(Book Review)
A Book Review
Woods in British Furniture Making, 1400-1900: An Illustrated Historical Dictionary by Adam BowettOblong Creative Ltd. in association with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England, 2012, 368 pages, hardbound, $180 plus S/H from the University Press of Chicago, (www.press.uchicago.edu) or (800) 621-2736.
As a furniture person and as a resident of ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)
An Android app element that searches lists being programmed in MIT App Inventor.
Computer Column #295
John P. Reid, [email protected]
There are many ways that custom apps for smartphones and tablets could be useful in the antiques world. A dealer could make the shop inventory, location, hours, and contact information available to mobile ... (Read More)
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(Feature)
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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(Feature)
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.
Columbia's Daughters: Girlhood Embroidery from the District of Columbia by Gloria Seaman Allen ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)
The Young Collector
We live and die by lists-mostly die, it seems-but at least we do it in an orderly fashion! Nowhere is this truer than with our annual planning of the Midwest Antiques Forum. Four years ago, when the folks at Prices4Antiques.com (www.p4a.com), Hollie's employer, said they thought the Midwest ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
When a press release arrived broadcasting the news that "The Mid-Market Struts Its Stuff in Rago's Big $1.8 Million April Auction Weekend" after we had decided to feature affordable jewelry at auction (hovering around $1000 and under) this month, it seemed the planets had aligned to support ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
Ian McKay, [email protected]
There is much Meissen in this month's selection-the all-Meissen "Delphinium" and Marouf collections sold by Bonhams and the magnificent Meissen menagerie that made up the main portion of a Sotheby's sale that dispersed property from the collections of Sir Gawaine and Lady Baillie.
Add to that an Iron Age ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)
Auction Law and Ethics
Templeton Peck. Do you remember him from the 1980's? He was the slick con man on The A-Team TV series (1983-87). Peck was such a pretty boy he was often called "Faceman." I always liked the show and often recall the wry-smiling Faceman when I think of ... (Read More)
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(The Art of Marketing)
The Art of Marketing
Last month I covered the topic of creating quantifiable and achievable marketing goals. This month I highlight the benefits of developing and maintaining an effective Web site. This is a very broad topic that I may come back to in the future because there is much in ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
Pryor Dodge in his SoHo loft in April 2013. The bicycle on the wall, patented by John McCloskey of Ontario, Canada, in 1896, has a one-piece bentwood hickory frame. Schinto photo.
Dodge on Rue Saint-Vincent in Montmartre in 1971, just a few months after he bought his first high-wheel bicycle and ... (Read More)
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