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  • Britney Spears Crouch Potato
    By: Chuck S. White | - They say that the reason she ballooned to the point of being the butt (no pun intended) of jokes is that Britney Spears is a couch potato. But what does that even mean, a couch potato?

    Well, the main issue is sitting around all day and not doing much of anything. You see, the issue really has to do with our metabolism. For thousands of years, human beings pretty much did things the same way. We had to work hard for a living. I mean, we had to go to work in the fields and plow, and ...

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  • Embrace The Celebrity Within: Why Everyone Has A Little Celebrity In Them - And What To Do About It
    By: Marsha Friedman | - Everyone is a celebrity at something, and by "celebrity" I'm not talking about movie stars, professional athletes or those overnight sensations that are here today, on the cover of People tomorrow and gone by Friday.

    True celebrities are experts. In a lot of cases they're experts at acting, putting a ball in a hoop or looking sexy in next to nothing. But believe it or not, most celebrities these days - the ones that keep auditoriums and hotel conference rooms and even bookstore sh ...

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  • Handmade Furniture Yields Quality Construction And Lasts For Generations
    By: Oliver Feakins | - A man's -- and woman's -- home is his castle and any king should furnish his abode in the finest furniture available.Handmade wood furniture is crafted with care and detail. It will last longer than mass-manufactured furniture and looks a lot better. Yes, it more than likely will cost more, but the cost over a longer lifetime of each piece will pay for the extra cost many times over.

    In addition, you can customize hand made furniture to your exact needs and tastes. Do you prefer a ...

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  • Robert Gillow And Lancashire Buck The North South Antiques Divide
    By: Christian Davies | - Lancashire does not always generally come to the mind as a centre for cultural and artistic excellence when compared to other areas of the UK. However, in the antiques world, Lancaster in particular has been heralded as an antique furniture hot spot where the north south divide between London and the rest of the country has had little effect. This may have something to do with the well known provincial furniture maker, Robert Gillow, who worked out of Lancaster in the 18th century.

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  • Why Is Britney Spears Called A Couch Potato?
    By: Richard Cunningham | - They say that the reason she ballooned to the point of being the butt (no pun intended) of jokes is that Britney Spears is a couch potato. But what does that even mean, a couch potato?

    Well, the main issue is sitting around all day and not doing much of anything. You see, the issue really has to do with our metabolism. For thousands of years, human beings pretty much did things the same way. We had to work hard for a living. I mean, we had to go to work in the fields and plow, an ...

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  • Modern Day Treasure Hunters Are Coming To Troy, Al!
    By: Treasure Hunter | - What treasures are stashed around Troy? We are about to find out. The Treasure Hunters Roadshow is on an 18 month national treasure hunt and will be digging in town for five days. During this free event, the Treasure Hunters are expecting to see over 1,200 residence bringing in their rare and unusual collectibles! Locals will have a chance to talk to world renowned antique and collectible experts, and it's all free!

    Recent finds include a 1960's Vintage Guitar purchased for $100,000 ...

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  • Valuable Antique Furniture May Be Languishing In The Attic Or Basement
    By: Art Gib | - One of the most popular TV programs today is on PBS. If you are a fan, you have guessed, "Antiques Roadshow" and if you've never watched it, once you do, you will become addicted. The premise of the program is, antiques appraisers travel to various cities and appraise antiques brought in by local residents. The roots of the show, goes to Britain, which started in 1979 and has been going strong ever since.

    The U.S. version started in 1997. Notable American antique appraisers ...

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  • Art Auctions: Greco-roman Statuary
    By: Treasure Hunter | - The ancient civilizations that have come before this present period of time have always left behind some truly unique pieces to others after them to gain some insight as to what that society may have been like. We learn much from the artifacts collected by archeologists, and their attempts throughout the Mediterranean region of the world, where the peoples of Greece and Rome had originally found their home. Though much of these items are priceless works that cannot be just bought and sold, the ...
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  • Art Auctions For Vintage Posters
    By: Treasure Hunter | - Vintage posters are always available at art auctions. I have found all kinds of vintage poster art auctions lately. I really liked a vintage poster I found that was from the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam. The poster is rare because it is one of the only 500 of the 10,000 printed that is in French.

