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(Issue Story)Christmas in July
Beneath the Surface
We have taken you with us countless places over the past too-many-to-count-without-feeling-old years. To museums and museum storage, to antiques shows and antiques malls, into the seats at an auction and through the online bidding platforms that run them, and on road trips that resemble a National Lampoon ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Going to the Dogs
Beneath the Surface
Back in 2017, in “What We Did on Our Summer Vacation,” we talked about a trip to Dish Camp in Historic Eastfield Village when Andrew was invited to speak on the broad topic of Ohio pottery. Back then, the kids were just six and four, so most of ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Mixing It Up
Beneath the Surface
Not too long ago, a friend tagged us in a post on Facebook. It is so nice when your friends think of you, isn’t it? They see a beautiful old house filled with antiques, a quirky set of built-in bookshelves, or a trendy new mystery TV show, think ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter to the Past
Beneath the Surface
A little over 20 years ago, Andrew was fresh out of graduate school and ready to launch a career in the antiques business. But the antiques job market for a guy with no experience, student loans to pay, and the ink still drying on a master’s degree was ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Give and Take
Beneath the Surface
You can set your watch by it. The days begin to lengthen, Daylight Saving Time kicks off, daffodils poke up, buds pop out, and the real March Madness begins—last-minute donation appraisals.
A flurry of phone calls starts to come in from people who donated items to museums last year ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Back to the Beginning
Beneath the Surface
Twenty years ago in February, we were going to Nashville to plug an auction house. To be honest, we had no idea what we were doing in any strategic sense. Literally, someone just said, “You should go to the shows in Nashville. Here’s a credit card!” The goal ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Vocational Awe
Beneath the Surface
One of the challenges of self-employment is that there are very few “lines” in our lives that divide our days into sections. This is especially true since we opened an auction house, but it is true of being self-employed in any way these days. There are for many ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Scenes from an Antiques Show
Beneath the Surface
Valentine’s Day is approaching, and although we might say that we have learned a few things about romance and relationships after nearly 25 years of living together, it would probably be more accurate to say that we have learned a few things about romance and relationships from setting ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Shipping News
Beneath the Surface
The competition has to be getting to Santa these days. When we were kids, he had to have his helpers out at the mall and on the float in the Christmas parade, but now he even has to have help delivering packages! To be fair, it is not ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story) Artificial “Intelligence”
Beneath the Surface
Small business, as many of you know, has its perks. You can go to the movies, bank, or grocery store in the middle of the week when things are quiet. You can be 15 minutes late getting back from a dental appointment or take off early in the ... (Read More)
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