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Slow, Deliberate, and Careful
by Steve Proffitt

Auction Law & Ethics Consigning property to auction is a simple process, until it’s not. The “not” often arises when least expected and can come from something unforeseen. A reader wrote me about a situation that illustrates this point. I’ve edited her letter. “Dear Mr. Proffitt, “I consigned an item to auction and ... (Read More)

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Letter from London
by Ian McKay

Ian McKay, [email protected] Chinese works of art, including the most expensive hinge you are ever likely to come across, open this month’s selection, with teapots, modern aeroplanes, portrait miniatures, a planetarium, posters, Prague street scenes, and a couple of snuffboxes adding to the mix. The Qianlong white jade Imperial hinge fitting sold ... (Read More)

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Heirloom Quality
by Hollie Davis and Andrew Richmond

The Young Collector We’ve talked before about our guilty pleasures in terms of collecting. We have others: eating marshmallow fluff from the jar, putting the windows down with the heater running on cool evening drives, and bad television. One of our guilty pleasure TV shows is Hoarders (or Hoarding: Buried Alive ... (Read More)
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