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(Fragment)Bellamy Project Receives Large Gift
The work of Kittery Point, Maine, woodcarver John Haley Bellamy will come to life at Discover Portsmouth in 2014. The Portsmouth Historical Society has received a $55,000 grant from Mr. and Mrs. Pete Nicholas to support a new book and exhibit on Bellamy, famous for his iconic carvings of American ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)Taking Care of Business
The Young Collector
Years ago, when we had our first Christmas together while we were in graduate school in Delaware, we put up a Christmas tree. It was by just about any standards a Charlie Brown tree. We didn’t have much money to spend, so when we needed a tree topper, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Antique City Show Adopts Express Ticketing Procedure
Attendance at Antique City Fun Fair in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, increased by 63% last April. The line at the box office was an eighth of a mile long, according to promoter Norman Schaut, and two hours after the doors opened, the line still wrapped around the Lehigh University field house.
Schaut 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 Coast & the Sea: Marine and Maritime Art in America by Linda ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London
Ian McKay, [email protected]
Few sales had taken place in London by the time this report had to be written and sent off for editorial scrutiny, so I have taken the opportunity to sweep away the last remnants of my 2013 files. The resulting cull did, however, leave me with an early ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Robert C. Eldred Jr. Retires
Eldred at a July 2013 sale. Jackie Sideli photo.
Robert C. Eldred Jr., CEO of Robert C. Eldred Co., the auction house in East Dennis, Massachusetts, has retired after a career of more than 45 years.
Eldred joined the firm in 1969, after serving in Vietnam and working as a sales professional ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Tablets
A tablet computer can browse Web sites of auction houses such as Christie’s. Details and pictures are available at a touch.
Computer Column #303
John P. Reid, [email protected]
Tablet computers have received favorable comments in this column in the past year. They can do many of the things antiquers do on desktop computers. ... (Read More)
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(The Art of Marketing)The Art of Marketing
Last month I began to cover the topic of utilizing social media. It’s obviously a very broad topic, which I’m sure I will write more about in a future issue. This month I’d like to change gears and move on to another topic—branching out into new lines of business.
I’ve received ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Subjective Compass, Objective Reading
Auction Law & Ethics
You’re about to bid for a lot you want at an auction. The auctioneer introduces the piece and commences the chant for the offering:
“I’m bid five hundred…now a quarter…I’m bid five hundred here, now a quarter, five ana quarter, five ana quarter…now a half…five ana half, five ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)The Charm of 19th-Century Domescapes--Reality as a Vehicle for the Imagination
A Book Review
Under Glass: A Victorian Obsession
by John Whitenight
Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2013, 288 pages, hardbound, $89.50 from (www.underglassvictorianobsession.com).
Let’s go back in time to, say, London, on a mid-September afternoon in 1858. We’re in the front parlor (on the second floor) of a row house in a prosperous upper-middle-class neighborhood. ... (Read More)
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