    Another vintage poster I found in an art auction was from 1917. It depicts French woman in war time performing various tasks. The poster celebrates the contribution of French women in th ...

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  • Art Auctions For Sculptures
    By: Treasure Hunter | - Art auctions for sculptures are a great way to find new art for your home or office. I like to peruse the online auction sites for nice sculptures. I have found some very interesting items when Ive looked.

    There was a sculpture sold on eBay recently that was entitled Love. The art auction for this sculpture went above the estimated value. The piece was red and blue and made of polychrome aluminum. The French artists name was Robert Indiana. The art auction list ...

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  • Art Auctions For Drawings
    By: Treasure Hunter | - Art auctions for drawings are categorized into antique, modern and contemporary. Antique drawings are any drawings that were produced before 1900. Modern drawings have to have been created between 1900 and 1949. Contemporary drawings are drawings that were created from 1950 until the present.

    There are a lot of contemporary drawings listed in art auctions that never get a bidder. There are many reasons for this. One of the main reasons is that the starting bid is set so high th ...

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  • Art Auctions: Early American Art
    By: Treasure Hunter | - There are many very good examples of what you could call early American artwork that has survived to this day, and as time passes to create particular movements in style throughout the world, fundamental ideas change with a variation in locale and timeframe when it comes to the individual artists and their brilliant visions. Each artist certainly contributing something to the overall picture of the world as it shapes and changes around them, it takes an artistic will strong enough to transcend ...
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  • Art Auctions For Vintage Posters
    By: Treasure Hunter | -
    Vintage posters are always available at art auctions. I have found all kinds of vintage poster art auctions lately. I really liked a vintage poster I found that was from the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam. The poster is rare because it is one of the only 500 of the 10,000 printed that is in French.

    Another vintage poster I found in an art auction was from 1917. It depicts French woman in war time performing various tasks. The poster celebrates the contribution of French wome ...

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  • Upcoming Trip To Sotheby
    By: Treasure Hunter | - I am planning a trip to an auction at Sothebys in June. I have a real interest in 20th century British art and they have an art auction scheduled. I have spent a great deal of time planning this trip.

    While I was browsing the Sothebys online catalog, I found a signed Sickert named South Faade of St. Jacques. I saw this painting once in London in 1971. It has been in Canada since its purchase around that same time.

    The painting is thought to be painted around 190 ...

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  • Unique Faberge Eggs
    By: Treasure Hunter | - Faberge Eggs have always been special to me. Ive been searching them out at art auctions since I was in my early twenties. I did a term paper on the Faberge Company and their history of making eggs for the Russian Tsars between 1885 and 1917.

    The first Faberge Egg that I ever found at an art auction was actually quite by chance. The Faberge Egg was not one of the advertised items and was actually a bottle topper. I instantly fell in love with it and took it home from the ...

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  • Quilts From Art Auctions
    By: Treasure Hunter | - Ive been traveling throughout California attending art auctions looking for unique quilts. I have had a lot of success. I have found so many quilts that you could tell were filled with thousands of hours of careful planning and stitching.

    I was attending at art auction in Orange and found a wonderful quilt. The quilt was from the Civil War era and was made in the design of Blazing Stars. There was a wonderful appliqued red and green swag-like border. The center of the q ...

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  • Native American Art Auctions: Art Antiques
    By: Treasure Hunter | - Whether traditional or contemporary, Native American artwork is both highly collectible and universally appealing. Native American art forms the basis of many exemplary public as well as private art collections. People that collect Native American artwork can be very passionate about their collections.

    Older, more traditional Native American artwork and cultural artifacts are not merely revered and / or emulated by modern artists, they are also held dear as parts of art collections ...

