Archive for the 'Maine Antiques Digest' Category
It Can’t be True, Disclosure?
Thursday, October 25th, 2012I guess if you live long enough perhaps you will think the impossible can really happen. Is the mighty shield of auction secrecy about to be broken; perhaps. It boggles my mind trying to comprehend the recent opinion of the New York State Supreme Court’s Appellate Division rendering the legal need for an auctioneer to [...]
The First Place to Go For Industry Change
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010Sometime you have to look at the gift horse and wonder why and where did you come from? For the art and antiques trade, the recently passed American financial reform legislation has many intriguing possibilities. By creating the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the legislation would allow this government sanctioned agency to oversee some of the [...]
Antitrust and the Art and Antiques Industry
Saturday, June 28th, 2008I just had a letter to the editor of The Maine Antiques Digest published in the July 2008 issue. I took exception to the position of the author of a monthly column on Auction Law as it related to bid rigging and antitrust. It’s a topic I hope to discuss in future blogs. Letter to [...]
Antiques Shows, Not Attracting the Young
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008I generally like reading the Maine Antiques Digest and its editorials, letters to the Editor, and general interest news on the trade. The paper’s (6/2008) editorial expressed the antiques industry’s need for vibrant shows to attract customers to spend their money. But discounting tickets or free admission into these events will not entice buyers. Antique [...]
Now A Second Auctioneer Gets It
Thursday, November 29th, 2007What is going on here? A second auctioneer recently announced a change of practice in their method of auctioning to the public. As related in an editorial in the Maine Antiques Digest, James Halperin, co-chairman of Dallas based Heritage Auction Galleries, stated in a letter to the Wall Street Journal that Heritage now discloses the [...]
Buyer’s Premium-Deception Justified?
Wednesday, February 28th, 2007February 27,2007 (Following is a letter I sent to the publisher of the Maine Antiques Digest and Steve Proffitt who writes a monthly column titled “Auction Law and Ethics”. He raised several issues that I felt needed to be rebutted. See if you agree.) Mr. Proffitt, I follow your articles with great interest, as you [...]