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(Computer Article)Cataloging Software
Computer Column #237by John P. Reid, e-mail: [email protected] few years we survey the available software for cataloging antiques collections or managing inventories of antiques dealers. The needs are similar. Both collectors and dealers number and record their treasures. Descriptions may include name, condition, provenance, cost, appraisal, and other details. Often ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Auction Law and Ethics: Sleep Well
by Steve ProffittLast month I completed a three-part series on bid rigging in auctions. Bid rigging is a topic that generates more mail than most. The letters and e-mails I received ran the gamut from bidders attempting to trivialize the issue and explain how their agreements with other bidders not ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In the Trade: Steve White of White & White Antiques and Interiors
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(Book Review)A Book Review: Advanced Appraising
A Book ReviewAdvanced Appraisingby Lita Solis-CohenThe mission of the new Journal of Advanced Appraisal Studies, published by the ISA (International Society of Appraisers) Education Foundation, is to educate personal property appraisers and raise public awareness of the profession.The articles in the inaugural issue were written pro bono by members of ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Hurricane Forces Louisiana Purchase Auction to Reschedule
Hurricane Forces Louisiana Purchase Auction to Reschedule
In early September, Neal Auction Company experienced a mandatory hurricane evacuation and the loss of electrical services. According to the firm, the entire staff has returned to New Orleans, and Neal Auction Company is fully operational again.
?Due to the circumstance relating to the recent ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Art for the Wall, Silver for the Table
Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd., Hillsborough, North Carolinaby Pete PrunklIf it could be hung on the wall, it was for sale at Leland Little's June 14 sale in Hillsborough, North Carolina. There were oils on every conceivable surface as well as watercolors, silhouettes, etchings, lithographs, and woodblock prints. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Toy, Doll, and Advertising Auction Tops $1.1 Million
James D. Julia, Fairfield, Maineby Mark SiscoThe final tally for James D. Julia's June 28 toy, doll, and advertising auction in Fairfield, Maine, was just over $1.1 million. What made it equally remarkable in these troublesome economic times is that only about 65 out of the nearly 550 lots failed ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fashion and Textiles Auction
Whitaker-Augusta Auction Company, New Hope, Pennsylvaniaby Lita Solis-CohenThe Whitaker-Augusta Auction Company is one of a kind. It fills the needs of collectors, historical societies, museums, and families that need to recycle vintage clothing, fashion accessories, linens, lace, and textiles—the stuff kept in trunks for generations or sometimes for only a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Economos Sale
Sotheby's, Paris, Franceby Lita Solis-CohenAfter living in New York, St. Louis, Denver, and Scottsdale, primitive art dealer James Economos settled in Santa Fe, New Mexico. David Roche, also a Santa Fe dealer, who heads the American Indian art department at Sotheby's, said Economos put together a critical mass of Northwest ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Lorello Pleads Guilty
by Jessica BestFormer New York State Department of Education employee Daniel D. Lorello, 54, has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $50,000 worth of historic documents and artifacts from the New York State Library and Archives, following an investigation by Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo of New York and Lorello's ... (Read More)
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