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(Show)AD20/21 and Boston Print Fair
Lella and Massimo Vignelli with Boston Architectural College president Theodore C. Landsmark (on right). The Vignellis, who established Vignelli Associates in 1971 and Vignelli Designs in 1978, received this year's AD20/21 Lifetime Achievement Award for work that includes corporate identity programs, interiors, furniture, decorative arts, and graphics, perhaps most famously, ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Spring Show NYC
An English burr mulberry and brass-inlaid sofa table, 1800-25, was in the center of half of New York City dealer Carlton Hobbs's stand. "It was meant to be placed before a sofa; the ladies chiefly occupied them to write, draw, or read upon," said Hobbs. "They were suitable for a ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: Risky Business
Auction Law and Ethicsby Steve ProffittBack in January, I heard from fellow columnist David Hewett. He had written an article about the losses consignors had suffered from a firearms auction conducted by J.C. Devine, Inc. The founder and leader of the company, Joseph C. Devine, had passed away just 11 ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)CSA: Community Supported Antiques
The Young Collectorby Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondWhat do Grant Wood, the Midwest Antiques Forum, our summer garden produce, and your local house museum have in common? Regionalism!Regionalism, a sense of regional identity and a concern for a local way of life that's being replaced by strip malls and restaurant ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Storage, Databases, and Some Fun
Relational databases divide data into multiple linked tables.Computer Column #271by John P. Reid, e-mail: [email protected] first electronic computers in the 1940's did mathematics. They computed angles of elevation for artillery firing tables or simulated nuclear reactions. By the late 1950's, the emphasis had changed to business transactions and military logistics. ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In the Trade: Corinne Burke, Ridgefield, Connecticut
Corinne Burke with her friend Miss Molly.Pennsylvania walnut pie safe, $2200; the lazy Susan on top is $175; and the peach-colored bonnet, $95.Checkerboard in original Indian red and mustard surface, $575. It has another game on the back. This is one of the few game boards Burke carries. She said, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Taxes 101: Keeping Track of Business Expenses
by Caroline Evans"You have to spend money to make money" they always say. "They" are right, but also you ought to keep track of what you spend.There are at least two reasons to keep track of the numbers. One is to monitor your business, and another is taxes. The U.S. ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received
by M.A.D. StaffThese 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.C.F.A. Voysey: Architect, Designer, Individualist by Anne Stewart O'Donnell (Pomegranate Communications, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fresh Venue, Good Smalls, and Some New Blood at Shaker Sale
The 5'8" long cherry drop-leaf dining table in original varnish finish, Hancock, Massachusetts, sold to a phone bidder for $44,480 (est. $25,000/35,000). The catalog gave its very detailed history. "Built for the space next to the dumbwaiter in the Dining Hall of the Brick Dwelling House," it "remained there until ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Executive Director at Corning Museum of Glass
Karol Wight, senior curator of antiquities at the Getty Villa and a specialist in Roman glass, was named the next executive director of the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, New York. Wight will succeed David Whitehouse, who has been executive director of the museum since 1999. Wight, who will ... (Read More)
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