Augustus the Strong porcelain up for sale!

Last Updated on Friday, 28 October 2011 03:24 Written by a2e Friday, 28 October 2011 03:24

Judith emailed this blog entry through to me last night. Hopefully there will be some updates on how the tour is going soon (but porcelain takes precedence).
Canadian readers: remember to watch out for Judith on Breakfast Television Toronto this morning.
Now I’ll hand over to Judith:

I’ve always been fascinated by Augustus the Strong and his total passion and commitment to porcelain. I was therefore very excited to see that an incredibly rare and important garniture of five Meissen vases made for use by the Elector of Saxony and King of Poland in c1734 has come up for sale at Bonhams, N … Read this full article on the Miller’s Blog.
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This Blessed Plot, This Earth

Last Updated on Friday, 28 October 2011 03:24 Written by a2e Friday, 28 October 2011 03:24

I was very pleased to open a press release this morning for a new book by Paul Holberton publishing, “This Blessed Plot, This Earth…”: English Pottery Studies in Honour of Jonathan Horne.
Jonathan was a great friend. He was also one of the most generous and educated specialists I’ve ever met, and he clearly meant a lot to many others in the industry. This book, featuring contributions from specialists around the world, promises to be a ‘lasting tribute to [his] many services to English pottery, a subject to which his insight, warmth and scholarship has contribut … Read this full article on the Miller’s Blog.
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Last Updated on Friday, 28 October 2011 03:24 Written by a2e Friday, 28 October 2011 03:24

General Sale Auction, Wednesday 13th October 2011 at 10am. Viewing Tuesday 12th October 9-4.30pm and on the morning of sale To include quality secondhand pre and inter war furniture, white goods, lounge and bedroom items, dining room suites, boxes of china, metalwares, crystal glass, ex shop stock fashion footwear, cut glass, mirrors and pictures, leaf [...]
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Historically significant archive of Titanic material steams to $100,570 at Philip Weiss Auctions, Oct. 21-23

Last Updated on Friday, 28 October 2011 03:22 Written by a2e Friday, 28 October 2011 03:22

(OCEANSIDE, N.Y.) – A historically significant and museum-quality archive of material pertaining to the doomed ocean liner the HMS Titanic — consigned by direct descendants of a couple that were rescued when the ship went down the morning of April 15, 1912 — sold for a staggering $100,570 at a weekend estate sale conducted Oct. [...]
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Google in talks for rights to Miramax library

Last Updated on Wednesday, 24 November 2010 03:20 Written by External Post Wednesday, 24 November 2010 03:20

The deal would bring more premium content to YouTube as the company stuggles to get content on its GoogleTV. The NYPost is reporting this morning that Google (GOOG) is in a battle with Netflix to obtain the rights to the Miramax digital catalog.  Disney
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Rasmussen: Why I left Google for Facebook

Last Updated on Monday, 1 November 2010 07:41 Written by External Post Monday, 1 November 2010 07:41

In an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald, the co-developer of Google Maps and Google Wave, Lars Rasmussen, says that the social network is the place to be.
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Is Kleiner Perkins About to Announce a Facebook Fund?

Last Updated on Thursday, 21 October 2010 08:00 Written by External Post Thursday, 21 October 2010 08:00

Famous venture firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers will be holding a press conference tomorrow morning at Facebook headquarters, where partner John Doerr will supposedly discuss social web developments. Theres no official word on what Kleiner will
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Christie’s: Post War and Contemporary Morning Session

Last Updated on Wednesday, 20 October 2010 01:20 Written by a2e Wednesday, 20 October 2010 01:20

Post War and Contemporary Morning Session
Nov 11, 2010
Christie’s: New York, NY, US
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Twitter Closes Hole After Attack Hits Up To 500K Users

Last Updated on Wednesday, 22 September 2010 10:21 Written by External Post Wednesday, 22 September 2010 10:21

chicksdaddy writes “Twitter closed an ugly cross site scripting hole in its Web page Tuesday morning, but not until a fast moving attack, including at least two Twitter worms, compromised hundreds of thousands of user accounts. At its height, the attacks
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Google’s new Android apps: Voice actions, desktop sync

Last Updated on Friday, 13 August 2010 12:20 Written by External Post Friday, 13 August 2010 12:20

Google unveiled two new Android applications Thursday that let users dictate actions to their phones and link their phones with information from their desktop Chrome browser. The company held a press conference Thursday morning at its offices in San
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