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A Look Back on 2025: A Slowly Recovering Market, and Losing More Friends
I wish all of our readers a happy holiday season and a healthy and positive New Year.
This year continued to be a tough one for most in the art and…
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Louis De Clercq: 19th-Century Traveler and Calotypist
By Alex Novak
Louis-Constantine-Henri-Francois Xavier De Clercq was born on Christmas Day in 1836. Doubly blessed with the support of a wealthy French family, De Clercq early on fell in…
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A Certificate of Insurance and Why You Need to Get One When You Loan Out Work
There are many misconceptions regarding Certificates of Insurance. The following information may help to provide a greater understanding of their proper and intended use.
It is common practice in the…
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