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(Issue Story)Americana Week in New York City 2015
Download printable Americana Week 2015 Calendar of Events (pdf)
Crouch-Jordan-Bacon family mahogany scalloped- and tilt-top tea table, Philadelphia, 29" high x 37 3/8" in diameter, with rococo carving on its shaft and knees, to be offered January 31 at noon at Keno Auctions. The estimate is $800,000/1.2 million.
Spending Americana Week in ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions
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 Web site ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received
Many of our book reviews are shorter than usual this month to allow us to squeeze in as many books as possible. Whether you’re looking for last-minute gifts or just some good reading for yourself, you’ll find many interesting choices below. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)When Couples Collect—A Most Interesting Dance
It’s time someone takes a look at the issues that pop up when partners collect. Maybe new collectors and experienced collectors will feel less idiosyncratic, less silly, and more as if “we are not the only ones,” and perhaps gain a useful idea or two.
Most of what I have read ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, January 2015
Letter from London
Ian McKay, <[email protected]>
Yet again I have been defeated in my attempts to find something appropriate and Christmassy to illustrate and describe in this last “Letter” of the old year, so all I can do here is wish M.A.D. readers, one and all, a Happy Christmas and a Good ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Bruce Gimelson, Garrison, New York
Bruce Gimelson with a blow-up of one of his favorite snapshots. It shows him at five years old with his father. Young Bruce is holding a Lionel train car (mint-in-box). He said he was running down the hill to trade it to another kid for four baseball cards. His father ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Less Frustrating Computing
A search for computer files containing the text “tinkerware.”
Computer Column #313
John P. Reid, [email protected]
The last few columns have dealt with heavy topics like moving all our software to the Internet or editing Web pages from a tablet. This month we will suggest little steps that make computers less frustrating.
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(Young Collectors)Black Friday Blues
The Young Collector
Maybe it’s just the holidays combined with the rush of birthdays (both our kids have birthdays later in the year), but we are currently working on a theory about why younger people don’t want old stuff. It’s because they don’t want any stuff.
We can understand how you’d think ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Prepare to Decide
Auction Law & Ethics
When I went to law school, my goal was to become a trial lawyer. I wanted to do what I saw the lawyers on television and in the movies do. Things like cross-examine witnesses, make objections, and argue before juries. It seemed so exciting and was in ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Stained-Glass Windows Lead to Court Fight
It can be a dealer’s worst nightmare—making a five-figure purchase for stock that turns out to be stolen. The nightmare has turned to reality for a Minnesota dealer. He has been arrested and jailed twice, been charged with a crime, spent $60,000 in legal bills, and is knee-deep in a ... (Read More)
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