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(Show)Memorial Day at the White House
Gates Mills, Ohioby Eve HillIf you remember White trucks and White sewing machines, you'll understand that this White house belonged to that White family. This isn't the place where elected officials dwell, it's a lovely place at the edge of Gates Mills, Ohio, that now shelters the private Hawken School. ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Editorial: Attention Must Be Paid-As Well as Taxes
Editorial As Richard Conti reports (see page 10-A), the recently passed 700-page Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 has a small provision buried in it that will have a large impact on the antiques trade.Starting in 2011, businesses that process a seller's debit and credit card transactions—in most cases, ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Cataloging Software
Computer Column #237by John P. Reid, e-mail: [email protected] few years we survey the available software for cataloging antiques collections or managing inventories of antiques dealers. The needs are similar. Both collectors and dealers number and record their treasures. Descriptions may include name, condition, provenance, cost, appraisal, and other details. Often ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Auction Law and Ethics: Sleep Well
by Steve ProffittLast month I completed a three-part series on bid rigging in auctions. Bid rigging is a topic that generates more mail than most. The letters and e-mails I received ran the gamut from bidders attempting to trivialize the issue and explain how their agreements with other bidders not ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In the Trade: Steve White of White & White Antiques and Interiors
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(Book Review)A Book Review: Advanced Appraising
A Book ReviewAdvanced Appraisingby Lita Solis-CohenThe mission of the new Journal of Advanced Appraisal Studies, published by the ISA (International Society of Appraisers) Education Foundation, is to educate personal property appraisers and raise public awareness of the profession.The articles in the inaugural issue were written pro bono by members of ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Hurricane Forces Louisiana Purchase Auction to Reschedule
Hurricane Forces Louisiana Purchase Auction to Reschedule
In early September, Neal Auction Company experienced a mandatory hurricane evacuation and the loss of electrical services. According to the firm, the entire staff has returned to New Orleans, and Neal Auction Company is fully operational again.
?Due to the circumstance relating to the recent ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Art for the Wall, Silver for the Table
Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd., Hillsborough, North Carolinaby Pete PrunklIf it could be hung on the wall, it was for sale at Leland Little's June 14 sale in Hillsborough, North Carolina. There were oils on every conceivable surface as well as watercolors, silhouettes, etchings, lithographs, and woodblock prints. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Toy, Doll, and Advertising Auction Tops $1.1 Million
James D. Julia, Fairfield, Maineby Mark SiscoThe final tally for James D. Julia's June 28 toy, doll, and advertising auction in Fairfield, Maine, was just over $1.1 million. What made it equally remarkable in these troublesome economic times is that only about 65 out of the nearly 550 lots failed ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fashion and Textiles Auction
Whitaker-Augusta Auction Company, New Hope, Pennsylvaniaby Lita Solis-CohenThe Whitaker-Augusta Auction Company is one of a kind. It fills the needs of collectors, historical societies, museums, and families that need to recycle vintage clothing, fashion accessories, linens, lace, and textiles—the stuff kept in trunks for generations or sometimes for only a ... (Read More)
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