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  • Looking For Collectible Postcards
    By: Treasure Hunter | - Ive found that the best place to find collectible postcards is at art auctions. I was at an art auction in Eastlake, Ohio looking for stained glass and found them auctioning a lot of vintage collectible postcards. I bought the lot at the art auction and it contained almost three thousand beautiful collectible postcards.

    About thirty percent of the collectible postcards were pre-linen. These are postcards that were all made before 1930. The linen collectible postcards wer ...

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  • Folk Art Auctions
    By: Treasure Hunter | -
    Folk art auctions feature a wide range of objects that reflect the artists craft traditions, and traditional social values. Folk art is generally produced by people who have little or no academic artistic training. Folk artists usually use established techniques and styles of a particular region or culture.

    Folk art auctions include paintings, sculptures and other decorative art forms. Some artists also consider utilitarian objects such as tools and costumes as fol ...

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  • Finding Vintage Disneyana
    By: Treasure Hunter | - Vintage Disneyana has become a personal passion of mine. Ive been searching for it for years now. I attend art auctions regularly, but usually only find vintage Disneyana at a small percentage of them.

    I found a darling 1938 Knickerbocker Mickey Mouse dressed in a Santa suit at an art auction a few years ago. This was an extraordinary vintage Disneyana find. There was some very fine crazing to the face, but no flakes in the paint.

    I did some research after t ...

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  • Finding Maritime Items At Art Auctions
    By: Treasure Hunter | - I find some really nice maritime items for my collection at art auctions. I went to an art auction in Charleston last month and found a pair of candle powered navigation lights that were used on ships in the 19th century. These types of candles were also used in lighthouse stairwells.

    My collection also includes a maritime item that was made in 1891. It is a chronometer and it still keeps great time. It is very special because the broad arrow on it indicates that it was purchase ...

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  • Books About Dale Chihuly
    By: Treasure Hunter | - Books about art sell well in art auctions. I have found many publications that feature my favorite artist, Dale Chihuly. There are books, catalogs and even magazines routinely up for auction.

    Chihuly Gardens and Glass is currently for sale in several art auctions. This book is beautifully illustrated and shows installations at the Garfield Park Conservatory in Chicago. The book has an essay by Barbara Rose addressing Dale Chihuly's place in art history. There is another essay b ...

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  • Art Poster Auctions
    By: Treasure Hunter | - Art poster auctions are very popular. Owning great pieces of art has gotten easier. A properly framed art poster can be as nice as owning an original painting and it is far less expensive.

    I have found many different art styles in art poster auctions. The most expensive art poster in the abstract style sold recently on eBay was a 1959 Picasso entitled Les Menines. The poster sold for $560.00.

    There was an original and authentic art poster auction recently in the art ...

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  • Collecting Enesco
    By: Treasure Hunter | - My friends and I have been collecting Enesco for several years. We actively attend art auctions and bid on everything Enesco! We have a lot of fun finding pieces we dont already have and winning them.

    I think collecting Enesco is fun. I really like the Mary Moo Moo plates. They came in a collection of eight plates from a series called Home is Where the Herd is. Ive had a hard time finding a complete set at an art auction, but I have found several single plates.< ...

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  • Treasure Hunters Roadshow
    By: Treasure Hunter | - The question arises when a company pays out to local residents in large and small cities country wide; Do I have to worry about a bounced check, or will my check bounce when I take it to the bank with the Treasure Hunters Roadshow? They are here for a week and then gone the next. Well we dug deeper into this question to find some answers.

    We talked with hundreds of different sellers all attending the Treasure Hunters Roadshow events countrywide and asked a little about their exper ...

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  • Modern Day Treasure Hunters Are Coming To Yankton, Sd!
    By: Matthew Enright | - Recent finds include a Civil War cache in an attic, over 1.2 million dollars worth of silver bars buried on an Illinois farm, Confederate money hidden in the walls of a residence uncovered during a remodel, Abraham Lincoln hand-written thank you letter, expressing gratitude for a nights stay while traveling to Chicago, and much more.

