(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.
Classic Modern: The Art Worlds of Joseph Pulitzer Jr. by Marjorie B. Cohn ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)
A Microsoft Word document being edited on a 7-inch Android tablet.
Computer Column #296
John P. Reid, E-mail: [email protected]
Android and iOS tablets and smartphones are doing some jobs such as document creation and editing which were done previously by desktop and laptop personal computers. There are minor difficulties. First, editing spreadsheets and ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Spring auctions held at Joseph DuMouchelle, New York City; John Moran Auctioneers, Altadena, California; and Skinner Inc., Boston, take center stage this month.
This circa 1900 gold oval pill box, 2" long, has guilloche red enamel on a sunburst background on the hinged cover with a central double ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)
Auction Law & Ethics
Many people are prone to not thinking issues through thoroughly. Prospective auction consignors can be particularly guilty of this when they get hung up worrying about selling prices for their property. Consider what a potential consigner said to me.
"I've thought it through and decided not to have ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
Ian McKay, [email protected]
The Russians, back in some strength in the London salesrooms, along with some exceptional glasswares, make up the bulk of this month's "Letter," but also included are an avian cigarette lighter, Iznik water bottles, Running before the Trades with a Nova Scotian marine artist, another set of library ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
Grace Hudson, Little Mendocino, (#5), 1892, oil on canvas, 36" x 26". California Historical Society, Gift of the San Francisco Art Institute, the Bridgeman Art Library.
The Carpenter family, circa 1873, Aurelius O. Carpenter, photographer. Standing at rear, May Carpenter. Seated, left to right: Helen, Grant, Frank, Grace, and Aurelius Ormando ... (Read More)
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(The Art of Marketing)
The Art of Marketing
Last month I covered the topic ofcreating an effective Web site. This month we will begin to review another marketing tactic, which I am sure is front and center in everyone's mind-advertising. By now you should have laid the groundwork for an effective advertising campaign through developing ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)
If your bank informs you that a customer's check has cleared, can a purchaser still stop payment by closing the account? As West Palm Beach, Florida, dealer Penelope Williams discovered this spring, the answer is yes.
Williams's business is called Penelope's Past Antiques; her customer was a dealer from Toronto, Ontario, ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)
Ten for Ten by Hollie Davis and Andrew Richmond
The Young Collector
Time flies. It really does. Except when it's 5:30 p.m. and you've been up since 6 a.m. and home with two small children, one who doesn't need to nurse and needs to sleep but wants to nurse and doesn't want to sleep, and the other who does not ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)
Richard Wistar's bottle. ... (Read More)
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