Lovers of antiques will adore ‘Artistic Luxury’ – Detroit News
December 31st, 2008Looking for a break from the holiday craziness? Longing for a little antiques-related road trip? There are still a few weeks left in Cleveland’s blockbuster exhibit, “Artistic Luxury: Faberge, Tiffany, Lalique,” on view through Jan. 18 at the Read More
A grand jury has indicted a 72-year-old Hudson woman on larceny and records falsification charges in connection with the alleged theft of $724,000 in cash and merchandise from her former employer. Joanne Shea is alleged to have stolen the money and Read More
While many local businesses struggle to keep their doors open in the midst of a sagging economy, one Silverton business owner recently expanded her downtown shop. Donna Snyder opened Mayberry’s antiques an extension of The Red Bench on N Read More
PETER Millin, well-known in Pietermaritzburg as a collector, antiques expert, letter writer to The Witness and once a reluctant politician, has died in the city at the age of 71. He suffered from diabetes for many years and had been ill for some time Read More
Born and educated in Brisbane, Geoff Shearer began his journalism career with Quest newspapers in the mid-80s after graduating from QUT in 1985. After a two-year sabbatical running an antiques business in Brisbane in the mid-90s, he returned to Read More
Another building in downtown Jamestown has been rehabbed ready to last a second century, said its owner, Dwaine Heinrich, and where he can, he s preserving pieces of its history. Unlike its nearest neighbor, the 1884 C & W building on First Avenue Read More
Touring the grand old houses of the South, one expects to be transported to more gracious, less complicated times, with a caveat: Surely an exploration of Charleston, S.C., followed by a visit to Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello in Charlottesville, Va Read More
Pina Perez is bored again. She retired to the Rio Grande Valley two years ago. But after a year of retired life, she was bored, frustrated and itching just for something to do. She sought relief for that itch by becoming part-owner of Georgia’s Read More