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(Computer Article)Getting Online in the Boondocks
Computer Column #346
John P. Reid,
The Internet is hard to get in the boondocks. Many of us depend on the Internet for news, e-mail, social media, banking, purchases, travel help, research, amusement, and more. Most cell phones can connect to the Internet. However, many applications are difficult or impossible on ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Alderfer's Catalog Sale
Alderfer Auction Co., Hatfield, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Alderfer Auction Co.
Sherry Russell, who bought Alderfer Auction Co. last January, sees her job as helping people through life's transitions. "Our job at Alderfer's is finding solutions. We are in the business of selling for people downsizing, settling estates, redecorating, or just wanting to ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)American Furniture 2016
A Book Review
American Furniture 2016
Edited by Luke Beckerdite
The Chipstone Foundation, distributed by University Press of New England, 2016, 190 pages, hardbound, $65 plus S/H from University Press of New England, 1-800-421-1561 or (www.upne.com).
For more than two decades, Chipstone's American Furniture journal has been the annual publication of record for the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Folk Art Masterpieces in Queens: American Folk Art Museum to Open New Space
The American Folk Art Museum (AFAM) in New York City will soon have space devoted solely to the exhibition of works from its permanent collection. It's located in Long Island City, Queens, at the museum's Collection and Education Center (47-29 32nd Place). The gallery space is 1800 square feet, which ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Vermont Pickers Market
Ludlow, Vermont
When Antiques in Vermont, the final show of Vermont Antiques Week, folded last year after losing its venue, promoters Kris Johnson and Steve Sherhag saw an opportunity. The Vermont Pickers Market show was born.
To create the show, the pair used a page out of promoter Frank Gaglio's show playbook-utilize ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Weston Antiques Show
Weston, Vermont
For the 56th time, the Weston Antiques Show opened its doors to dealers and collectors. The show, held September 29 and 30 with a gala preview on Thursday evening, September 28, was the kickoff for Antiques Week in Vermont, a slate of five shows in four days.
The Weston Playhouse, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Sales Success on the Fields of Liberty
Liberty Antiques Festival, Liberty, North Carolina
Commenting on what attracts customers to vendors at the Liberty Antiques Festival is always risky. What appears to be a key to sales success may be confined to a specific time and place. Chance and good luck also play a role in everyday living and ... (Read More)
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(Show)Stratton's Swan Song
Antiques at Stratton Mountain, Stratton, Vermont
If all goes according to plan, the Antiques at Stratton Mountain antiques show will cease to exist next year. Its slot in Antiques Week in Vermont will be replaced by the annual show produced by the Vermont Antiques Dealers' Association (VADA), likely to be held ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Woodburys and Wood Planes at Moore Auction
Hap Moore Antiques Auctions, York, Maine
For the cornerstone of his September 30 auction in York, Maine, Hap Moore landed a 77-lot collection of antique tools from the estate of a Wells, Maine, collector, headed by a pair of wooden planes by two of the earliest known American makers.
A molding plane ... (Read More)
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(Show)Original Round Top Antiques Fair Celebrates 50 Years
Round Top, Texas
The Big Red Barn Event Center, home of the Original Round Top Antiques Fair, stands on a hill about five miles north of the town of Round Top, Texas, and half a century removed from the small antiques show that started a phenomenon in the middle of practically ... (Read More)
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