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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: The Dealer and the Curator Should Be Friends
The Young CollectorThe Dealer and the Curator Should Be Friendsby Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondOne of the perks of this business is that while we're out roaming the face of the earth, picking up and dropping off things, we get to see some fabulous places, and because our life sometimes ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Computer Music Files-Playback and Preservation
Computer Column #236by John P. Reid, [email protected] month computer music files will be discussed. The connection with antiquing is a little tenuous, but music files have become such a large part of computing that all personal computer users should be familiar with them.Music has many connections with the antiques world ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Firearms Column
by Robert KyleThere are a handful of major U.S. gun auction companies that consistently offer diverse selections of high-quality antique and modern firearms. You've probably read about their sales results in this column.Occasionally, however, some real gems turn up in lesser-known auctions. A case in point was the sale held ... (Read More)
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(Auction)High Tide and Smooth Sailing
The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginiaby Robert KyleThe Potomack Company's May 17 auction in Alexandria, Virginia, was its 17th since opening in October 2006. That equals one per month, a selling pace unanticipated when local dealer and former Christie's specialist Elizabeth Haynie Wainstein launched the business. She told M.A.D. then (February ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Fine Art Bargains at Internet Auctions Are Not Always Bargains
by David Hewett"'A fool and his money are soon parted,' and people who buy a Guy Wiggins on eBay for five thousand dollars, when Guy C. Wiggins is selling for three hundred thousand dollars, are just asking for trouble," said Guy A. Wiggins, and he has the facts to back ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Ellis Announces Three Additions, Including Vintage Photography Dealer
by Jeanne SchintoCecily Colburn, chair of Boston's annual Ellis Antiques Show, has announced three additions to the dealer roster for 2008: John Alexander Ltd., Philadelphia; the DeYoung Collection, New York City and Boston; and Lee Gallery, Winchester, Massachusetts, a Boston suburb.In a press release, Colburn stated, speaking of herself and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Cow Pasture Show Moves Date
Barn Star Productions' Antiques in a Cow Pasture, a one-day antiques market in Salisbury, Connecticut, that was started by Russell Carrell in 1958, is changing to a new day. This year the show will move to Saturday, September 13, in order to give exhibiting dealers some breathing room after the ... (Read More)
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(Show)Topsfield Show Redux
Topsfield, Massachusettsby Jeanne SchintoThe first annual Topsfield Antiques Market, held May 24 and 25 on Memorial Day weekend, was billed in ample radio and print advertisements as "a fun show in a country setting with a city flair" by the irrepressible promoter Marvin Getman. It took place on the fairgrounds ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Market Lively at Successful Sale
Doyle New York, New York Cityby Elizabeth Bidwell BatesPaintings led the April 29 American furniture and decorative arts sale at Doyle New York, which reached a total of $525,969. Leading the sale at $25,000 (includes buyer's premium), the vibrant image of stag, hind, and fawns came to Doyle with an ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Mainly Good Maine Goods at Gould's
Gould Auction Company, Gardiner, Maineby Mark SiscoGould Auction Company's trademark "fresh to the market" auction offerings live up to their advance billing. The May 31 sale in Gardiner, Maine, featured never-before-out-of-the-house offerings, but this time there was a stronger than usual emphasis on good old Maine folk art.A miniature portrait ... (Read More)
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