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Taxes 101by Caroline EvansThe proverbial "they" always tell the new business owner to keep good books. The U.S. Small Business Administration, among others, has noted that many businesses fail because their owners don't keep accurate bookkeeping records. Records are an objective measure of the health of a business. They are ... (Read More)
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The preview pane and timeline pane of a video editor.Computer Column #272by John P. Reid, e-mail: [email protected] "Let's make a movie!" That could be a line from a 1939 musical starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland or a 2011 Disney Channel show. Or it could have been said by two ... (Read More)
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"Jas. Hamilton & Co./ Greensboro, PA," six-gallon crock, $895; West Troy Pottery five-gallon jug, dated 1881 in cobalt, $1295; from Stephen F. Rhodes of Champaign, Illinois.Amish dough box with original paint, stenciled "Sarah/ Miller/ Nappanee, IN," $1250; sugar chest, refinished in the 1940's or 1950's, fresh to the market having ... (Read More)
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Richard Buxbaum of Antiques on Old Plank Road, Chicago, fielded at least four inquiries about his patio setting while we shot this photo. Viewers could not stop touching the cast glass top of the circa 1950 French table. It was priced at $5800. Six 1970's Italian chrome-plated steel folding chairs ... (Read More)
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Luke Syson will become the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Curator in Charge of the Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, effective in January 2012.Currently at the National Gallery, London, Syson holds the dual positions of curator of Italian ... (Read More)
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This group of early fabric strawberries was $1650 from Lynne Dingus. They sold.Barbara Rew of Towson, Maryland, asked $550 for the bench she described as Moravian and possibly from North Carolina. The crazy quilt was $175.East Berlin, Pennsylvaniaby Karl H. PassThe 14th annual Historic East Berlin Antique Show was held ... (Read More)
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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.Virginia Silversmiths, Jewelers, Watch- and Clockmakers, 1607-1860, Their Lives and Marks ... (Read More)
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by Ian McKay, My files have been bulging these past few months with catalogues displaying a wealth of Islamic, Indian, Chinese, and Japanese works of art. So many of them, that even after a ruthless pruning, I could fill this entire column (and another) with lots from just a few ... (Read More)
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by David HewettThere would be no Antiques Week in New Hampshire if there hadn't been a New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association (NHADA). Their annual August show is mother and father to the event.The NHADA show began in 1957 with 15 exhibitors. It was initially held at the New Hampshire Highway ... (Read More)
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This survey document in George Washington's hand describes a plat for 140 acres "of Escheat land" in Prince William County, Virginia, for the future owner George Byrne. This is among the most sought-after of collectible George Washington documents. Such surveys are some of the earliest surviving examples of Washington's handwriting ... (Read More)
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