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Getman Buys Boston Book Show; New Venue Found
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Marvin Getman of Impact Events Group, Lexington, Massachusetts, has acquired the Boston Book, Print and Ephemera Show from promoter Bernice Bornstein.Bornstein started the Boston Book, Print and Ephemera Show 15 years ago as a satellite show to the fall Boston Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA) International Book Fair. The ... (Read More)

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Layoffs at Iroquois Indian Museum
by Betty Flood and Alyssa Plock

by Betty Flood and Alyssa PlockThe employees of the Iroquois Indian Museum in Howes Cave, New York, have been notified by the board of trustees that the entire staff will be laid off as a result of Tropical Storm Irene. The financial problem reared its ugly head, despite the fact ... (Read More)

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How History Unfolds on Paper, Part I: The Eric Caren Collection
by Lita Solis-Cohen

The auction highlight of the first part of Caren's collection was the 1674 manuscript authorization for Edmund Andros to take possession of New York from the Dutch, signed by Charles II, King of England. The magazine Manuscripts described it as "New York State's Birth Certificate." It is a letter signed ... (Read More)

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Early Photography at Americana Sale Soars
by Jeanne Schinto

A half-plate daguerreotype portrait of two hunters with game and a sleeping dog was the top lot of the early photography portion of the sale, bringing $18,960 (est. $1500/2500).A quarter-plate daguerreotype of students in a classroom fetched $15,405 (est. $1000/1500).A half-plate daguerreotype of an architect at work in his office ... (Read More)

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Amendment to California's Secondhand Dealers Law Would Allow Seizure of Dealer's Inventory
by David Hewett

by David Hewett"California is very much into getting income from everyone and anyplace it can find it now. We're in big-time debt." That came from Michael Ogle, co-owner of American Garage, a popular folk art business in Los Angeles.The debt problem was never acknowledged as the reason for the introduction ... (Read More)

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19th-Century Maritime Art
by A.J. Peluso

The inset is Buttersworth's "Madeline" and "Sappho" off Sandy Hook Lightship, oil on canvas, 30" x 40". It's also shown in the catalog with a closeup. The catalog is available from Monmouth University, Pollak Gallery, 400 Cedar Avenue, West Long Branch, NJ 07764. Price is $20 at the gallery, $30 ... (Read More)
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