SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA - April 17, 2002 - Ableauctions.com^TM, Inc. (AMEX:AAC) (the "Company") announced today that it's wholly owned subsidiary iCollector International, received a four star rating from The Sunday Times, the most popular quality broadsheet in the United Kingdom and beyond.

The half page article, which ran in the Business section of The Sunday Times, compared some of the most popular auction sites around the world. Amongst iCollector, the article featured eBay UK (NASDAQ: EBAY), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), QXL (NASDAQ: QXLC) and Priceline (NASDAQ: PCLN).

EBay UK also received a four star rating, the highest possible. A copy of this article is available on www.ableauctions.com.

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About Ableauctions.com

Ableauctions.com is a high-tech business-to-business and consumer auctioneer that conducts auctions live and simultaneously broadcasts them over the Internet. The Company liquidates a broad range of products including computers, electronics, office equipment, furniture and industrial equipment that are acquired through bankruptcies, insolvencies and defaults. This release and prior releases are available on the Company's Internet Auction web site located at www.ableauctions.com.

About icollector.com

icollector.com is the independent connection to the world's auction houses. Founded in 1994, it was the first company dedicated to trading antiques, fine art and premium collectibles on the Internet. Today icollector.com represents more than 350 of the world's leading auction houses. Hundreds of thousands of collectors use icollector.com daily to search its global client base of auction houses and place bids, with the support of its extensive catalog archive. Since January 2001, its alliance with eBay Live Auctions has resulted in hundreds of Live Auctions being broadcast in real-time, direct to the saleroom as the auction happens, selling tens of thousands of lots to many thousands of users online. With offices in Europe, the U.S.A and Canada, its unparalleled understanding and expertise in this sector can help you to maximize your opportunities to find, buy or sell art, antiques and collectibles online.