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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.
Collecting Kentucky: 1790-1860 by Genevieve Baird Lacer and Libby Turner Howard (Cherry ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Project Management Utilizing Gantt Charts
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)Bing's Lesson
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)Write That Book!
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)The Ivory Mess
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)Barn Star Productions Makes Changes for Its New Hampshire Antiques Week Shows
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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(Feature)Dealer Wins Judgment in Lawsuit Filed over Missing Painting and Lost Potential Profits
Ellsworth Woodward (Louisiana, 1861-1939), oil on canvas, 20" x 15", estimated at $15,000/25,000, sold for $21,510 but still hasn't been found.
A court in Louisiana has given an art broker a profit on a painting that she won at auction but never received and never sold.
In October 2013 the Civil District ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Brian Lebel's Old West Show & Auction to Acquire High Noon Show & Auction
Brian and Melissa Lebel of Brian Lebel's Old West Show & Auction have agreed to acquire the annual High Noon Show & Auction, held every January in Mesa, Arizona.
Linda Kohn Sherwood and Joseph Sherwood, as High Noon Western Americana, are spinning off their event business and will continue an active ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New York Bill Aims to Protect Art Authenticators
The art law committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York has recommended legislation that would amend New York's Art and Cultural Affairs Law and would protect "authenticators in rendering independent, good-faith opinions about the authenticity, attribution, and authorship of works of fine art." Senator ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Wright, a Chicago Auction House, Opens New York City Space
Wright, a topnotch Chicago auction house specializing in modern and contemporary design, opened a gallery in New York City, at 980 Madison Avenue, in November 2013 to serve as a venue for auction previews, for selling exhibitions of art and design, and as a consignment office. It has already served ... (Read More)
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