    What kind of treasures will be revealed during our trip? Lets find out together. You or your next door neighbor just might be the nex ...

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  • Local Residents Sell Collectibles At Treasure Hunters Roadshow
    By: Matthew Enright | - Kathy Schweer doesnt consider herself an expert in selling collectibles.

    But on Wednesday she was trying to sell several valued items at the Treasure Hunters Roadshow at the Super 8 in Cape Girardeau.

    While she didnt sell her silver coins or toothpick holders like she had hoped, the Cape Girardeau resident received $35 for a chain purse.

    I got more out of it than I thought I would, said Schweer, who had never sold items at a sim ...

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  • Library Programs; Treasure Hunters' Roadshow; Green Drinks
    By: Treasure Hunter | - The Allegan Public Library, 331 Hubbard St., Allegan, is hosting two Preschool Storytime programs one designed for 2- and 3-year-olds, accompanied by caregivers, and one designed for 4-year-olds through those entering kindergarten. No registration is required. Also, the teen program Morph Your T-shirt is planned. Participants should bring a light-colored T-shirt. Morphing supplies are being provided. Registration is required. 673-4625. 10 to 10:30 a.m. and 11 to 11:40 a.m. ...
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  • Treasure Hunters Roadshow Have Another Huge Turnout
    By: Matthew Enright | - (1888PressRelease) March 12, 2009 - Today the Treasure Hunters Roadshow came into town with the wallets full to buy old antiques, collectibles, gold, silver, jewelry, coins, etc. Dont trust those other guys that are trying to copy the Roadshow you may have your checks bounce or find out after they have gone that the company bounced your check. The Treasure Hunters Roadshow has been around for over 14 years and started buying toys and antiques. With the record prices ...
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  • What's Happening Tuesday: Library Programs; Treasure Hunters' Roadshow; Green Drinks
    By: Matthew Enright | - Whats happening Tuesday: Library programs; Treasure Hunters Roadshow; Green Drinks
    Library programs in Allegan, Oshtemo

    The Allegan Public Library, 331 Hubbard St., Allegan, is hosting two Preschool Storytime programs one designed for 2- and 3-year-olds, accompanied by caregivers, and one designed for 4-year-olds through those entering kindergarten. No registration is required. Also, the teen program Morph Your T-shirt is planned. Part ...

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  • Antique Treasure Hunter's Roadshow Appraising Locals' Collectibles
    By: Matthew Enright | - By ALICIA SPATES - H&R Staff Writer

    DECATUR - A penny was worth up to $2,500 to Decatur resident Jerry Morrison.

    But according to Jeff Parsons, president of the Antique Treasure Hunters Roadshow, its not your average penny with Lincolns profile gracing one side.

    This is the holy grail of penny collectors, Parsons said of the 1909 S VDB Lincoln penny, describing it as being in good condition and with luster. Grading is ev ...

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  • Got Junk? Treasure Hunters Roadshow Will Check It Out
    By: Treasure Hunter | - If you have gold, silver, antiques or other rare collectibles lying around your house, the Treasure Hunters Roadshow wants to see them.

    The International Collectors Association, based in Springfield, Ill., is bringing its five-day roadshow to the Quad-Cities for the first time this week, starting Tuesday at La Quinta Inn, 5450 27th St., Moline.

    What we've really seen a ton of is gold and silver, Matthew Enright, the association's director of operati ...

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  • Buying Paintings: Synchromism
    By: Matthew Enright | - Synchromism paintings feature harmoniously balanced colors and a feeling of movement. It is believed that synchromist paintings evoke similar feelings and sensations as music. This is a basic tenet of the synchromism art movement. As such, these paintings make wonderfully pleasing additions to any modern art collection.

    Founded in 1912 by Morgan Russell and Stanton MacDonald-Wright, synchromism was an art movement based no the idea that sound and color are phenomena that are simil ...

