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Insider guide to the antiques trade
How To Deal in Antiques, by TV and radio antiques expert Fiona Shoop, is now in its fourth edition. In this simple, step-by-step guide, Fiona explains how to save money when buying antiques and how to make a profit when you sell. She introduces different types of dealing, from fairs to the Internet. If you love antiques and enjoy buying and selling them as a profitable career or hobby, you’ll need to know exactly what you’re doing to maximise ... [more]
March 13-20, 2010 (Inside Bay Area)
SATURDAY, March 13Midnight(DIY) Yard Crashers — Turning a small and odd-shaped yard into a griller's paradise with a barbecue island complete with built-in seating.
Wolff's Flea Market extends Palatine lease (Daily Herald)
The crafts, clothing and collectibles that have made Wolff's Flea Market a popular destination for bargain hunters in recent months won't leave Palatine anytime soon.
Venturing out on their own (Southwest Journal)
The Southwest Journal will be tracking 10 business startups throughout the year. For this first report in the ongoing series, Journal reporters have checked in with the entrepreneurs to get their economic outlook for 2010. (Note: We’ve included startups that have launched within the past year.)
Exploring Collectibles (BellaOnline)
Collectibles are a complex investment. Whether one is merely collecting for personal enjoyment or the potential of future profit, there are several key considerations.
Batman Takes on Superman (Khaleej Times)
A 1939 comic with the first-ever appearance of masked crime fighter Batman sold at an auction in Dallas on February 25, for a record $1.075 million, said Heritage Auction Galleries. Three days earlier, a buyer paid $1 million for Superman’s world debut in Action Comics #1, more than tripling the previous comic book sales record set last year.
New Gold ETF Prospectus Reveals Exciting Feature (Seeking Alpha via Yahoo! Finance)
Michael Johnston submits: Toronto-based Sprott Asset Management , a newcomer to the U.S. ETF industry, became the latest issuer to introduce a physically-backed gold ETF last week, debuting the Sprott Physical Gold Trust on Friday. The new fund “was created to invest and hold substantially all of its assets in physical gold bullion” and will compete directly with several existing physically ...
How Investment Helped the Art Market Weather the World Economic Crisis (Art Daily)
Sonia Delaunay (Ukraine 1885 - Paris 1979), "Scène d'intérieur", 1922. Gouache, signed and dated lower right, 25 x 26 cm. HELVOIRT.-
Tom Noe: Contrite, to a point (The Columbus Dispatch)
“God has a plan for me, and what I’m going to do (is) I’m going to make the best of my time in Hocking,” said Noe, dressed in prison blues and white tennis shoes.
Feb. 27-March 6, 2010 (Inside Bay Area)
SATURDAY, Feb. 27Midnight(HGTV) House Hunters 9926805 (CC)(DIY) Ask This Old House — New pendant lighting brightens a kitchen; succulent plants. 2863534 (CC)12:30 a.
A paint job that works better, longer (The Record and Herald News)
This month’s experts are Karen Topjian, ASID, MCM Designs, Englewood and Dorothy Bocchino, DBK Interiors, Washington Township. Both are members of the New Jersey Chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID).
