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Word: whatness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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The average buyer today is fairly young, probably in his 40s, and well-to-do. "Along with old money and society," says Atlanta Auctioneer David Ramos, "the young guy who scored in real estate is becoming an increasing part of our clientele. Also there are successful young lawyers who are...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going... Going... Gone! | 12/31/1979 | See Source »

An important auction combines the tension of an operatic first night with the ambience of a celebrity party. A top auctioneer has the talents of a croupier, a fight promoter and a matinee idol. As SPB President John Marion, who has wielded the gavel for 18 years, said to TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going... Going... Gone! | 12/31/1979 | See Source »

English auction firms are particularly renowned for their well-connected staffers' ability to sniff out what they delicately call "aristocratic sales of necessity" (translation: the duke needs cash). Even the sophisticated rich often have unexpected treasures on their premises. Before sitting down to lunch at their country estate with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going... Going... Gone! | 12/31/1979 | See Source »

The Happy Investors For Atlanta's Noel and Kathy Wadsworth, investing in art is a full-time occupation. Last April, Wadsworth, 43, sold his thriving 20-year-old carpet plant in Dalton, Ga., in order to concentrate on what had been the couple's consuming interest: collecting French...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: The Collectors: Three Vignettes | 12/31/1979 | See Source »

But what, exactly, does it mean? On the most obvious level, it means what everyone knows: that money is losing value. But it also means that we are in the grip of a wave similar to what, in 17th century Holland, was known as the Tulip Mania. The tulip was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Confusing Art with Bullion | 12/31/1979 | See Source »

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