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The Trash Museum of NYC

It may be hard to find a more perfect embodiment of the axiom “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure” than New York City sanitation worker Nelson Molina’s collection. Tucked in the far corner of an otherwise elegant neighborhood, on 99th Street between First and Second Avenues, lives one of the Sanitation Department’s garages. Dark and […]

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"Absolutely Nobody" Discovers Ceramics

Reported by Eve M. Kahn in the New York Times, hundreds of unmarked 19th century French vases have been attributed to the master maker Haviland thanks to the incredible sleuthing of married couple, Robert F. Doares Jr. and Barbara Myers. With no institutional funding and no formal arts training, the couple follow the call of […]

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The Art of the Olympics: Let the Games Begin

Today, the Olympic Games is the foremost sports competition in the world with representatives of over 200 countries vying for the glory of their nations but the origins of the tournament belong to the realm of the spiritual. Founded in 776 B.C. on the ancient plains of holy Olympia, the Games were closely linked to […]

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How 2013 Gift Tax Changes Affect Collectors

On January 1, 2013, the lifetime gift tax exemption is scheduled to drop from $5 million to $1 million leaving both collectors and appraisers scrabbling to figure out how to pass on as much tax-free wealth to heirs as possible within a quickly shrinking window. Learn how you can most effectively gift a collection in […]

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