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(Computer Article)Comparing Computers
Computer Column #333
John P. Reid, [email protected]
One thing is inevitable in modern life: a day will come when that old personal computer has to be replaced. My wife just retired her eight-year-old Windows Vista desktop machine. It was getting cranky and was not fast enough for modern software.
Computers are not new ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Dealer's Fair Has New Management
The Dealer’s Fair, held at the Goshen Fairgrounds in Goshen, Connecticut, will be under new management this fall. Maria McLennan, owner of Covet Antiques, and Annie Fletcher Itin, creative director and owner of the Fletcher Design Group, will partner under the name of Hunt & Gather Events.
Now in its fourth ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques in 2 Barns
Hilliard, Ohio
This one was different. It was a risk. And at the end of it all, promoter Jennifer Sabin was perplexed.
“I don’t know what to think,” she said.
She stood just outside two pole buildings that gave the day’s event its name, Antiques in 2 Barns. The show, held on Wednesday, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Brexit Leads to BADA Dealers Showing in New York City
There will be a dedicated pavilion of members of the British Antique Dealers’ Association (BADA) at the Palm Beach Show Group’s New York Art, Antique and Jewelry Show taking place at Pier 94 in New York City November 9-13.
The BADA initiative is being launched as a response to the U.K.’s ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Fall Sales Topped by Antique Kashmir Sapphire
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
The two-day September jewelry auction held September 11 and 12 by Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Chicago, Illinois, yielded $4.5 million for 1336 lots and showed the continued market strength of exceptional colored stones, including what Alexander Eblen, director of fine jewelry at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, called an “Old-World ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Tiffany Beatitudes Sell for $356,950
Fontaine’s Auction Gallery, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Fontaine’s Auction Gallery
Cleaning out the basement takes on a whole new meaning when you are John Fontaine, auctioneer and CEO of Fontaine’s Auction Gallery.
“I was on a call at a home outside of Brooklyn and found myself in the basement trying to figure ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rare Willard Clock Tops Hap Moore Auction
Hap Moore Antiques Auctions, York, Maine
Hap Moore is willing to travel great distances to fill his York, Maine, auctions. But often his best selections come from close to home. His September 10 offering contained a good mix of items from both far and near.
Clocks by Ephraim Willard (b. 1755) are ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Country Americana
Garth’s Auctions, Delaware, Ohio
Photos courtesy Garth’s
“Some things are good, which are not pleasant, other things are pleasant, that are not good but to live in peace is both good and pleasant.” Text on a fraktur by the Ehre Vater Artist.
It came down to what was “both good and pleasant.” When ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Shaker Bench Brings $33,600
Willis Henry Auctions, Hancock, Massachusetts
Hancock Shaker Village in Hancock, Massachusetts, was the bucolic site of the Willis Henry Shaker sale on September 10 that drew a crowd to the tent just off the entrance to the village. Bidders and curious museum visitors studied objects for sale during the preview and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Mid-Century Furniture, Books, and Fine Art Highlight Quinn's Sales
Waverly Rare Books and Quinn’s Auction Galleries, Falls Church, Virginia
Photos courtesy Quinn’s Auction Galleries
On September 8 and 10, Quinn’s Auction Galleries conducted two separate sales. Both sales took place at the firm’s Falls Church, Virginia, salesrooms.
On September 8, the firm’s Waverly Rare Books division offered 402 lots covering a wide ... (Read More)
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