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Latest ACAN News Posts
- Lotus of Austin Delivers First Evora in North America
The first Lotus Evora delivery in North America took place today at John Eagle European's Lotus of Austin when dealer principal Sonny Morgan handed Austin-area resident Bruce Rice the keys to a brand new 2010 Lotus Evora 2+2 sports car. Lotus of Austin will host a party to commemorate the first delivery tomorrow at 5 p.m. inside the dealership. Lotus of Austin offers the full range of Lotus sports cars, including the Evora, Elise and Exige.
- Relentlessly Upgrade
There are several common traits that are shared among the world's most successful collectors. One of them is the practice of continually and relentlessly upgrading the material in your collection. Upgrading gives you maximum results for minimal investment. Let me explain.
- Part 3 of the estate of Carl and Barbara Moulton will be sold on-site, Saturday, April 17, in Chesapeake, Va.
(CHESAPEAKE, Va.) - Part 3 of the estate of Carl and Barbara Moulton - comprising the couple's lovely home at 200 Tara Circle in Chesapeake, plus over 700 lots of antiques and collectibles - will be sold at the home itself in an on-site auction slated for Saturday, Apr. 17, at 9 a.m. The auction will be conducted by Tom's Auctions & Appraisals, based in Suffolk, Va.
- Jennifer Russell to Rejoin Metropolitan Museum As Associate Director for Exhibitions
(New York, March 10, 2010)-Thomas P. Campbell, Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, announced today that Jennifer Russell will return to the Museum as Associate Director for Exhibitions. She is currently Senior Deputy Director of Exhibitions, Collections, and Programs at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. She had worked at the Metropolitan Museum as Associate Director for Administration from 1993 to 1996, and will rejoin the Museum in her new role effective April 26. She was formally elected at the March 9 meeting of the Board of Trustees.
- Cutting-Edge International Bidding for Bloomsbury Auctions
This spring, Bloomsbury Auctions is launching an unprecedented three centre, simultaneous, international auction spanning London, Rome and New York. This carefully designed three session sale will run seamlessly from one city to the next. The Photographs sale on 19th May 2010 will be the first sale at Bloomsbury to implement this new strategy. It has been created in such a way so as to enable the three major centres, with their diverse tastes and unique markets, to broadcast a continuous sale across the three cities and two continents using an online, live-bidding platform which allows vendors and buyers to reach the broadest possible audience while ensuring global-reaching competition for the sale.