Search Stories
Now showing 5660-5670 of 9846 result(s)
(Fragment)Merchandise Mart Cancels Annual Antiques Fair
Citing a “fractured market,” management at Chicago’s Merchandise Mart (also called the Mart) has canceled its annual International Antiques Fair, scheduled for April 24-27, 2014.
“We decided it is best to take a step out,” Lisa Simonian, vice president of marketing for Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc. (MMPI) and its consumer and ... (Read More)
|
(Fragment)Maryland Chapter of American Antique Arts Association
The Charles County (Maryland) Chapter of the American Antique Arts Association, a nonprofit devoted to the appreciation, study, and preservation of American antiques, architecture, arts, crafts, and local history, voted to donate money to three local organizations. The Maryland Veterans Memorial Museum, the Southern Maryland Carousel Group, and the Port ... (Read More)
|
(Auction Law and Ethics)Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Auction Law & Ethics
So what’s not to like? The answer can be plenty.
A few of the things that I most dislike include (a) mean people, (b) rude people (especially when driving), (c) arrogant people, (d) annoying people, (e) standing in line (anywhere), (f) greed (think gasoline), (g) banks and insurance ... (Read More)
|
(Issue Story)Letter from London
Ian McKay, [email protected]
Chinese works of art and Russian pictures play a prominent part in this month’s selection, something almost inevitable where the London market is concerned, but this “Letter” also includes a belated Christmas Carol from Dante Gabriel Rossetti, a portrait of Jane Austen, a costly chess piece, a Constable ... (Read More)
|
(Young Collectors)2013: The Year in Review
The Young Collector
This column seems to have become an annual tradition, one that’s much more pleasant to reflect on than resolutions. It shows how each year seems to bring such dramatic changes. Nat, who was a little pink lump (an adorable lump but a lump nonetheless) this time last year, ... (Read More)
|
(The Art of Marketing)Social Media and Evaluating Antiques Shows
The Art of Marketing
Last month I covered the topic of relationship marketing. Now it’s time to change gears and move on to another vital topic: utilizing social media to build your business.
Social media is very tricky. Regardless of what you hear, there are very few antiques businesses gaining much, if ... (Read More)
|
(Issue Story)John Keith Russell, South Salem, New York
Russell in the revolving armchair. “It’s the first time I’ve sat in it,” he said.
New Lebanon revolving armchair—the only one known. It was made in the 1860’s, and all the joints are carefully pinned. Russell thinks it may have been a concept chair with which the Shakers were working out ... (Read More)
|
(Fragment)New Rules for Deaccessioning in New York
New rules for the de-accessioning of objects from New York collecting institutions and regulation of the use of the funds from disposed items are the highlights of legislation being sponsored by Assemblyman Steve Englebright. The bill would require collecting institutions to adopt and publish a binding collection management policy and ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)A Time Capsule of Chinese Export Material
Pair of monumental China trade oil on canvas panoramic landscapes, attributed to Youqua (active 1840-70), circa 1840, $768,000 (est. $150,000/250,000) to collectors in the room. Tibbits collection.
According to the catalog, the first oil depicts “the hongs at Canton with a bustling harbor scene in front displaying hundreds of Chinese boats ... (Read More)
|
(Fragment)Signed "Sgt. Pepper's" Album Sells for $175,698
A copy of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, signed by all the Beatles, sold on line for $175,698 (includes buyer’s premium) on January 15 at RR Auction, based in Amherst, New Hampshire.
The first issue mono pressing of the album by U.K. Parlophone Records was signed on the full-color gatefold ... (Read More)
|
1 (800) 752-8521 • PO Box 1429 • Waldoboro, ME 04572
