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(Young Collectors)It Takes a Village
The Young Collectorby Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondShortly after Hollie's labor ended, Andrew began one of his own, one that proved far more protracted than any childbirth. Approached late last spring by the Decorative Arts Center of Ohio in Lancaster with an opportunity to serve as a guest curator of ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: Past the Halfway Point
>by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondAround our house, Hollie's always taking things apart to fix them and putting them back together. If we're going to have to call someone in anyway, we might as well take a crack at it first, right? More than once, with the dishwasher disassembled or ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector's Guide to Last-Minute Gifts
The Young Collectorby Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondWe've been watching our annual round of holiday specials including How the Grinch Stole Christmas (the original cartoon, not that ghastly thing with Jim Carrey), and we've decided that there is a great deal of symbolism in that scene where the Grinch's little ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Last of the Young Collectors?
The Young Collectorby Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondNo young collectors are coming to save the marketplace. It's not happening, no matter how long we wait. We've skirted around that issue for a while now, and maybe it's time to put it out there. We realize it's a harsh reality, but ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: What's It Worth?
by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondAs expected, we get that "What's it worth?" question on a constant basis. There are other versions, but the underlying question and expectation is the same: give me a dollar value. And we do that on a constant basis too, but after listening to a ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: Riding Out the Storm
by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondSeveral months back, Andrew got an invitation to speak at the Historic New Orleans Collection's Antiques Forum. When we started discussing whether he had the time to put the talk together and to make the trip, Hollie's response was, "When someone invites you to visit ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: A Collector by Any Other Name
by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondYou can imagine our surprise when a recent letter to the editor opined that there are no longer any collectors, that there have, in fact, not been collectors since the early 90's. We can't comment much on the early 90's, as our concerns at the ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)Top Ten Reasons Young People Should Buy Antiques
The Young Collectorby Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondSometimes in life you become an expert by default. This can be a useful skill, especially in terms of parenting, when anything, even complete non sequiturs like "Santa Claus likes broccoli," can bluff the opposition if said with enough conviction and an air ... (Read More)
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