Antiques and art are not really so similar. While they both fall under the same industry category, selling these items...
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The Hobbs Antiques Dealer Scandal; Desperate Times
The New York Times lead article in the Friday 5/23/08) Arts section profiled the alleged deception by the English dealers...
5/22/08 Letter to the Editor (Clayton Pennington) of the Maine Antiques Digest
Letter to the Editor, In your monthly feature on auction law and ethics, Steve Proffitt discussed the legal processes...
Antiques Shows, Not Attracting the Young
I generally like reading the Maine Antiques Digest and its editorials, letters to the Editor, and general interest news on...
The New Economics of the Decorative and Fine Arts
In an intriguing article in Art + Auction magazine, Dr. Clare McAndrew, an art market economist who runs the research...
France Gives Auctioneers their Market
Dealers in France, and by default around the world, suffered a devastating defeat when the French government lifted major constraints...
Your Property At Auction, Who Really Owns It?
Auctioneers like to give lip service to the mantra that they represent the seller; at least in the Uniform Commercial...
Ben Bernanke, and How Auctions Should Operate
I just finished reading Alan Greenspan’s book, “Age of Turbulence”, and thought that in the scheme of international economics and...
Decorative and Fine Arts, as Props Around Us.
Presentation is everything, for selling, image, or a person’s own self esteem. The forms of presentation for decorative and fine...
Palm Beach Jewelry, Art and Antiques Show; Some Observations
Glitz, high prices, but where’s the (decorative arts) beef? The Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antiques Show over President’s Day...