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Poetry in Potion: The Monroe Antique Show and Sale
by Cathy Aldrich

Eric Swanson has booth space at Pacific Galleries Antique Mall in Seattle, Washington, and does shows. This carved chicken flew the coop quickly for the reasonable price of $65. Swanson did not have much information about the piece but did note that the wings were applied separately and that it ... (Read More)

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AD20/21 and Boston Print Fair
by Jeanne Schinto

Lella and Massimo Vignelli with Boston Architectural College president Theodore C. Landsmark (on right). The Vignellis, who established Vignelli Associates in 1971 and Vignelli Designs in 1978, received this year's AD20/21 Lifetime Achievement Award for work that includes corporate identity programs, interiors, furniture, decorative arts, and graphics, perhaps most famously, ... (Read More)

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The Spring Show NYC
by Lita Solis-Cohen

An English burr mulberry and brass-inlaid sofa table, 1800-25, was in the center of half of New York City dealer Carlton Hobbs's stand. "It was meant to be placed before a sofa; the ladies chiefly occupied them to write, draw, or read upon," said Hobbs. "They were suitable for a ... (Read More)

(Auction Law and Ethics)

Auction Law and Ethics: Risky Business
by Steve Proffitt

Auction Law and Ethicsby Steve ProffittBack in January, I heard from fellow columnist David Hewett. He had written an article about the losses consignors had suffered from a firearms auction conducted by J.C. Devine, Inc. The founder and leader of the company, Joseph C. Devine, had passed away just 11 ... (Read More)

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CSA: Community Supported Antiques
by Hollie Davis and Andrew Richmond

The Young Collectorby Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondWhat do Grant Wood, the Midwest Antiques Forum, our summer garden produce, and your local house museum have in common? Regionalism!Regionalism, a sense of regional identity and a concern for a local way of life that's being replaced by strip malls and restaurant ... (Read More)

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Storage, Databases, and Some Fun
by John P. Reid

Relational databases divide data into multiple linked tables.Computer Column #271by John P. Reid, e-mail: [email protected] first electronic computers in the 1940's did mathematics. They computed angles of elevation for artillery firing tables or simulated nuclear reactions. By the late 1950's, the emphasis had changed to business transactions and military logistics. ... (Read More)

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