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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

Almost Abstract Painting Style of Georgia O'Keeffe http://vialin.com P
Georgia O'Keefe, was born in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin on November 15, 1887. She studied painting at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students' League in New York City.Her landscapes and paintings of desert flowers, which are often interpreted as yonic symbols have taken on a visionary character. The style is -almost abstract- paintings of flowers, are world famous paintings.Nov 28 2004 11:42 GMT

December 19, 1974 The first personal computer, Altair 8800, went on sa
1974 - The first personal computer, Altair 8800, went on sale.The MITS Altair 8800 is a microcomputer design from 1975, based on the Intel 8080A CPU. Sold as a kit through Popular Electronics magazine, the designers intended to sell only a few hundred to hobbyists, and were surprised when they sold over ten times that many in the first month. Today the Altair is widely recognized as the spark that led to the personal computer revolution of the next few years: The computer bus designed for the Altair was to become a de facto standard in form of the S-100 bus, and the first programming language for the machine was Microsoft's founding product, Altair BASIC.Dec 19 2004 14:40 GMT

In its pure form, Glass is a transparent, relatively strong, hard-wear
These desirable properties lead to the very many uses of glass. Can be made in several layers, engraved, enameled, gilded, or painted. Alongside the preference for items decorated in the style of the High Renaissance, there emerged a demand for reproduction objects of other periods... Oct 09 2004 11:00 GMT

 

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