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South Dakota Sales Tax May Be Levied On Collectible Coins

Posted by admin on August 25th, 2011

South Dakota Sales Tax May Be Levied On Collectible Coins

Collectible coins and bullion would become subject to sales tax in South Dakota and the tax rate would increase for boats longer than 12 feet, according to recommendations by the Legislature’s sales tax review panel.

According to the state Revenue Department’s estimates, the suggested changes would not raise much in additional revenue for state government’s treasury.

From Aberdeennews.com:

Rep. Mark Willadsen, R-Sioux Falls, agreed to carry the legislation to eliminate the sales-tax exemption for coins and bullion. The repeal will generate about $32,000 annually, based on collections prior to the exemption’s passage in 2007, Revenue’s Jan Talley said.

The sponsor of the coin and bullion exemption was the late former Rep. Gordon Pederson, R-Wall, whose funeral is Thursday.

The vote was 8-7 today in favor of seeking the repeal. Several legislators declined to vote for recommending repeal because of the timing.

“I’d hate to walk by and have him sit up in the casket,” Rep. Mike Verchio, R-Hill City, said.

The vote was 11-4 to recommend changing the tax rate on purchases of boats longer than 12 feet. The current excise tax is 3 percent. The panel’s proposal is to repeal the excise tax and levy the standard state sales tax of 4 percent.

Sen. Tom Hansen, R-Huron, volunteered to carry the boat-tax legislation. Making the vote easier for some panel members was the knowledge that shorter boats already are subject to the 4 percent tax rate.

The full Legislature will be asked to consider proposals of the panel during the 2012 regular session that opens in January.

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Kate Middleton’s childhood home for Sale

Posted by admin on April 6th, 2011

If you have been recently into putting your hands on the official Royal Wedding memorabilia and still have a hundred thousand pounds to spare, you just have a chance to get the big slice.

Kate Middleton's childhood home for Sale

The childhood home of Kate Middleton, the semi-detached Victorian villa in the Berkshire village of Bradfield Southend, is on the market for £460,000 and will be sold at auction in June.

From Dailymail.co.uk:

Miss Middleton’s parents, Michael and Carole, bought the four-bedroom house for £34,700 in 1979 when they were both working for British Airways.

The future queen was born in 1982 and lived in the house, named West View, until she was 13 when the house was sold for £158,000.

The Middletons set up their partywear business in 1987 and the money it generated eventually led to the family selling up and moving to a bigger home in 1995.

The auction will be held just weeks after its former resident marries Prince William.

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Keller collection of US colonials leads auction

Posted by admin on October 21st, 2010

Keller collection of US colonials leads auctionThe W. Philip Keller Collection of U.S. Colonials, considered to be one of the most comprehensive collections of colonial and early American coins ever to reach public auction, is the main highlight of the upcoming Heritage Auctions Rare U.S. Coin auction, Oct. 28-31 in conjunction with COINFEST in Stamford, Connecticut.

Mr. Keller was an avid collector of rare antiques and collectibles and kept his collections in a bank vault. After his death last year, his family was surprised to the depth and value of his possessions.

From Worldcollectorsnet.com:

“This is Heritage’s first official auction with Coinfest, and we couldn’t be more thrilled,” said Greg Rohan, President of Heritage. “Fittingly enough, our debut at this New England venue is filled with a variety of colonial and early American coins, including dozens of different Connecticut coppers struck shortly after independence.”

One of those Connecticut coppers is a 1785 African Head Connecticut copper, the extremely rare Miller 4.2-F.6 variety, graded VF30 by NGC. It is estimated at $40,000+, but could go significantly higher.

“There are two varieties of the African Head Connecticut copper, one relatively common, the other extremely rare,” said Rohan. “This piece is one of the rare variety, one of just two or three known. Its appearance at COINFEST is truly a once-in-a-generation opportunity. Keller bought most of his collection from leading dealers and auctioneers in the 1950s and 1960s, and this African Head copper has been in Keller’s collection, and thus off the market, since 1966.”

Another anchor consignment of the auction is The Diotte Collection, which spans U.S. Mint history from some of the earliest issues to noted modern rarities. Its chief highlight is a 1797 half dollar, O-102 variety, graded Fine Details by NCS. It is estimated at $50,000+.

“The half dollars of 1796-1797 are among the most prized U.S. type coins regardless of grade,” said Rohan. “Just four varieties were struck between the two years, all of them are very scarce to very rare, and the 1797 O-102 variety is the most elusive of them all.”

In addition to colonials, pattern coinage is among the strengths of this auction. In a relatively small but impressive selection, the most prominent piece is an 1879 “Washlady” dollar struck in silver, Judd-1603 variety, graded PR66+ by NGC. It is estimated at $50,000+.

The auction will also see a more conventional mirrored proof in the offering that is a 1904 double eagle graded PR65 Cameo by PCGS.

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Exhibition at Irish Museum of Modern Art

Posted by admin on July 24th, 2010

Exhibition at Irish Museum of Modern Art
A unique exhibition aimed to stimulate visual arts by people with disabilities was open to the public at the Irish Museum of Modern Art on Thursday 17 June 2010.

