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Computer Column #230by John P. Reid, [email protected] cameras, scanners, photo printers, and computer-recordable compact disks have appeared in a little more than a decade. These new technologies change the rules for archival storage of pictures.Perhaps you have a collection that should be pictorially recorded for posterity. It might be a ... (Read More)
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It's a bit ironic, but the antiques industry, what some would call the ultimate consumer industry, could get a much-needed boost by an environmentalmovement that advocates less shopping. Dealers looking for new customers in existing markets would do well to find out about the Compact and compact shoppers.The Compact, born ... (Read More)
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Robert C. Eldred Co., Inc., East Dennis, Massachusettsby Jackie SideliSeveral times a year the Robert C. Eldred Co. holds an Americana sale at its East Dennis, Massachusetts, auction gallery. The November 16 and 17, 2007, sale, billed as "Americana, Paintings, Sporting Items, and Marine Art," was a classic Eldred's auction ... (Read More)
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After four years of planning and 20 months of construction, the grand reopening of the expanded Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, New Hampshire, will be held Sunday, March 30, with a public celebration. The entire first week will be open free to the public (excluding Tuesday, when the museum ... (Read More)
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On Saturday, January 26, the Albany Institute of History & Art will open the exhibition The Folk Spirit of Albany: Folk Art from the Collection of the Albany Institute of History & Art. Drawn from the museum's collection of folk art dating from the 18th century to the present, this ... (Read More)
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Barn Star Productions and Frank Gaglio will be managing the New Guilford Antiques Show for the Dorothy Whitfield Historical Society on April 19 and 20. The show benefits the Hyland House Museum in Guilford, Connecticut.Approximately 40-plus exhibitors are planned to fill room-setting booths at the Elizabeth Adams Middle School, located ... (Read More)
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Some big prices were paid at Glass Internationals auction featuring early American blown glass that closed on November 26, 2007. According to a press release from the Medford Lakes, New Jersey, firm, a circa 1800 sea green Mid-Atlantic pattern-molded 32-rib vase with applied handles sold for $28,600 (including buyers premium); ... (Read More)
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A clear and frosted glass René Lalique owl car mascot known as Hibou sold for $47,300 (includes buyer's premium) at Turkey Creek Auctions in Citra, Florida, on November 17, 2007. Hibou was from the estate of Edgar Hoover Bankard, who was the purchasing agent for B & O Railroad around ... (Read More)
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Rod Lich and Susan Parrett of Rod Lich Promotions, Inc. have been hired to manage the 2008 Columbus Academy Antiques Show in Columbus, Ohio, April 25-27.Lich and Parrett have promoted and managed shows for 28 years in Kentucky and Indiana. Their shows include the Louisville Locust Grove Antiques Market, the ... (Read More)
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A rare medal at a bargain price. Isn't that the dream of all collectors?According to an article by Eric von Klinger in the January 14 issue of Coin World, it happened to a trader whose on-line I.D. is jonathanb.The medal he bought for $65 is a 36.5 mm gold school ... (Read More)
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