Press Release

DOVEBID® TO CONDUCT LIQUIDATION AND WEBCAST AUCTION FOR SUGEN, INC.

FOSTER CITY, CA (November 5, 2003) - DoveBid, Inc., a global provider of capital asset auction and valuation services, announced today that it will conduct a complete liquidation followed by a two-day Webcast auction of a 260,000 sq ft. ultra-modern pharmaceutical research and development facility for Sugen, Inc.

The Webcast auction will be conducted live over the Internet at DoveBid’s Website on November 19, 2003 and November 20, 2003 beginning at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time in South San Francisco, CA. The auction will feature TTP LabTech compound storage retrieval system, Thermo Finigan and PE Sciex mass specs, Applied Biosystems ABI Prism 7900 sequence detection system, Agilent, Shimadzu and Dionex late model HPLC's, late model microscopes and centrifuges.

To participate in these auctions, buyers may bid live via the Internet at www.dovebid.com or attend in person. To preview assets, please visit www.dovebid.com for locations and dates.

There are an additional 100+ upcoming auctions on DoveBid’s auction calendar. For a complete list of our auctions, equipment asset catalogs, and brochures, please visit DoveBid’s Website at www.dovebid.com.

About DoveBid®
DoveBid, Inc. is a global provider of capital asset auction and valuation services to large corporations and financial institutions. DoveBid delivers an integrated set of services to its customers for the disposition, valuation and redeployment of their surplus capital assets. DoveBid offers an array of auction services to meet its customers’ specific needs, including live Webcast auctions, on-site-only auctions, featured online auctions and privately negotiated sales. DoveBid Managed Services offers clients a hosted, Internet-based application to monitor surplus assets inside the corporation. DoveBid Valuation Services uses its database of transaction information to provide valuations of capital assets for financial institutions and large businesses.

Headquartered in Foster City, California, DoveBid has over 65 years of auction experience in the capital asset industry with more than 40 locations throughout North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. More information on DoveBid can be found at www.dovebid.com or by contacting company headquarters at (800) 665-1042 or (650) 571-7400.

DoveBid and the DoveBid logo are registered trademarks of DoveBid, Inc.

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DoveBid Contacts:
Josh Prince
Director, Corporate Development
DoveBid, Inc.
(650) 377-2604
jprince@dovebid.com

Shanta A. Kohli
Marketing Communications Manager
DoveBid, Inc.
(650) 377-2650
skohli@dovebid.com