This exhibition had works from the collections of South Tipperary County Council, Mayo County Council, and the Irish Museum of Modern Art.

From Artdaily.com:

The idea that a visual art exhibition should be accessible to all is not a new one, most museums and galleries have an access programme that enables people with disabilities to experience art works. However, the idea of selecting an entire exhibition with an emphasis on accessibility in a multi-dimensional way is relatively new in Ireland. The exhibition aims to enhance people’s engagement with the works through the tactility of relief models, by listening to the audio and artist’s descriptions and by viewing the sign language interpretation by Amanda Coogan.

Altered Images works on many levels. The selected works all make reference to classical or art historical sources either in the method of depiction or their subject matter. While each of the partner organisations has very different Collections in terms of capacity and the period of time they have been collecting, it was agreed at the outset that each would be represented equally. Each art work is accompanied by a multi-sensory display in order to provide meaningful access. In addition, an audio CD and Braille documentation of the large-print exhibition catalogue are available on request. Sign language tours are available by arrangement and an accessible website for the project can be found at www.alteredimages.ie

Altered images will continue at IIMA till 15 August 2010 and admission is free.

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Baltimore Museum of Art to be renovated

Posted by admin on June 22nd, 2010

Baltimore Museum of Art to be renovated
The Baltimore Museum of Art has announced a renovation project costing $24 million thanks to a $10 million multi-year commitment from the State of Maryland.

The renovation project will be focused upon improving amenities to visitors, upgrading essential infrastructure, and renovating galleries for three major art collections—Contemporary, American, and African.

From Artdaily.org:

“This is an exciting time at BMA and our sincere hope is that BMA Members and other loyal friends will join us in this extraordinary campaign to ensure that, on our 100th anniversary, this great Museum continues to welcome and inspire,” said Campaign Co-Chair Sandra Levi Gerstung.

“We will use new curatorial research and fresh educational perspectives, thoughtful design, and innovative technology to re-enliven the BMA’s distinguished collections of Contemporary, American, and African art ,” said BMA Director Doreen Bolger. “I can think of no better way to celebrate the beginning of the Museum’s second 100 years.”

This means that admirers of art will now have endless reasons to visit the Baltimore Museum of Art.

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Best Quotes on Antiques and Collectibles

Posted by admin on June 1st, 2010

Best Quotes on <b>Antiques and Collectibles</b>\If you are looking for the best quotes on antiques and collectibles, this blog will be useful to you in more than just a way. The blog will help you “come closer” to the world of antiques and collections in no time.

Fine art, that exists for itself alone, is art in a final state of impotence. If nobody, including the artist, acknowledges art as a means of knowing the world, then art is relegated to a kind of rumpus room of the mind and the irresponsibility of the artist and the irrelevance of art to actual living becomes part and parcel of the practice of art. - Angela Carter

Not even the visionary or mystical experience ever lasts very long. It is for art to capture that experience, to offer it to, in the case of literature, its readers; to be, for a secular, materialist culture, some sort of replacement for what the love of god offers in the world of faith. - Salman Rushdie

The artistic temperament is a disease that affects amateurs. Artists of a large and wholesome vitality get rid of their art easily, as they breathe easily or perspire easily. But in artists of less force, the thing becomes a pressure, and produces a definite pain, which is called the artistic temperament. – Gilbert K. Chesterton

There is no true expertise in the humanities without knowing all of the humanities. Art is a vast, ancient interconnected web-work, a fabricated tradition. Over-concentration on any one point is a distortion. – Camille Paglia

In other countries, art and literature are left to a lot of shabby bums living in attics and feeding on booze and spaghetti, but in America the successful writer or picture-painter is indistinguishable from any other decent businessman. – Sinclair Lewis

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150th Anniversary for Oxford University Museum of Natural History

Posted by admin on May 21st, 2010

150th Anniversary for Oxford University Museum of Natural HistoryThe Oxford University Museum of Natural History, which has played an important role in developing science and culture, is celebrating its 150th anniversary.

Founded in 1860 and featuring internationally important entomological, geological, mineralogical and zoological collections, this University Museum has been instrumental to say the least in transforming ways in which its collections are presented.

From Artdaily.org:

OXFORD.- Highlights of the year-long programme of special events include the first exhibition in the west of the extraordinary 525 million year old Chengjiang fossils from China (17 May – 14 November 2010) a high profile lecture series with speakers including Sir David Attenborough on Birds of Paradise (20 October 2010) and mathematician Marcus du Sautoy on Symmetry (27 October 2010), a one-woman show and exhibition to mark the centenary of Oxford Nobel prize-winner Dorothy Hodgkin (10 May 2010), and a Son et Lumiere and Pitt Rivers Museum Torchlight Trail (28 May 2010). There will be a number of special exhibitions including the Wonderland of Natural History 1860-2010 about the development of the museum’s remarkable building (26 May – 31 December 2010) and a Huxley Wilberforce Debate (11 September 2010).

