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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: Beware Jargon
by Steve Proffitt"Your Honor, this action is barred by res judicata."Do you know what that means?How about this: "We're seeking a jury instruction on res ipsa loquitur."Or this: "This issue is collaterally estopped."Or: "Your Honor, I'm seeking an order nunc pro tunc."You probably don't know the meaning of these terms. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)CROPF Appointed in Fred Leighton Bankruptcy Case
December 2008 was a very busy month for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of New York, handling the Chapter 11 filing of the jewelry firm Fred Leighton Holding, Inc. The bankruptcy involves a mixed bag of creditors and owners. They range from colored gemstone king and American ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Editorial: How to Help Beat the Recession
In early January we received in the mail a copy of a letter, excerpted below. Written by a collector to Bobby Cianfrocca of Salt Marsh Antiques, Rowley, Massachusetts, it’s an object lesson in how shop owners —as well as auction houses—can make a difference in the woeful economy. “Just a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Holiday Sale 2008
Cincinnati Art Galleries, Cincinnati, Ohioby Don JohnsonPhotos courtesy Cincinnati Art GalleriesThere weren't just bidders in attendance when Cincinnati Art Galleries held its Holiday Sale 2008 in Cincinnati, Ohio, on November 1 and 2 last year. There was also the proverbial pachyderm in the salesroom.Rookwood Black Iris glazevase by Kataro Shirayamadani, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Exhibitors and Manager Put Enormous Energy into December One-Day Show
Rick Scott of San Francisco, who sells, and has named his business, Antique Boxes, Fine & Rare Objects of Vertu, offered this stunning circa 1850 box, a rare object made in India during what Scott and others call the Raj, which literally means reign and refers to the period when ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Treasures Show
Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniaby Lita Solis-CohenBarbara Barran of Classic Rug Collection, Inc., New York City, offered her Gee’s Bend collection of hand-knotted rugs inspired by Gee’s Bend quilts and licensed by the community, which receives a royalty. The rugs, made with 100 knots to a square inch of wool and silk colored ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: Another Inconvenient Truth
by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondThe election behind us was certainly a study in ways to communicate with people. The number one lesson: tell people what they want to believe.We're not slamming Barack Obama. He got elected largely by telling people what he believes America is and what he believes ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Letter from London
by Ian McKay, e-mail The Markham marriage dish, an important piece of English delftware of 1649-51 that was acquired for $80,080 by the Milwaukee Art Museum in a Bonhams sale of December 10.Markham Marriage Dish Is Off to Milwaukee…A number of important collections of English delftware have been formed in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Paintings and Works on Paper with Fall Americana
Cowan's, Cincinnati, Ohioby Don JohnsonPhotos courtesy Cowan'sFabergé cigarette case by Michael Perchin, nephrite, 1899-1903, gold hinges and thumb rest inset with diamonds, hairline on back edge of case, overall very good condition, $17,625.Patriotic Civil War memorial by Howard Chandler Christy (1872-1952), oil on canvas, 39¼" x 46¼", signed, small tear, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Board Revokes License
by David HewettOn December 3, 2008, the Maine Board of Licensing of Auctioneers announced the decision it had reached after a meeting held in Gardiner, Maine, on November 6. At that meeting, the board decided to revoke the auctioneer license of James Cyr, 55, of Gray, Maine.The board took the ... (Read More)
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