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(Young Collectors)Sorry for the Convenience
The Young Collector
When Nora was born in 2010, Hollie’s coworkers at Prices4Antiques.com offered the very generous gift of diaper service. We were grateful, but we were initially also a little surprised. Now, that might shock some people who have us accurately pegged as folks who at least try to be ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Former Chairman of Christie’s Takes the Helm at Phillips
Edward Dolman has been appointed chairman and chief executive officer of Phillips. Dolman spent 27 years at Christie’s serving in many capacities, including chairman, CEO, managing director of Christie’s Europe, managing director of Christie’s Americas, and managing director of Christie’s Amsterdam.
Dolman left Christie’s in 2011. He was appointed director of ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received
These are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or on-line orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or mail-order house is the place to look.
Clothing & Textiles of the Fur Trade by James A. Hanson, edited by ... (Read More)
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(The Art of Marketing)The Art of Being Found
The Art of Marketing
Last month I covered the topic of automated bidding services for eBay. This month I’ll cover the importance of promoting your business. If your customers can’t find you through your marketing activities by either the products you sell or your business name directly, you are going to ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Changes at James D. Julia, Inc.
William “Bill” Gage, department head of the fine arts, Asian, and antiques division at James D. Julia, Inc. in Fairfield, Maine, is assuming a new position. Gage, originally from Amherst, Massachusetts, will return to Amherst and serve as a special consultant and agent for the Julia auction company. Gage will ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Morphy Auctions Acquires Victorian Casino Antiques
Morphy Auctions of Denver, Pennsylvania, has acquired Victorian Casino Antiques (VCA), an auction house in Las Vegas, Nevada, that specializes in vintage gambling/coin-op machines and antique advertising. Terms of the deal were not announced. Victorian Casino Antiques’ long-established corporate name will be retained, with the new tagline “a Morphy Auctions ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Invaluable Files Trademark Lawsuit
Will Internet users confuse AuctionZing with AuctionZip? Are “zip” and “zing” synonymous?
Yes, according to a lawsuit filed by Invaluable, LLC and AuctionZip, LLC against Storage Unit Auction List, LLC, which does business as AuctionZing and auctionzing.com. The suit was filed on July 21 in federal court in Boston.
Invaluable (once known ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Robert Girouard, West Granby, Connecticut
Rob Girouard with some of his favorite glass.
Mid-19th-century conical amber quart bottle with pulled white loopings, attributed to the Whitney glass factory in southern New Jersey, $2000. Girouard said, “In all my years I’ve only seen one other. It sold at auction in south Jersey for about thirty-five hundred [dollars].”
Midwestern ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Old Technology in a New World
A plug-in external hard drive can back up all files on an old or new computer in a few hours unattended.
Computer Column #309
John P. Reid, [email protected]
New developments in computers come so fast that there is danger of being caught with obsolete technology. Nowhere is this truer than in recordkeeping.
The inventory ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rare Revolutionary War Map Tops Portsmouth Auction
The top lot of the sale was the 16" x 30¼" hand-drawn map of the Battle of Monmouth by Michel Capitaine du Chesnoy (1746-1804), the cartographer and aide-de-camp of Marquis de Lafayette. It was estimated at $90,000/150,000, but a private collector, bidding by phone, had to pay $486,400 to own ... (Read More)
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