(Auction)
by Alan M. Petrillo
Classique Erotique Auctions, Phoenix, Arizona, conducted its first-ever sale of erotic material in the Hotel Valley Ho in Scottsdale on January 27 and scored. Amanda Collins, gallery director of the associated Martin Gordon Gallery in Phoenix, said they "attracted a great deal of different people." She added ... (Read More)
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(Feature)
by John P. Reid, [email protected]
A change in Microsoft Word, simple software for collectors, new features of on-line antiques newsletters, and a really simple word processor are the topics this month.
-New Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word dominates the personal computer word processor market. Its file format has been the de facto standard for ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
by Fran Kramer
Just 18 hours after being on the world's longest flight, from Singapore to Newark, New Jersey, in 18 hours, I joined a full house of other auction-goers on April 7 in Leicester, New York, for Samuel Cottone's last major sale at Peter's Party Complex.
Others had traveled from ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
by Don Johnson
There was something different about Cowan's sale of furniture, paintings, and decorative arts, held on February 17 in Cincinnati, Ohio. With a gross of more than $974,000, the auction looked good on paper, but the event had a certain lackluster feel.
C. Wesley Cowan, the company's president and principal ... (Read More)
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(Feature)
Finding new collectors is expected to be a major push in the industry in the coming months. In early May, a group of around 30 movers and shakers in the market got together in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, to brainstorm on ways to attract new blood to what is perceived to be ... (Read More)
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(Feature)
by Beth Pulsipher
The Ann Arbor (Michigan) Antiques Market is now under new management. Beginning its 39th season, the show had been managed by longtime dealers Nancy and Woody Straub for the past eight years. In the fall of 2006, show owner Tom Monaghan gifted the show's proceeds to the Father ... (Read More)
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