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Show Notes: Rago/ Wright Merger

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Interview with Richard Wright and David Rago about their Rago/Wright merger, how it is expanding business and their perspectives on material they handle, such as buying, selling and collecting in the current market. Check out the websites:

https://www.ragoarts.com/

https://www.wright20.com/

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  1. Richard Wright & David Rago

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Host Martin Willis (19s):

Hello everyone and welcome to the antique auction Forum. We have two great guests. They vote then past guests on the show Richard Wright and David Reagan. And we are going to talk today about their merger that they’re doing pretty excited to speak about that. Welcome to the show guys. Thank you for having us and you we are right now you are down in Lambertville, right? And then at the Lambertville office the auction gallery there in the heart of New Jersey.

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189. Richard Wright & David Rago

189. Richard Wright & David Rago

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Interview with Richard Wright and David Rago about their Rago/Wright merger, how it is expanding business and their perspectives on material they handle, such as buying, selling and collecting in the current market. Check out the websites:

https://www.ragoarts.com/

https://www.wright20.com/

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A Simple Phrase from Abraham Lincoln’s Last Hours

A Simple Phrase from Abraham Lincoln’s Last Hours

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An auctioneer’s story, by Martin Willis

Back in early 2001, on a bright sunny day I met an auction goer and former consignor at a bank in Durham, New Hampshire. She said she had something important in her safety deposit box that she wanted me to sell at auction. The bank was a beautiful brick Georgian style building perched above the Oyster River. We went into a private room with frosted glass windows, she opened the box, took out a folded document, and handed it to me. I carefully unfolded it saw it was an official New Hampshire 1865 petition and read the following simple phrase on the side of the document: “April 14, 1865, To Edwin M. Stanton, Hon. Secretary of War, please see and hear Hon. Mr. Rollins, & oblige him if you consistently can.  A. LINCOLN” Read more →

188. Jim Craig on Carver, John H. Bellamy

188. Jim Craig on Carver, John H. Bellamy

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Author, Jim Craig joins us for a fascinating interview on the finest American eagle carver of all time, John Haley Bellamy.  Check out the  Facebook Page.

186. Jim “Griff” Griffith, eBay Today

186. Jim “Griff” Griffith, eBay Today

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A delightful conversation with Jim “Griff'” Griffith on eBay today, trends, added enhancements and the changes that social media bring to the platform. Starting with one person in a condo in 1995, growing to a global market of buyers and sellers worldwide with over 1 billion items offered at any given time.

eBay’s Dean of Education, Griff is an eBay seller coach, instructor, mentor and advocate with the eBay North America Marketplaces Team. In addition, he’s the author of The Official eBay Bible, the authoritative eBay guide for the beginning bidder, seller, and professional entrepreneur as well as host of eBay Radio. For more information, join our eBay Radio Group: http://www.ebayradio.com

185. Dr. Anne Laure Bandle

185. Dr. Anne Laure Bandle

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Anne Laure Bandle joins us from Geneva and discusses the fascinating topic of her 2016 book: The Sale of Misattributed Artworks and Antiques at Auction  Some amazing cases of sleepers, jackpots and the legality of it all. Dr. Anne Laure Bandle is an attorney-at-law at the lawfim Borel & Barbey in Geneva where she advises clients in matters related to works of art, copyright, contracts, estate planning, foundations and trusts.  Anne Laure Bandle website: https://www.artsandlaw.ch/