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The Golden Age of Coin Collecting: Navigating the 2025 Precious Metals Market

Antique Appraisers Auctioneers

Gold Coin Appraisal Online: All That Glitters Not to be left behind, gold coin appraisals have also entered the digital age. If your coins or bullion come with documentation proving their ethical origins, you might just hit the numismatic lottery. Don’t overlook the value of certification and ethical sourcing documentation.

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Insights on Auction Sales: A Terracotta Sculpture, a Hobby Race Car Model

WorthPoint

Despite some age cracks and expertly blended touch-ups, the figure retained a strong presence and sold for $41,820—just ahead of a similar Robb piece that brought in slightly less. Given the scarcity of metal toys during World War II due to material rationing, this piece stood out as both a technical marvel and a historical artifact.

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Tempera Painting Through Time

Invaluable

In addition to writers like Pliny the Elder documenting the technique in his Natural History , surviving works from ancient Egypt and Rome showcase the technique in action. These figures were in part seeking to honor an age-old tradition while also capitalizing upon the power of the abundant color these paints could relay.

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Office Hours Information from March 2025

International Society of Appraisers

Replacement cost comparable is the cost necessary to replace an item of personal property with an equivalent item having similar appearance, quality, condition, age, authorship, and utility within a reasonable amount of time in the relevant marketplace. Note that the definition of replacement cost comparable mentions age.

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To help preserve her works, Cindy Sherman is offering to destroy and reprint old photographs

The Art Newspaper

The Cindy Sherman Legacy Project (CSLP), launching today (16 June), introduces a formal process for condition assessments and the controlled replacement of damaged prints, and will also host an online catalogue raisonné documenting her career.

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Gale Etschmaier Reflects on Her Wide-Ranging Career and the Profession

Association of Research Libraries

I took some time off because my children were very young, and I went back to GW in 1995 and managed document delivery and a fee-based service. Then at a later age, I went back to college for my doctorate in higher education management. I didn’t stay at the Virginia campus.

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Introducing Julia Day, the Frick’s new chief conservator

The Art Newspaper

And it’s dual purpose,” she adds, allowing for photo documentation in the same space. (Before, she recalls, she used to have to bring it over from the library conservation department.) “We We have a high-vent room,” she adds of the facility that allows for the spraying of lacquer and other coatings.

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