An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 43 November 26, 2018Clinton HowellThe politics of business often leaves one speechless, but clients are often pretty hard to understand as well. Dealers don't often talk about their clients, there is certainly a trust...
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 42 November 12, 2018Clinton HowellThe pleasure of being in an up market is contradicted by the difficulties of, at least in the case of English furniture dealers in the 1990's, finding quality goods to...
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 41 November 5, 2018Clinton HowellI had a lot of response to my last email about the political nature of the antiques trade. It hasn't gone away. I know that the rivalries (often quite petty)...
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 40 October 8, 2018Clinton HowellIt is hard to imagine that I have done forty of these mailers or blogs, but The Righteous Brothers got it right when they sang, "Time goes by so slowly,...
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 39 September 24, 2018Clinton HowellI have changed the format for this one newsletter in order to talk about what I consider to be one of the greatest art festivals on earth, i.e. Burning Man.
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 38 August 13, 2018Clinton HowellTo begin with, I want to say that I will be taking a break from these posts for about a month. I will be on the road and attending the Burning...
