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MAAM announces 2023 Annual Meeting Award Winners

The Mid-Atlantic Museum Association

Wilmington, DE – The Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums (MAAM) is pleased to announce the 2023 award recipients, honoring excellence in the museum field. The award ceremony will take place as part of the Association’s upcoming Annual Meeting at the Hotel DuPont in Wilmington, DE from October 10-12, 2023.

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eBay Leads in Secondhand Luxury Fashion Sales

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One such effort was in September 2023 , when the platform partnered with Linda’s Stuff , an authentication and consignment business founded by Linda Lightman, an eBay reseller for over twenty years. An authenticator service is attractive to buyers, as it adds a layer of safety and confidence to the process.

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Seeking Valuable Carnival Glass? Look For Pieces by These Four Companies

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DUGAN/DIAMOND The top-selling Dugan piece since 2020 is this Four Flowers purple chop plate `that sold for $37,500 in 2023. The Top 5 Dugan/Diamond pieces sold since 2020: Four Flowers purple chop plate , $37,500, 2023. Goddess of the Harvest amethyst bowl , $10,000, 2023. Big Fish marigold whimsy bowl , $32,000, 2023.

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WorthPoint Indices: Hockey Cards

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to Bedford’s 2023-2024 O-Pee-Chee card, which brought a cool $16,620 in May 2024. In a four-month period—July through October 2023—three months had auction sales below $400,000. This amount is small compared to May 2023, when sales exceeded the million-dollar mark. Upper Deck’s SP Authentic sets feature hand-signed cards.

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Introducing: Signature Art Research

What Is It Worth?

At Mearto, we’ve offered art authentication research to go alongside our quick and affordable online appraisal service since 2020. who said: The authentication report we received from Mearto was very well researched and written, as well as detailed and comprehensive. I’m very happy with my results. and Gabino V.,

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Great Discoveries: Amber Nugget Used as Doorstop, Valued at Over $1 Million

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They verified the stone’s authenticity and estimated it could be between 38.5 This Baltic amber nugget weighing 274 grams sold for $500 in 2023. After examining the rock closely and believing it could be a semi-precious stone, this individual sold it to the Romanian state, which classified the rock as a national treasure.

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WorthPoint Indices: Broadway Posters

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Still, some reliable key factors can help, including the play itself and its relevance in cultural history, the design, authenticity, and condition. Though prices then dropped by 22 percent in 2023, despite an 11.3 Assessing and determining the value of Broadway posters can be challenging because of their subjective nature.