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(Computer Article)

Web Site Editing on Mobiles and Tablets
by John P. Reid

The beginnings of a Web page composed on a tablet computer. Computer Column #312 John P. Reid, [email protected] Many things that used to be done on computers can be done today on tablets and sometimes smartphones. Creating and editing Web sites are among these. Editing is done through tools that actually exist only ... (Read More)

(Book Review)

Books Received
by M.A.D. Staff

These are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or on-line orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or mail-order house is the place to look. Printed Textiles: British and American Cottons and Linens, 1700-1850 by Linda Eaton (The ... (Read More)

(Book Review)

Four Centuries of Quilts
by Lita Solis-Cohen

A Book Review   Four Centuries of Quilts: The Colonial Williamsburg Collection by Linda Baumgarten and Kimberly Smith Ivey The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, in association with Yale University Press, 2014, 368 pages, hardbound, $75 plus S/H from the Colonial Williamsburg, (757) 565-8450 or (www.history.org/Publications/books/index.cfm), or from Yale University Press, (800) 405-1619 or (http://yalepress.yale.edu). Two textile ... (Read More)

(Issue Story)

Letter from London
by Ian McKay

Ian McKay, <[email protected]> With the new season sales getting well into their stride as I write, the high summer sales remaining in my files must be largely cleared away in this “Letter.” This selection therefore devotes quite a bit of space to the old master drawings and watercolours to which, in ... (Read More)

(Issue Story)

John Bourne of Pittsford, Vermont
by Frank Donegan

John Bourne is shown with a friend. The English glider horse is named Piper. The base has the maker’s plaque, which reads, “‘Piper’/ J. Collinson & Sons/ Liverpool, England.” It’s $1250. Bourne said, “I like horses,” and pointed out that Piper is so heavily constructed that “this one would hold me.” A ... (Read More)

(Auction Law and Ethics)

Prepare for Value
by Steve Proffitt

Auction Law & Ethics Value doesn’t exist for those who don’t see it. “Where are you taking that stuff?” my colleague asked a truck driver preparing to haul a trailer load of material away from the plant where we worked. Between college and law school, I worked for Westinghouse Electric Corporation. “To the ... (Read More)

(Young Collectors)

Pickups, Pumpkins, and Popovers
by Hollie Davis and Andrew Richmond

The Young Collector Ah, time again for our annual fall pilgrimage to the ADA Deerfield Show and the holy shrine of autumn, the Connecticut River valley. Andrew feels very lucky to work in a business and for a company that allows us a long weekend in New England every year in ... (Read More)

(Show)

Crowds Everywhere for Vermont Antiques Week Shows
by David Hewett

Weston Antiques Show, Okemo Antiques Show, Ludlow Antiques Show, Magic Mountain Antiques Show, and Antiques in Vermont The managers and organizations running the five shows held during Vermont Antiques Week, October 2-5, had to be satisfied with the attendance this year. The selling floors of all were filled within minutes ... (Read More)

(Auction)

Heritage Sells $7.3 Million of American Art
by Lita Solis-Cohen

Tom Lovell (1909-1997), Captain Murie’s Pawnees,oil on canvas, 23" x 40½", signed and dated 1983, sold on the phone for $161,000 (est. $100,000/150,000). It illustrates a military story from the early history of Nebraska known as the Battle of Plum Creek, from 1864. Lovell won a gold medal from the ... (Read More)

(Fragment)

John M. Hess Auction Service and Conestoga Auction Company Join Forces
by Karl H. Pass

Two large auction companies—John M. Hess Auction Service and Conestoga Auction Company, both based in Manheim, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania—recently entered into a joint venture, joining forces, yet will remain under each existing company’s banner. “It was just finalized on Friday,” said Jeff DeHart, president of Conestoga. “The merger seemed like a ... (Read More)
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