(Issue Story)
Maine Antique Digest includes, as space permits, brief announcements of exhibitions planned by galleries, museums, or other venues. We need all press materials at least six weeks in advance of opening. We need to know the hours and dates of the exhibit, admission charges, and phone number and Web site ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
Ian McKay, [email protected]
As I filed this copy in the last week of March, the London season had yet to get into full swing, but in addition to my report on the eclectic Stanley Seeger sale that was such a huge success for Sotheby's during the first week of March, I ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
John Hunt Marshall (seated) with his son Leland. Marshall also has a 16-year-old son, Wyatt, who's a topnotch soccer player. As for antiques, "He likes cap guns," Leland said. Wyatt may have potential as a dealer, however. John said the young man bought a bought a cap gun and holster ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)
The Young Collector
So, after reading our column last month ("A Practical Defense of an Old House"), you're not convinced you need to buy an old house for the satisfaction of learning how to remove plaster and replace insulation yourself? That's fine. We've lived here for eight years now, and some ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)
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.
Collecting Kentucky: 1790-1860 by Genevieve Baird Lacer and Libby Turner Howard (Cherry ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)
Computer Column #305
John P. Reid, [email protected]
Project management is important in big corporations and institutions. It is one of the subjects when earning an M.B.A. (Master of Business Administration) degree. On a smaller scale, project management is a part of many antiques activities.
Promoting an antiques show, opening a new shop, staging ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)
Auction Law & Ethics
"Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things." So wrote management guru, economist, and author Peter Drucker (1909-2005) on business and ethics.
We've spent the past two months looking at ethics-what they are, their origins, what they mean, and why they are important. This month ... (Read More)
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(The Art of Marketing)
The Art of Marketing
This month's topic is book writing. In this column I've been talking a lot about the business of promoting your business. Sometimes publishing your own book on a particular segment of the antiques market can show your in-depth knowledge on a subject and gain you instant credibility. ... (Read More)
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(Feature)
Editorial
"I'm making sure that piano is gone," an auctioneer said, pointing to an antique Steinway before a sale. We had asked what the effect of the presidential executive order banning the sale of ivory had been. The auctioneer added that he was taking no ivory consignments until the law was ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)
Frank Gaglio's Barn Star Productions has changed the timing of its events during Antiques Week in New Hampshire in August.
The MidWeek Twilight Tuesday Antiques Show will be open on Tuesday, August 5, from 1 to 7 p.m. and continue on Wednesday, August 6, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at ... (Read More)
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