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Win Straube, president and CEO of Straube Corporation, has announced the Straube Center Winter Fine Art Show, running through February 28 at the office and retail complex on Route 31 at West Franklin Avenue in Pennington, New Jersey.The winter show will feature award-winning artists, including Paul Rigby, sculptor; Karin Batten, ... (Read More)
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Twenty volumes of papers and correspondence of Sir William Johnson have been released in a revised second-edition digital CD format by the New York State Library. The papers are part of the collections of the library.Johnson was British Superintendent of Indian Affairs in New York from 1755 through 1774. He ... (Read More)
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by Frank DoneganMark McDonald with a piece by Tejo Remy for the Droog design group. It's called "You Can't Lay Down Your Memories." Remy scavenges random drawers from used furniture, builds little boxes for them to slide in and out of, and holds the whole assemblage together with a strap ... (Read More)
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by Steve Proffitt"Your Honor, this action is barred by res judicata."Do you know what that means?How about this: "We're seeking a jury instruction on res ipsa loquitur."Or this: "This issue is collaterally estopped."Or: "Your Honor, I'm seeking an order nunc pro tunc."You probably don't know the meaning of these terms. ... (Read More)
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December 2008 was a very busy month for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of New York, handling the Chapter 11 filing of the jewelry firm Fred Leighton Holding, Inc. The bankruptcy involves a mixed bag of creditors and owners. They range from colored gemstone king and American ... (Read More)
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In early January we received in the mail a copy of a letter, excerpted below. Written by a collector to Bobby Cianfrocca of Salt Marsh Antiques, Rowley, Massachusetts, its an object lesson in how shop owners as well as auction housescan make a difference in the woeful economy. Just a ... (Read More)
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Cincinnati Art Galleries, Cincinnati, Ohioby Don JohnsonPhotos courtesy Cincinnati Art GalleriesThere weren't just bidders in attendance when Cincinnati Art Galleries held its Holiday Sale 2008 in Cincinnati, Ohio, on November 1 and 2 last year. There was also the proverbial pachyderm in the salesroom.Rookwood Black Iris glazevase by Kataro Shirayamadani, ... (Read More)
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Rick Scott of San Francisco, who sells, and has named his business, Antique Boxes, Fine & Rare Objects of Vertu, offered this stunning circa 1850 box, a rare object made in India during what Scott and others call the Raj, which literally means reign and refers to the period when ... (Read More)
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniaby Lita Solis-CohenBarbara Barran of Classic Rug Collection, Inc., New York City, offered her Gees Bend collection of hand-knotted rugs inspired by Gees Bend quilts and licensed by the community, which receives a royalty. The rugs, made with 100 knots to a square inch of wool and silk colored ... (Read More)
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by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondThe election behind us was certainly a study in ways to communicate with people. The number one lesson: tell people what they want to believe.We're not slamming Barack Obama. He got elected largely by telling people what he believes America is and what he believes ... (Read More)
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