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  • Buying Paintings: Realism
    By: Matthew Enright | - In literature as well as art realism is the depiction of subjects as they appear in practical, everyday life. Realism does not deal with interpretation or embellishment. The point of realism is to capture people or situations in a gritty and real way. Similar to realist photography, the realist painter does not place emphasis on stylization but is most interested in depicting situations just as they appear to the naked eye.

    While realism depicts real characters in real situations, ...

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  • The Truthtreasure Hunters Roadshow!
    By: Matthew Enright | - The question arises when a company pays out to local residents in large and small cities country wide; Do I have to worry about a bounced check, or will my check bounce when I take it to the bank with the Treasure Hunters Roadshow? They are here for a week and then gone the next. Well we dug deeper into this question to find some answers.

    We talked with hundreds of different sellers all attending the Treasure Hunters Roadshow events countrywide and asked a little about their exper ...

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  • Art Auctions: Grotesque Artwork
    By: Matthew Enright | - That there is an overwhelming number of pieces that represent this particular grouping of artwork seems false to believe, but this is happens to be on the rise as we get further into the new millennium, and realize the shedding of our cultures skins time and again. Grotesque artwork pulls us back into the human forms we have been born into, and truly seems to give us a reaffirming sense of who we are. There are many artists, though part of other artistic movements, which have proven to ...
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  • American Indian Art Auctions: Beadwork
    By: Treasure Hunter | - American Indian art encompasses many types of arts and crafts, from the more traditionally and / or stereotypically Native American art such as beadwork and pottery, to modern photography, fine paintings, sculptures and the like. There are many art auctions, both online and off, that feature this form of American Indian art.

    In this article well discuss one of the most traditional and historically relevant branches of American Indian art: beadwork. Beadwork of the Native A ...

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  • Buying Paintings: Symbolism
    By: Matthew Enright | - Evoking a taste similar to the Romanticist tradition, but utilized mysticism and sensitivity through mythology and dream imagery, preceding the psychoanalytical work of Freud and Jung. With a strong philosophical touch, more so than a style of art, and Art Nouveau and Expressionist artists such as Edvard Munch. Beginning in France as a reaction to the movements of Naturalism and Realism, which seemed to capture the particular components of consensual reality, and presented spirituality and imagi ...
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  • The Truth-treasure Hunters Roadshow!
    By: Treasure Hunter | - The question arises when a company pays out to local residents in large and small cities country wide; Do I have to worry about a bounced check, or will my check bounce when I take it to the bank with the Treasure Hunters Roadshow? They are here for a week and then gone the next. Well we dug deeper into this question to find some answers.

    We talked with hundreds of different sellers all attending the Treasure Hunters Roadshow events countrywide and asked a little about their exper ...

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  • Buying Paintings: Precisionism
    By: Treasure Hunter | - Also known as Cubist Realism, and related to the Art Deco movement, Precisionism was developed in the United States after World War I. The term for this movement was coined in the 1920s, and influenced by the Cubist and Futurist movements; the main themes for these paintings were mainly regarding industrialization and modernization of the American landscape. These elements were depicted with the use of precise and sharply defined geometrical shapes, a reverence for the industrial age, but with s ...
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  • Buying Paintings: Realism
    By: Treasure Hunter | - In literature as well as art realism is the depiction of subjects as they appear in practical, everyday life. Realism does not deal with interpretation or embellishment. The point of realism is to capture people or situations in a gritty and real way. Similar to realist photography, the realist painter does not place emphasis on stylization but is most interested in depicting situations just as they appear to the naked eye.

    While realism depicts real characters in real situations, ...

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  • Buying Paintings: Synchromism
    By: Treasure Hunter | - Synchromism paintings feature harmoniously balanced colors and a feeling of movement. It is believed that synchromist paintings evoke similar feelings and sensations as music. This is a basic tenet of the synchromism art movement. As such, these paintings make wonderfully pleasing additions to any modern art collection.

