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(Issue Story)Elise Abrams, Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Elise Abrams’s shop is just north of Great Barrington on Route 7. Part of it was originally a Dairy Queen.
Elise Abrams.
A very partial interior view.
Abrams said a service like this (which is for 12 although only eight are set up) averages about $300 per piece.
Art Deco Czech geometric cut ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)2014: The Year in Review
The Young Collector
It’s a fitting thing to be wrapping this up on New Year’s Eve, that night when we indulge ourselves, overindulge ourselves, in any number of ways including nostalgic reflection. Sometimes, like in the afternoons of wet fall days or in the sticky middle-of-summer mornings (or anywhere on Interstate ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Prepare to Make a List
Auction Law and Ethics
“The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.”
I’ve long liked that Mark Twain line, and the message rings true for selecting the “right” auctioneer versus just any other. When a consignor seeks to hire an ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Farnsworth Extends Shaker Exhibition
Due to the popularity of the exhibit, and to facilitate an increase in school group visits, the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine, will be extending the exhibition The Shakers: From Mount Lebanon to the World through March 8. The show of approximately 100 works opened in June 2014.
Drawn primarily ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)A Dozen Dealers to Launch Weekly On-line Antiques Show
Tuesday at noon. That’s the day and time a group of 12 dealers want antiques buyers to remember. Every Tuesday at noon (Eastern time), a batch of fresh antiques will go on line at the soon-to-be-launched Web site 1st N Line (www.1stnline.com), a new on-line weekly antiques show.
The idea came ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Appraisal Radio Show Seeks Guests
Author, auctioneer, appraiser, and home downsizing specialist Michael Ivankovich’s “What’s It Worth? Ask Mike the Appraiser” radio show has been extended by popular demand to a full hour. The show airs live on Friday mornings on WBCB 1490 AM in the greater Philadelphia area from 9 to 10 a.m. Ivankovich ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Antiques Event at the New Jersey Home Show
JMK Shows’ new three-day event, Decorating with Antiques, will be held March 6-8 at the New Jersey Convention Center in Edison, New Jersey. It will be a new feature of the New Jersey Home Show, New Jersey’s largest event of its kind.
The collaboration between Allison Kohler, owner of JMK Shows, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Digitized Wallpaper
For the past two years, Historic New England has been cataloging and digitizing its wallpaper collection. More than 6000 samples have been electronically cataloged and are available on line (www.WallpaperHistory.org). The collection includes rolled, flat, oversize, and three-dimensional materials, which each require unique handling and digitization methods.
The project makes accessible ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)County Unfair
Editorial
Want to sell a highboy in Hauppauge? A sideboard in Southampton? A bookcase in Brookhaven? If so, you need a pay for a license. That unwelcome news is rippling through Suffolk County, New York, the fourth-largest county in the Empire State and home to almost 1.5 million people.
A county ordinance ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Chinese Steel Company Plunges into Chinese Ceramics Investment, Faces Lawsuit
China Gerui Advanced Materials Group Ltd. (CGAM) made a staggering announcement on September 4, 2014. Buried in a long press release announcing second-quarter financial results, the Chinese steel producer revealed it had paid $234 million in cash for a collection of 206 pieces of Chinese porcelain.
The company claimed it was ... (Read More)
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