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(Computer Article)Health Issues and Reading Magazines Online
Computer Column #355
Computer user health issues and getting magazines online will be discussed.
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The widespread use of personal computers has raised myriad health concerns, from fading eyesight to ankle damage. There are excellent websites with suggestions for workstations, posture, and exercise. One from Princeton University (1) is up to date ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Raising Caines
Guyette & Deeter, Inc., Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Photos courtesy Guyette & Deeter, Inc.
Summer decoy auctions draw collectors in the same way that decoys draw migrating waterfowl. The birds and the collectors flock, almost as a group, from place to place. Attendant to the auctions are decoy shows where birds are bought, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Camden-Rockport Show Turns 38
Camden-Rockport Historical Society Antiques Show, Rockport, Maine
Even before the opening gun sounded at the 38th running of the annual Camden-Rockport Historical Society Antiques Show, there were 50 or 60 people at the gate and more streaming in from the parking lot. The show, under the management of John and Elizabeth ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fraternal Objects Sold in Ohio
Ross Auction Company, Chillicothe, Ohio
On Saturday, July 21, Ross Auction Company in Chillicothe, Ohio, sold a large trove of Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) ceremonial objects. Heart-in-hand staffs, oversize bows and arrows, decorated axes and pikes, carved torches, swords, shields, robes, collars, and even a coffin with a human ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, August 2018
Maine Antique Digest includes, as space permits, brief announcements of exhibitions planned by galleries, museums, or other venues. We need all press materials at least six weeks in advance of opening. We need to know the hours and dates of the exhibit, admission charges, and phone number and website for ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Canada Goose Brings $810,000
Copley Fine Art Auctions, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo
Photos courtesy Copley Fine Art Auctions
Bidders didn't have too long to wait for the fireworks to start at the two-day sale of decoys and other sporting art held July 19 and 20 at Copley Fine Art Auctions in Plymouth, Massachusetts, where over a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Whale of a Sale
In a foreword to the catalog for Eldred's July 19 and 20 marine sale, Josh Eldred, president of the auction house, wrote, "Over the past few years we have been fortunate to have put together some amazing auctions, but this one probably beats them all. It features two major collections, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Philadelphia History Museum Closes to the Public
Is it a sign of the times that the Philadelphia History Museum, plagued with financial difficulties, suspended its public hours on June 30 and closed its doors?
The museum on 7th Street below Market, in a building designed by John Haviland in 1826 as the first home of the Franklin Institute, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sporting Antiques Sold on the Cape
Eldred's, East Dennis, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Eldred's
The highlight of the sale came late in the day when this Louisiana swimming ring-necked or ring-bill drake decoy by Nicole Vidacovitch Sr. (1853-1945), circa 1890, flew past the $7500/9500 estimate to sell for $21,250. Vidacovitch carved with great care, using mostly cypress root, and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)George Washington Script Here
The Cobbs Auctioneers, Peterborough, New Hampshire
Business is booming at The Cobbs Auctioneers in Peterborough, New Hampshire. Over the past few years, some family members and staffers have moved on to other ventures, but the business is carrying on smoothly. Owner and head auctioneer Charlie Cobb runs a tight, well-laid-out sale, ... (Read More)
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