Word: dealers
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More delicate is the case of Michael Ripinsky, a Los Angeles art dealer, and a couple identified as Mr. and Mrs. Choi. The Chois went to Ripinsky, according to the IRS, because he advertised that his "tax-management, art-investment" firm could provide "taxfree capital gains through the donation of art to charitable organizations." The Chois paid Ripinsky $22,500-the dealer's own fee was $1,350-for a collection of ancient art. The collection consisted of an Egyptian funerary column, which was given to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and an Egyptian gold mask, plus...
...sell the new models, lacocca has greatly strengthened another weak link: Chrysler's dealer base. After losing about 1,000 outlets out of 4,800 during 1979 and 1980, he succeeded in signing up roughly 300 new showrooms last year alone. Equally important, more of the dealers are making a profit: 80% in 1982, in contrast to only...
...high as 150,000. That would be a good market and a profitable one, but not as strong as 20 years ago. Prospective convertible buyers, however, do not care about those boring statis tics. What they want is the wind in their hair once more. As for dealers, the most important thing about convertibles is their uplifting effect on sales. Says Ed Rikess, a Chevy dealer in St. Paul: "If we get people in to see it, we can move 50% of them into something else." -By John S. DeMott. Reported by Dorothy Ferenbaugh/New York and Paul A. Witteman/Detroit
...MOST STRIKING relationship and the one which forms the core of the novel is the one between Julien, a card player and roguish art dealer who hopes to sell a forged painting on the cruise, and Clarisse, a sullen and withdrawn heiress who is married to Eric, a radical publisher who takes her for granted and treats her like a child...
Contrary to the Administration's beliefs, there is very little risk involved. All Southwestern does is to provide the materials-the books-and to offer instruction on how to sell them. The rest is up to the individual. In addition, the company teaches each dealer how to manage his money and provides assistance on finding a place to live...