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(Fragment)Dealer to Plead Guilty in Fake Picasso Case
Tatiana Khan, a West Hollywood, California, art and antiques dealer, agreed to plead guilty to federal fraud charges related to a $2 million sale of a fake Picasso. In the plea agreement filed on April 27, Khan agreed to plead guilty to making false statements to the Federal Bureau of ... (Read More)
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(Feature)James Turns Armacost Antiques Shows Back to Robert Armacost
by Lita Solis-CohenAfter three and a half years of trying antiques show management, Robert James is leaving the business. "My plans to grow the Armacost company did not pan out," he said at the Brandywine River Museum Antiques Show on Memorial Day weekend. "I was not able to do it ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New York Legislation to Ensure Historic Site Preservation in the Event of Closure
by Betty FloodJoint efforts by the New York State Senate and Assembly are being made to ensure that the state's historic sites and their associated collections are cared for during extended closures. Legislation has been introduced in both houses that will outline "a series of best practices that must be ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Cloud Computing
Computer Column #258by John P. Reid, e-mail: [email protected] screen, the Google Docs on-line word processor looks and acts much like a word processor installed on your computer."Open source" free software was described in the last column. This software, produced by committees of volunteers, is a good way for a small ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 23rd Street Armory Antiques Show
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(Feature)Fusco & Four Announces the New Ellis Boston Antiques Show
by Jeanne SchintoTony Fusco and Robert Four of Fusco & Four/Ventures have announced the startling news that they will produce a new Ellis Boston Antiques Show, to debut on the weekend of October 20-23, 2011.The old Ellis Antiques Show, founded in 1960 as a fund-raiser for Ellis Memorial & Eldredge ... (Read More)
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(Feature)WGBH Sues User of "Roadshow" Name, Again
by David HewettIf you're a veteran reader of M.A.D., you may recall the brouhaha arising over a toy collecting/dealing group from the Midwest that toured the country under the name "Antique Toy Roadshow."From 1999 to 2001, we published several accounts of the battle WGBH Educational Foundation, the Massachusetts-based charitable corporation ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Bo-Whoop and Boutet Meet Hair Trigger Bob
Cased Boutet flintlock pistols, $437,000. Julia photo."Hair Trigger Bob" Meldrum Colt revolver, $258,750. Julia photo.James D. Julia Inc., Fairfield, Maineby Mark SiscoThe James D. Julia auction company held its two-day spring firearms sale in Fairfield, Maine, on March 15 and 16, and the result was nearly $8.5 million worth of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Early American Antiques and Decorative Art
Cased pair of pistols, European, 19th century, signed "V. Hafner, Konigl. Hofbuchsenmacher Cassel" on the interior case label and in gold inlay on the top flats of the barrels, with chased and gilded vining, and cherubs on the frames with original bluing on the barrels, ivory slab grips have some ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)A Long-Awaited Book That Had to Be Written
A Book Reviewby David HewettThe Glass Industry in South Bostonby Joan E. KaiserUniversity Press of New England, 2009, 284 pages, hardbound, $85 plus S/H from UPNE, (www.upne.com) or (800) 421-1561.There's no better way to review Joan Kaiser's long-awaited book, The Glass Industry in South Boston, published by the University Press ... (Read More)
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