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(Feature)Appreciating an Important Contribution to Our Musical Heritage
If you sauntered down the quaint cobbled streets of London, England in the late 18th/early 19th centuries, you would have passed by a large number of musical instrument makers. Shops such as Jacob Erat & Sons, Dodd & Sons, Sebastian Schwartz, Schwieso & Grosjean, J.C. Schwieso, J.A. Stumpff, and the ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions
Exhibitions
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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(Computer Article)Point-of-Sale Tablet
This laptop for writing sales slips at shows might be replaced soon by the tablet computer on the left.
Computer Column #292
John P. Reid, [email protected]
The world is periodically turned upside down by new technology, such as Gutenberg's printing press and Watt's steam engine. The automobile, airplane, radio, television, and computer radically ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Philadelphia Antiques Show Solves Some Tax Problems
Philadelphia, looking for ways to raise revenue, is collecting obscure back taxes plus interest from antiques dealers who participate in shows in that city.
First targeted were dealers who exhibit at the venerable Philadelphia Antiques Show, the fund-raiser for Penn Medicine, the healthcare part of the University of Pennsylvania, the largest ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)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.
A Handsome Cupboard of Plate: Early American Silver in the Cahn Collection by ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)Point, Click, Bid!
The Young Collector
We're not lazy people. Trust us. In the past 48 hours we have gone to two grocery stores, the post office, the gas station, the pet store, and the bakery; worked on four upcoming lectures; made the necessary preliminary notes for this column and cranked out 800-plus words; ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Scouting the Competition
The Art of Marketing
Since beginning this column several months ago, I've received a fair number of open-ended questions, all of which I have answered as quickly as possible through e-mail. Answering individually has not been an easy task, so I thought I might spend some time in the column discussing ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)No Transparency at the Block
Auction Law & Ethics
Every time I pick up a paper or click on the news, someone is calling for transparency in something. Critics and the media demand transparency in this and that. The public wants transparency in everything-except their individual affairs. Transparency shows up time and again in discussions of ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London
Ian McKay, [email protected]
From the portraits of two beautiful women whose lives followed very different paths, this month's selections move on to include Dr. Heller's "silver lexicon," blacksmithies and white owls, masterpieces of 18th-century French furniture making, overweight cattle and pigs, beautifully engraved glasses, and something to bring a smile to ... (Read More)
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(Feature)John Fignar of Saratoga Springs, New York
John Fignar is shown with the slot machine he bought in Las Vegas that got him hooked on gambling antiques. It's a Pace "Saratoga" model machine made in 1937. In addition to being a slot machine, it also includes the world's easiest pinball game, which you had to "succeed" at ... (Read More)
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