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Fenichell Joins Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates
Jill Fenichell has been appointed vice president and will head the newly formed ceramics department at Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates in Mt. Crawford, Virginia. She will split her time between the newly established Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates New York office and the ... (Read More)
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Forty-Year Member of NHADA Resigns, Quits Annual Show
by David Hewett
Longtime show exhibitor and member of the New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association (NHADA) Peter Eaton of Newbury, Massachusetts, has resigned from the association, which automatically ends his 40 consecutive years as an exhibitor at the show that gave birth to Antiques ... (Read More)
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Rare Texas Desk and Pottery Donated to Bayou Bend
A labeled Adolph Kempen writing desk and approximately 150 pieces of early Texas pottery have been given to the Bayou Bend Collection in Houston, Texas, by philanthropist and collector William J. Hill.
"For decades, Mr. Hill has been a major advocate and benefactor ... (Read More)
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Pook & Pook to Sell Pastor Weiser's Pennsylvania German Collection
by Lita Solis-Cohen
Auctions are often much more than listings of property for sale; they can be rites of passage, a chance for friends and colleagues to remember a collector. Such is the case of the sale of decorative arts from the ... (Read More)
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Sotheby's Increases Dividend and Accelerates Payment of Two Quarters of Dividends
The board of directors of Sotheby's declared an accelerated first and second quarter of 2013 cash dividend totaling $0.20 per share of outstanding common stock. This $0.10 per share per quarter dividend reflected a 25% increase from the previous quarterly ... (Read More)
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Panel of stereoview (1897) Dedication of Grant's Tomb-the Yacht Sultana. Only sold by Griffith & Griffith, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Liverpool, England. This stereoview was possibly taken by William Rau (1855-1920) of Philadelphia, who worked periodically for Griffith & Griffith.
A nearly identical photo of the Sultana attributed to John S. ... (Read More)
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(The Art of Marketing)
The Art of Marketing
by Al Kenney
I'm an avid antiques collector, not a dealer, and a professional marketer with a diverse career. I've worked for many global corporations marketing many major household brands as well as for small start-up companies. I've owned an international strategic marketing firm and marketed to people ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)
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.
Mahogany: The Costs of Luxury in Early America by Jennifer L. Anderson (Harvard ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Quarter-plate daguerreotype of the historic Jenks Tavern in Spencer, Massachusetts, $7150.
A half-plate ambrotype of the same Jenks Tavern in a period gutta-percha frame, $6875.
Competition was stiff for Maine eider decoys. Above, the eider decoy in the original well-worn paint sold for $3850. Below, one with some small damage ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)
Computer Column #290
by John P. Reid, [email protected]
A poster being designed in free Scribus page layout software.
Posters are useful to antiquers. A poster in a show booth can publicize a dealer's Web site, Facebook account, or merchandise too large to bring to the show. A collector might make a poster ... (Read More)
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