way to indulge in all your favorite past times than with a few drinks, some great food, a ton of jazz and a lot of celebrating.The party kicks off tonight and runs until Fat Tuesday, February 21 with prize drawings, and there ... More >>

Something Independent's Art of Winter auction closes this weekend

​If you'll be sad to see the Art of Winter exhibit downtown conclude when it comes down on February 6 you can still get in on the auction of one-off artist works and brand gallery items from the show, including original work by 20 local artists as well as skis and boards by some of Colorado's ... More >>

Heart Art 2012 still accepting art submissions: How you can participate

"Jonathan and Govinda," Faith Stone, acrylic on canvas, submission to Heart Art Denver​ Giving to charity when you're an artist may seem like a catch-22. After all, many emerging artists could use some charity of their own. But Heart Art Denver has made it possible to give back to the communit ... More >>

Best in Show: Bid on these blue ribbon puppies at Mod Livin'

"Mastodog," Ponderosa Paint Center​How do you make these dog days pass by faster? At the East Colfax retro/modern-design emporium Mod Livin', they're literally putting the dogs on the block by bringing back the time-honored Best in Show Puppy Auction, featuring two sizes of Eero Aarnio white p ... More >>

Want to buy a ski area? Powderhorn could be yours at Thursday's auction

​If you've been dreaming up how you'd do things differently as king of the mountain, this could be your week: Powderhorn Ski Area CEO and President Steve Bailey and Dean Skalla, who have owned the ski area since 1999, are selling it in an auction on Thursday at 1 p.m. at the resort's Day Lodge ... More >>

Pretty Kitties

Giving Back To Japan

Huh? Denver officially bans extortion, bribery and brawling at foreclosure auctions

​The number of foreclosed properties getting sold at auction has dropped significantly in Colorado. In Denver, just 186 were snagged at the auction block last month, a 25 percent drop from the 249 that were sold in January 2010. Could increased competition be an explanation for why the Denv ... More >>

Rodney's at Tamarac auctions off its equipment tomorrow

Mark MangerRodney Utz will auction off the remnants of his Tamarac spot tomorrow.​At the end of business on Saturday, January 22, Rodney Utz shuttered his Rodney's in Tamarac Square, ending a nineteen-year run. The closure came even though Utz still had six years left on the lease -- but it wo ... More >>

Ritzy Business

Chopsticks China Bistro is seized for non-payment of sales tax

Lori Midson​I was longing for hot and sour soup and soup dumplings yesterday, but when I pulled into the parking lot of Chopsticks China Bistro, 5117 South Yosemite Street, one of my favorite joints to get both, the dining room was dark and the front door and windows had been plastered with s ... More >>

Tough Art

Pet Project

Oscar Mayer's auctioning off a chance to ride "shotbun" in one of its Wienermobiles

A Flickr photo​Last we checked, thirteen bids had been placed on an eBay auction for a chance to have an Oscar Mayer Wienermobile haul your ass around for a day and host a cookout for you and fifty of your tube steak-loving friends. There's a week left to get in on the action, bidders. The cu ... More >>

Amazing Jake's reaches the end of an amazing run

You, too, can own a piece of Amazing Jake's.​The amazing saga of Amazing Jake's will draw to a close on Saturday, when the entire contents of the 65,000 square-foot facility at 1400 South Abilene in Aurora will be auctioned off by Super Auctions. "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a ... More >>

Bernie Madoff auction in Aspen? Sort of... kind of... maybe...

Bernie Madoff's name is still financial magic.​Bernie Madoff's well-documented financial shenanigans may have landed him in jail, but they've also enhanced the marketability of his name. As evidence, note the ad in today's Denver Post pimping a "BERNIE MADOFF AUCTION" tomorrow at St. Regis Res ... More >>

Dick's Hickory Dock auctioned off

The former Dick's Hickory Dock, a river-side restaurant on Highway 74 between Morrison and Evergreen, was sold at auction by Sheldon Good & Company on December 12. Dick's, which opened back in the '70s and snagged a Westword readers' choice award for Best Barbecued Ribs in the Best of Denver 1999, ... More >>

Give PeaceJam a chance: Buy a guitar

​The five hand-painted guitars signed by ten Nobel Peace Prize winners that will be auctioned off on eBay today are truly for the man who has everything -- although "that's not true until they buy one of the guitars!," points out Ivan Suvanjieff, the founder of PeaceJam, the organization that ... More >>

Free Comic Book Day comes to Time Warp in Boulder

Free Comic Book Day, which takes place on Saturday, May 2, is a nationwide celebration of the form, which, like other print mediums, is struggling to survive in today's techno-happy world. And Time Warp in Boulder is pulling out all the stops. Daniel Crosier, an event organizer and co-creator of t ... More >>

Auction of Ocean

Mental health benefit and submachine guns -- the perfect combination

One time only! My Brother's opens on a Sunday

Frock City

Take a Seat

Party Poopers

Marathon Men

Run with your favorite Denver celebrity.

Clothes Call

Foot Fetish

Artistic Assistance

Herd Mentality

This cowtown finally opens its streets to the CowParade.

It's Raining Men

American Ace

Crown went to auction, and now all that's left of Russell Enloe are the memories.

Follow That Story

Jurassic Farce: The Sequel

Bones of Contention

Finding Barnum was hard enough. But to excavate the intrigue around the prize T. rex, you must dig deeper.

Bid Deal

Art-auction action at the Havu Gallery.

A Royal Pain

The Redstone Castle heads back to auction.

Off Limits

The Beat goes on...

Where the Auction Is

One Tow Over the Line

Floyd Samuel says there auto be a law against what the city is doing to him.