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(Computer Article)Less Frustrating Computing
A search for computer files containing the text “tinkerware.”
Computer Column #313
John P. Reid, [email protected]
The last few columns have dealt with heavy topics like moving all our software to the Internet or editing Web pages from a tablet. This month we will suggest little steps that make computers less frustrating.
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(Young Collectors)Black Friday Blues
The Young Collector
Maybe it’s just the holidays combined with the rush of birthdays (both our kids have birthdays later in the year), but we are currently working on a theory about why younger people don’t want old stuff. It’s because they don’t want any stuff.
We can understand how you’d think ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Amicable Split-up of The Philadelphia Print Shop
For over three decades, Donald H. Cresswell and Christopher W. Lane have been partners in The Philadelphia Print Shop, founded by the two in 1982. On December 31, 2014, they will be partners no more.
“We found having two shops in two states was not practical,” said Don Creswell at The ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Prepare to Decide
Auction Law & Ethics
When I went to law school, my goal was to become a trial lawyer. I wanted to do what I saw the lawyers on television and in the movies do. Things like cross-examine witnesses, make objections, and argue before juries. It seemed so exciting and was in ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Tricorn Hat and Hatbox Returned
The simple tricorn hatbox with a tricorn hat inside that sold to a phone bidder at Pook & Pook for $22,800 (est. $500/1000) on October 4, 2014, has been returned to the auction house.
“The box turned out to be made of red pine and therefore English; the hat inside is ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Old Pawnbroker/Secondhand Dealer Laws Can Still Bite
For almost three decades, we have been reporting on the increasingly popular practice by municipal and legislative entities of bundling the sellers of collectibles and antiques with pawnbrokers and junk dealers for licensing purposes and as a source of revenue. The predilection of the latter groups, whether real or mythical, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Stained-Glass Windows Lead to Court Fight
It can be a dealer’s worst nightmare—making a five-figure purchase for stock that turns out to be stolen. The nightmare has turned to reality for a Minnesota dealer. He has been arrested and jailed twice, been charged with a crime, spent $60,000 in legal bills, and is knee-deep in a ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Musselmans of Murrell: Pioneer Dealers in Pennsylvania German and Early American Antiques
Clayton (1880-1939) and Ada (1885-1946) Musselman on the side porch of their home in 1909.
Clayton Musselman and Ada Musselman and their ten-year-old son, David, are shown standing next to their new Ford Model T truck. According to Spohn’s research, the Musselmans bought the pine hanging cupboard with rattail hinges in ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Elephant Weathervane Brings $20,060
An elephant weathervane, $20,060. Photo courtesy Locati Auctions.
An early 20th-century elephant-form copper weathervane, estimated at $1500/2500, sold for $20,060 (includes buyer’s premium) at the conclusion of an on-line auction conducted by Locati Auctions of Maple Glen, Pennsylvania (www.locatiauctions.com). The auction closed on December 15, 2014.
The two-dimensional weathervane depicts a walking ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Jersey Man Files Suit against Raccoon Creek Antiques
On December 15, 2014, Thomas Marshall of Monroe Township, New Jersey, filed suit in federal court against Raccoon Creek Antiques at Oley Forge, LLC and the two owners: well-known dealers George Allen and Gordon Wyckoff.
According to the suit, Marshall’s now-deceased wife had been a longtime customer of Raccoon Creek, buying ... (Read More)
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