    Founded in 1912 by Morgan Russell and Stanton MacDonald-Wright, synchromism was an art movement based no the idea that sound and color are phenomena that are simil ...

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  • Treasure Hunters Roadshow Stops In Saint Paul
    By: Treasure Hunter | - A couple of things about antiques, they all have a story behind them and a value associated with them whether sentimental or monetary.

    Its an early Gibson guitar worth anywhere from $1,800 to $2,500, said Tony Enright of the Treasure Hunters Roadshow. A guitar purchased for about a hundred dollars years ago, can fetch a pretty good price at the Roadshow in Saint Paul this week.

    Oh I purchased it about 25 years ago, recalled Pete Falkowsk ...

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  • Buying Paintings : Romanticism
    By: Matthew Enright | - The Treasure Hunters Roadshow are looking at buying paintings that you may have sitting around the house. Art is such an expression of one's heart and passion. During the Romanticism period they had such a wonderful way to express their passion through paintings.
    Though sometimes referred to as the "anti-classical" movement in art, Romanticism is a style that focuses on the artist's individualistic and emotionally wrought point of view, and is found to oppose the art movement known as Neo ...

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  • What The Treasure Hunters Roadshow Offers!
    By: Matthew Enright | - The Treasure Hunters Roadshow is an amazing show that 1000's attend across the USA to see if they have treasures at home. The exciting part of the whole program is that these folks are finding that they really do have treasures worth sometimes in the thousands of dollars.
    What should sellers expect when they show up at the Treasure Hunters Roadshow?
    Inside a meeting room at your local hotel conference center, the Treasure Hunters Roadshow creates an inviting atmosphere where guests ...

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  • The Treasure Seeker
    By: Treasure Hunter | - The question arises when a company pays out to local residents in large and small cities country wide; Do I have to worry about a bounced check, or will my check bounce when I take it to the bank with the Treasure Hunters Roadshow? They are here for a week and then gone the next. Well we dug deeper into this question to find some answers. We talked with hundreds of different sellers all attending the Treasure Hunters Roadshow events countrywide and asked a little about their experience and to se ...
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  • Treasure Hunters Roadshow Continue To Have Huge Turnouts
    By: Treasure Hunter | - The Treasure Hunters Roadshow has been travelling to over 12 cities a week and are having record breaking numbers showing up in a slow economy!

    The Treasure Hunters Roadshow came into town with the wallets full to buy old antiques, collectibles, gold, silver, jewelry, coins, etc. The Treasure Hunters Roadshow has been around for over 14 years and started buying toys and antiques. With the record prices of gold and silver they now are a one stop shop.

    Here is what so ...

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  • Custom Built Exhibition Stands That Give Your Company The Right Image.
    By: Carolyn Clayton | - Image is everything! Getting the right image for you site is very important; it could make or break your company. Image is huge when it comes to marketing and it can be your most important asset. Making sure the look and feel of all your advertising leaflets, exhibition stands, business cards etc are what will first draw new business to you. If they look less than professional and not interesting people will not come back looking for your services. Only if people are impressed will they come ...
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  • Is Structuring An Event Like Building With Jelly?
    By: My Booking Manager | - Designing the timetable for a workshop, conference, roadshow or seminar when you have never done such a thing before may seem like juggling jelly but you can take some tips from the professionals and make your event a real success.

    There is nothing too technical about designing a timetable for a half-day or one-day event. All you really need to do is look at it through the eyes of the delegates.

    For example a breakfast workshop might provide the following experience ...

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  • Simple Headache Cure For Event Managers
    By: My Booking Manager | - Managing or administering a seminar, workshop, roadshow or other type of event, even the seemingly simple, can provide you with headaches that you never thought possible. Being crystal clear about what you and your company actually needs the event to deliver at the earliest possible stage is critical to so many issues.

    Although holding an event like a seminar or a workshop often evolves out of discussions about sales, marketing and even technical issues like product failures, it i ...

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