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(Issue Story)Marion and Dennis Vasse, Au Fil de l'Eau Antiques, New Berlin, New York
Marion and Dennis Vasse. Dennis built the springhouse behind them.
The Vasses' Gothic cottage in New Berlin, New York.
Their pasture and animals across the road. During our interview, Dennis suddenly jumped up, bolted out the door, and ran across the road to this field. "We have a fox problem," Marion said. ... (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.
The World Is an Apple: Still Lifes of Paul Cezanne, edited by ... (Read More)
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(The Art of Marketing)Sniping
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)Slow, Deliberate, and Careful
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)Letter from London
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
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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(Computer Article)Antiquer Pioneers
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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(Fragment)Allison Kohler of JMK Shows Will Work with Rhinebeck Antiques Fair
Allison Kohler, president of JMK Shows, will begin working with the Rhinebeck Antiques Fair as an associate in promoting the 38-year-old show.
According to Kohler, she recently met with the producers of the Rhinebeck Antiques Fair and discussed the challenges of sustaining shows and creating new promotion techniques.
"The Rhinebeck Antiques Fairs ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)U.S. Antique Shows Hires New Sales Manager
U.S. Antique Shows has hired Debbie Puccio as sales manager. Puccio will be located at the company's headquarters in Naples, Florida, and brings more than 15 years of experience in sales and business development to her position. As sales manager, Puccio will be responsible for leading efforts in securing dealers ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Penny Wise, Pound Foolish
Editorial
Buy the best you can afford. That's long been a maxim in the world of art and antiques, and for someone who Forbes estimates is worth $3.2 billion, it should be an easy principle to follow.
Not so for California real estate developer Igor Olenicoff. Olenicoff and his company, Olen Properties ... (Read More)
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