From the outset the Oxford University Museum of Natural History has played an important role in the development of science and culture. It was in the museum in 1860 that the celebrated debate on Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species took place between the Bishop of Oxford, Samuel Wilberforce and Thomas Henry Huxley. It is also where Nobel Laureate Dorothy Hodgkin worked for many years.

At the core of the museum are internationally important entomological, geological, mineralogical and zoological collections, in all over 5.78 million specimens. They include the earliest surviving British natural history specimens, insects and other animals collected by Charles Darwin, the only surviving remains of the Dodo, the Tsetse Fly collected by David Livingstone, and the first scientifically described remains of dinosaurs. The Museum itself is a Grade 1 listed building, renowned for its spectacular neo-Gothic architecture.

Director of the Museum, Professor Jim Kennedy, remarked that the Oxford University Museum of Natural History is one of the most visited places in Oxford.

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Inspiration easy in world of Antiques and Collectibles

Posted by admin on May 7th, 2010

Inspiration easy in world of <b>Antiques and Collectibles</b>\When it comes to staying close to collections, inspiration comes easy in the world of antiques and collectibles. This blog, a compilation of interesting quotations will definitely see you in smiles.

Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse. - Francis Bacon

I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way – things I had no words for. – Georgia O’Keeffe

Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad. – Salvador Dali

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. – Henry Ward Beecher

Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression. – Isaac Bashevis Singer

Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in. – Amy Lowell

Every other artist begins with a blank canvas, a piece of paper the photographer begins with the finished product. – Edward Steichen

Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time. – Jean Cocteau

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known. – Oscar Wilde

I’ve been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details for any artist to be good. – Barbra Streisand

Every time a student walks past a really urgent, expressive piece of architecture that belongs to his college, it can help reassure him that he does have that mind, does have that soul. – Louis Kahn

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Barbie Collectible – A Fashion Doll Collectible

Posted by admin on April 21st, 2010

Barbie Collectible - A Fashion Doll CollectibleIf you wanted to bring a Barbie collectible then this piece of information would be more than useful. Read on!

Barbie collections have impressed one and all, especially the fairer sex. Barbie is still the most popular fashion doll ever since it was created fifty years back by businesswoman Ruth Handler, who named the doll after her daughter, Barbara Millicent Roberts.

In easy words, Barbie can be described as a reflection of the history of fashion ever since the start of her journey in the market of dolls.

Barbie has a universal appeal and collectors of all ages enjoy time spent on playing with it and admiring memories associated with their dolls. Barbie has managed to keep up with the past as well as the current trends, as she has undergone a lot of changes in hairstyles, makeup, and clothing over the years.

Barbie was first seen in her trademark black and white striped swimsuit and swirled ponytail. Barbie as a teenage fashion doll set her own style and fashion statement. She was recognized as a trendsetter on the style and sophistication of the decade in the 1960s. After structural changes done in 1970 she can bend wrists, elbows, and ankles which allowed her participate in activities like gymnastics and ballet. Fan following of Barbie goes beyond the young minds she began attracting adult women in 1980 and inspires the Barbie collecting hobby. Barbie became so famous that world’s most well-known designers in 1990’s including Bob Mackie, Nolan Miller, Vera Wang, and Christian Dior created fashion accessories for it.

Barbie, earlier known merely as a fashion doll, has now changed herself into best friend of every girl in the world with a unique gift to inspire self-esteem, confidante, and glamour to all who love her. And she continues to preserve her audience from five decades with her appeal.

Select your favorite Barbie collectibles from the endless collection options on the web and find one reason to be happy.

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Antique Quotations for True Admirers

Posted by admin on April 12th, 2010

Antique Quotations for True AdmirersIf you are an admirer of antiques and collectibles and cannot put your eyes off these collections then this blog, a compilation of antique quotations for true admirers, is just meant for you.

Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old, but of the natural. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Even if you have $20,000 to buy an item, you still try to get a good price at antique stores. I collect furniture, rugs, paintings, frames. It’s my hobby to go around to shops and markets. – Ursula Andress

“It is an unscrupulous intellect that does not pay to antiquity its due reverence.” – Desiderius Erasmus

“O good old man, how well in thee appears The constant service of the antique world, When service sweat for duty, not for meed! Thou art not for the fashion of these times, When none will sweat but for promotion” – William Shakespeare

“They value themselves much upon their antiquity: The ancient race of their houses, and families, and the like; and above all, upon their ancient heroes: their King Caractacus Owen ap Tudor, Prince Lewellin, and the like noblemen and princes of Britis” – Daniel Defoe

“I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.” – Billy Joel

“There is nothing new, but what has become antiquated.” – French Proverb

“When antiques started to decline, I shifted more of my square footage over to new furniture and decor, … The antique mall is now 30 percent of the square footage where at one point it was 100 percent.” – Carol Cunningham

“If we use the old antiquated systems we’ve got now, a Mars landing won’t happen in my lifetime.” - Gordon Cooper

“Antiquity is full of eulogies of another more remote antiquity” – Voltaire

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