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January 9: The most famous image of Edgar Allan Poe was a daguerreotyp
The most famous image of Edgar Allan Poe was a daguerreotype taken in 1848 shortly before his death. The daguerreotype was a positive-only process allowing no reproduction of the picture. The development of the image was effected by placing the exposed plate over a slightly heated about 75C. cup of mercury.Jan 09 2005 9:48 GMT

The use of RSS (Real Simple Syndication) Feed in Fine Arts and Artists
I decided to use the RSS (real simple syndication) Feed to promote and divulge my Fine Arts and Antiques articles from my site: Fine Arts and Antiques San Cristobal http://www.vialin.com/ like a source medium. Anyone can read my news or plug the .xml source file into their pages, and every time that I update... Jul 23 2004 01:45 GMT

Antique Price Guides. First lets talk about how price guides come up w
There are three ways prices get into guide books: Prices are taken from auction results. Guide prices are observed at shows, stores, and within advertisements. Prices are gathered by surveying dealers. Most antiques price guides are compiled using a combination of the three methods listed above. Using a combination and averaging the results is the only way to get reliable information. http://vialin.com Daily Press. Sep 23 2004 02:14 GMT

October 29: Would you like to take a free live art lesson with a profe
You can now learn how to paint beautiful art online with a professional artist and instructor right from your desktop October 29 2005 14:15 GMT