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Christie’s, My New Best Friend
Just as business started to improve, one my two old nemeses, Christie’s, threw a softball to every decorative arts dealer...
BADA for the 21st Century, Prospects For A Future?
Michael Cohen, the new chairman of BADA has written a ringing challenge in the “Back Page” of the Antiques Trade...
Sotheby’s Contagion Now Spreading to Ebay
On July 14th the front page of the New York Times ran a major article concerning the new relationship being...
Humira, the Arthritis Drug for Antiques
While watching the news on TV it seems that most of the commercials cater to drug oriented products, be it...
The Spring Masters Show in NYC, Done Differently
I started blogging about this industry back in 2007 when I discovered Clinton Howell commentaries and his participation at shows....
The State of the Decorative Arts Market, Never Better
After a solid 15 years of ho-hum at best business, the decorative arts are finally reaching a critical state, with...
Holding Physical Inventory, a Value Added
I guess if you live long enough you can discover anything is possible. Thank you Goldman Sachs and friends; you...
Free Admission to Galleries and Auctions, Why not Fairs
There is reluctance in the Trade, about being able to attract new and especially younger people as to what we...
My Bully Pulpit For Regulation; AAD
The AAD (art-antiques-design.com) website has quite frankly, been publishing some of my “old blogs”, which somehow I find really refreshing....