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Such prices may scare away ordinary investors from even considering antiquities, which are defined as relics of ancient times that include coins, sculpture, tools, pottery and jewelry. among other objects. Can such objects even be a possibility for folks of much more modest means...
...good news is that it is possible for the individual investor to buy antiquities - and for a surprisingly moderate sum. According to John Ambrose, founder and director of Fragments of Time, a Boston-area antiquities dealer, they're within even a modest investor's reach. "For under $10,000 a year you could acquire two to four quality objects with good provenance that you could expect would not only hold their value but increase in value over time," he says. In the past, the increase was anywhere from 8 to 9% annually, but in recent years that figure has gone...
...founded in 2003 that encourages everyday Americans to share the stories of their lives. Isay has quite a story to tell himself. He's won a MacArthur "Genius" grant, a Guggenheim, five Peabody Awards, and a slew of other broadcasting awards, and has written four books. But he's modest when he talks about his listening project. Each StoryCorps conversation (between two family members or friends) at a StoryCorps location is recorded for free on an audio CD; a second copy is saved at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. These conversations can also be heard weekly...
...their quest to bring Asian American studies to Harvard, AAA’s current advocates are setting smaller goals. Their predecessors in the organization fought for a full concentration, but ended up with nothing, said Zen, the AAA’s education politics co-chair.They are now pushing for more modest results, although their ultimate goal is still the creation of Asian American studies as an independent program for undergraduates. The AAA is working with the East Asian studies program to create an Asian American studies track within the department’s secondary field. East Asian studies is supporting this...
...will squeeze this orange until the pips squeak.” TAKING OFF SOME ‘VARNISH’ Over in the basement of Z-Square—the makeshift Willey-Snow campaign “headquarters”—the gathering was modest and the beers were few. As nine o’clock approached, the conversation gradually shifted from the basketball game on the bar’s televisions—“The Celts are just so dominant this year,” Nicholas B. Snow ’09 continually marveled?...