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Big Gift to CarnegieDr. Ellen Lehman has made a $3 million gift to the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh's Building the Future campaign, through the Alan G. and Jane A. Lehman Foundation, to be used to create two endowments of $1.5 million each.One endowment will establish the Alan G. and Jane ... (Read More)
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Andrea Canady has been promoted to fair director of the newly formed Art & Antiques Fairs, North America management division of dmg world media.Canady is responsible for the Original Miami Beach Antiques Show (OMBAS) and the New York, Las Vegas, and Miami Beach Antique Jewelry & Watch shows. OMBAS is ... (Read More)
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The 51st annual New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association show will be held August 7-9 at the Radisson, the Center of New Hampshire, in downtown Manchester. Planning ahead for this event is a must, since many collectors and dealers who converge on the Granite State during August wisely make their hotel ... (Read More)
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New York Cityby Clayton PenningtonThe Altman Building in Manhattan, once a carriage house for the B. Altman department store, hosted a stable of 22 dealers January 17-20 in a revival of Antiques Manhattan, a show last staged in 2003.Promoter Barry Cohen of b4rTIME, Inc. said that although the show shared ... (Read More)
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Hartford, Connecticutby Ed PfeifferHillcrest Promotions staged a Papermania Plus show in Hartford, Connecticut, January 5 and 6, marking the 53rd edition of the event during the past 30 years. For its first seven years, the show was held annually, but since then it has been held every January and August.There ... (Read More)
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Mastro Auctions, Burr Ridge, Illinoisby Danielle ArnetMastro Auctions is proud of its business model. More to the point, the auction house has found an underserved area in the auction industry and expects it to become its yellow brick road to major profits. Housed in a mini corporate cluster adjacent to ... (Read More)
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Medals Column #12by Ian R. StewartI first discovered medals or the medallic arts about ten years ago at an antiques show in Minneapolis. I purchased two medals by French artists working around the beginning of the 20th century. I knew they were beautiful, miniature relief sculptures. Yet I knew nothing ... (Read More)
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Auction Law and Ethicsby Steve ProffittCertain events cause you to realize you're getting older.I was riding a bus in downtown Atlanta some years back. A "peach" boarded. That's what pretty girls in Georgia were politely called back then. All the seats were taken, so I instinctively did like Momma had ... (Read More)
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