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Tom Miano.
Tom Miano of Serious Toyz has joined Morphy Auctions, based in Denver, Pennsylvania, as its pop-culture expert. Miano will be responsible for acquiring consignments and managing sales of vintage toys and pop-culture collectibles, starting with a September 6 auction of character, postwar, and space toys.
“Tom’s auction house, Serious ... (Read More)
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(The Art of Marketing)
The Art of Marketing
For the last two months I’ve covered the topics of selling and buying through eBay. You’d think I’d had enough, but because something interesting happened to me with one of my purchases on eBay a few weeks ago I’m going to stay on the topic.
I bought an ... (Read More)
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(Feature)
Auction Law & Ethics
Consigning property to auction is a simple process, until it’s not. The “not” often arises when least expected and can come from something unforeseen. A reader wrote me about a situation that illustrates this point. I’ve edited her letter.
“Dear Mr. Proffitt,
“I consigned an item to auction and ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
Ian McKay, [email protected]
Chinese works of art, including the most expensive hinge you are ever likely to come across, open this month’s selection, with teapots, modern aeroplanes, portrait miniatures, a planetarium, posters, Prague street scenes, and a couple of snuffboxes adding to the mix.
The Qianlong white jade Imperial hinge fitting sold ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)
Heirloom Quality by Hollie Davis and Andrew Richmond
The Young Collector
We’ve talked before about our guilty pleasures in terms of collecting. We have others: eating marshmallow fluff from the jar, putting the windows down with the heater running on cool evening drives, and bad television. One of our guilty pleasure TV shows is Hoarders (or Hoarding: Buried Alive ... (Read More)
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During Antiques Week in New Hampshire, a side trip to the New Hampshire Historical Society in Concord will provide a glimpse of New Hampshire’s role in the Revolutionary War. On display at the society’s headquarters are two flags from the 2nd New Hampshire Regiment of the Continental Line. The flags ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
Herbert D. Maxwell, four-masted schooner, 28" x 48", oil on canvas, signed “Antonio Jacobsen, 31 Palisade Avenue, Hoboken, NJ, 1905.” In March 1912, she sank in Chesapeake Bay after a collision with the steamship Gloucester5 with the loss of four lives. Photo courtesy Vallejo Maritime Gallery, Newport Beach, California.
An article ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)
In 1989, editing was done in WordPerfect 5.1 and other word processors with memorized control key combinations or menus pulled down by control keys.
Computer Column #308
John P. Reid, [email protected]
Computers are essential tools for most antiquers, but that was not always true. Sam Pennington (1929-2008), founder with his wife, Sally, of ... (Read More)
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Darning sampler, dated 1809, the maker is “MH.” The Hebrew alphabet appears two times—the top line and again the sixth line. Martin Ex thinks the letters at the end of the Hebrew alphabet on the top line may be a name, a group of initials, or something in Yiddish. The ... (Read More)
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