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ANTIQUE SILVER. Sterling Silver, Antique to Modern: December 2010
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ANTIQUE SILVER. Sterling Silver, Antique to Modern. Thursday, December 23, 2010. New British Law Banning Finders Fees/ Commisions. New British Law May Make Finder's Fees Risky. Art lawyer Pierre Valentin of legal firm Withers warns that the widespread practice of paying finders’ fees to individuals who bring in new business could constitute bribery under the new act. The new law has a wide territorial scope. If the representative of a British firm commits an act abroad which would amount to bribery i...
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The Case of the Missing Locks. July 2, 2014. A little while ago, I was browsing an auction catalog when I came across an absolutely gorgeous tiger maple chest-on-chest. If you aren’t familiar with this form, it’s a very tall chest of drawers consisting of an upper case and lower case. In the 18. Century, the English held fast to this stately form while the Americans were busy going nuts for the elegant and elevated alternative, the highboy. I happily drove up to the auction house anyway. Next, I started ...
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“B” is for Bureaucracy. And British Silver.
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8220;B” is for Bureaucracy. And British Silver. March 17, 2014. Sometimes, a little bureaucracy can be a great thing. For collectors of antique British silver, that is. Remember in elementary school where they taught us to write a story by defining who, what, when, where, and why? Hallmarks on the underside of a ladle. Century, a system of four to five marks was in use:. Shows the piece was tested to meet the sterling standard of 92.5% pure silver. The mark is usually a lion passant (a lion facin...Is a ...
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The Case of the Missing Locks. July 2, 2014. A little while ago, I was browsing an auction catalog when I came across an absolutely gorgeous tiger maple chest-on-chest. If you aren’t familiar with this form, it’s a very tall chest of drawers consisting of an upper case and lower case. In the 18. Century, the English held fast to this stately form while the Americans were busy going nuts for the elegant and elevated alternative, the highboy. I happily drove up to the auction house anyway. Next, I started ...
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you are my sunshine: April 2010
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You are my sunshine. Wednesday, April 21, 2010. When is a Man Old? I dread to come to the end of the year,said a friend to me recently, "it makes me realize I am growing old.”. William James, the great psychologist, said that most men are "old fogies at twenty-five",He was right. Most men at twenty-five are satisfied with their jobs. They have accumulated the little stock of prejudices that they call their "Principles, " and closed their minds to all new ideas; they have ceased to grow. Compared with the...
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Co je to stříbro? Stříbro jako drahý kov. Zajímavé odkazy o stříbře. Stříbro v zahraničních encyklopediích. Stříbro na Dictionary.com. Databáze světových "silver marks". Fórum pro sběratele stříbrných předmětů. Powered by XRS engine.
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in the sky: May 2010
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Monday, May 10, 2010. Euro Package Leaves Governments Out of Ammunition: Matthew Lynn. Big problem, big number. The leaders of the euro-area countries have thrown 750 billion euros ($963 billion) at shoring up confidence in the single currency. But it doesn’t matter how many zeros you put on the end of a bad idea. It’s still a bad idea.In reality, you can’t stabilize a sinking ship. No IncentiveIf it got bailed out for behaving badly, why should any other government behave itself? Of course not. The ...
