Sentences with phrase «many collector»

• Artland, a Copenhagen - based mobile art app that connects art collectors and galleries worldwide, raised $ 1 million in seed funding.

In Made to Stick, accomplished educators and idea collectors Chip and Dan Heath tackle head - on these vexing questions.

How they made it happen: They hired an artist to make 500 boxes of Obama Os and Cap'n McCain's, and sold the boxes for $ 40 each on the justification that they were collectors» items.

A collector who was paid in counterfeit bills — the villa's room had a safe with a false bottom, ostensibly meant for secure storage during negotiation — had tipped off the police about the paintings» whereabouts.

Whether he's an avid watch collector, or just starting out, the right timepiece is a gift that's both stylish and practical.

As a sneaker collector, the box is sometimes just as important as the shoes themselves — it's definitely something I wouldn't throw away.

When bill collectors called, Schultz or his siblings were instructed to pick up the phone and pretend that their parents weren't home.

An RRSP is just a special kind of account that shelters some of your income from the tax collectors.

That will force civil servants, police, and tax collectors alike to decide whose orders they are going to obey.

«The tracking system is the most important tool a state has,» said Michael Crabtree, who runs Denver - based Nationwide Compliance Specialists Inc., which helps tax collectors track elusive, cash - heavy industries like the marijuana business.

Leave a thank you note for the trash collector, give the mailman a gift certificate to a local restaurant, or get a dozen cupcakes for the UPS guy.

Entrepreneurs are discovering that driving their dream car — an Aston Martin, Bentley, Lamborghini, Maserati, rare Mercedes - Benz or even a classic collector car — has more business advantages than mere status.

Other companies that specialize in leasing exotic and collector cars include Putnam Leasing, the leader in collector car leasing, and J.J. Best Banc & Co..

This collection of short stories by a National Book award - winning writer, «feature telepathic zoo animals, a zealous toy collector and an eavesdropping Abraham Lincoln,» reports the FT.. Other commentators agree it's a whole lot of fun, while still managing to be moving and insightful.

A Tampa Bay Times investigation from 2010 discusses how, for years, the church avoided paying a 5 % occupancy tax for members who visit their facilities until Pinellas County Tax Collector pressed the issue five years ago.

As a sneaker collector and fan of Clarks» shoes, I was curious to see how they would stack up to the many knit sneakers on the market, as well as the Trigenic Evos.

For every ton of cups collected, Costa will pay a supplement of # 70 ($ 99) to waste collectors.

Even before Friday's sale, the Pogue auctions had already surpassed the value of what had been the record - setting sale of the collection amassed by late dealer and collector John J. Ford.

The father and son sold them because «the thrill of the chase» of being collectors had passed and they wanted to move on, Bowers said.

«By broadcasting this on Twitch, the NBA, 2K, and Nike can simultaneously reach multiple audiences, including media, gamers, kick collectors, and basketball fans,» Imah says.

The birthday of what's called the world's first action figure is being celebrated this month by collectors and the toy maker that introduced it just before the nation plunged into the quagmire that would become the Vietnam War — a storm it seems to have weathered pretty well.

Billy Sims Barbecue Veterans and active military men and women receive a free Veterans Day meal and special collectors cup.

A wave of younger collectors are driving up the prices of recent model cars, upending the traditional market, according to a classic car expert.»

Over the last few years, Trump has cultivated an image as something of a connoisseur, giving interviews to international media about her favorite artists and sharing advice for beginner art collectors on her blog.

«There are legitimate coin collectors, but there are also a lot of scams out there,» says Doug Shadel, author of AARP's «Outsmarting the Scam Artists.»

Collectors have become less concerned with ostentation than with authenticity.

Over the decades, G.I. Joe has spawned comic books, cartoons, two movies starring Channing Tatum, and a G.I. Joe Collector's Club and its annual convention — GIJoeCon — held in Dallas in April.

That relative lack of movement, as well as less contact with the roving germ collectors known as flight attendants, translated into a relatively lower risk of infection for those seated by the window.

Visiting a coin collector in Iceland, Wolman examines a small silver piece designed by Leonardo da Vinci.

Be sure to work closely with your data collector and allow him or her to ask plenty of questions, until you feel that they are 100 percent self - sufficient in collecting your data correctly.

«There are quite a number of torch collectors, but the Sochi torch is not something to invest in, for sure.

In April the Office of the Treasurer and Tax Collector in San Francisco announced it had notified 37,000 people identified as drivers for transportation network companies, or TNCs, of a new effort to enforce the requirements.

Last month, a U.S. District Court judge in New Jersey ruled that a debt collector had violated the law when it sued Daniel Bock in order to collect an old credit card debt.

The complaint alleges the defendants take deposits and payments from collectors while continually delaying the delivery of purchased works.

New York's Gagosian Gallery and Jeff Koons were sued by a collector who accused gallery founder Larry Gagosian and the artist of scheming to exploit demand for his works and using «inappropriate and highly questionable practices» to fund extravagant lifestyles.

Goepfert didn't set out to become the king of machine gun collectors.

Today, there are a significant number of deep - pocketed Olympic memorabilia collectors in Russia.

But the red tape has also helped make machine guns the ultimate collector's item, with some having doubled in value over the past 10 years.

By 2008, when the financial crisis hit, Goepfert was cleaning out dealers who were closing up shop and developing relationships with older collectors looking to part with their guns.

The International Olympic Committee now holds a collectors fair every year.

Individual collectors are looking at their discretionary income more judiciously.

Collector Steven Tananbaum sued in New York state court on Thursday over the non-delivery of three Koons sculptures, claiming a «well - oiled machine» that exploits collectors» desire to own the artists» works by using incoming money to pay debts.

Mistaken identity — trying to collect a debt from the wrong person — was by far the most common complaint about debt collectors.

Handling it, he recognizes that «only in its material form» can money connect us in a meaningful way — in this case, connecting the collector in Reykjavik to Leonardo da Vinci to Wolman himself.

I have collectors on every continent, some in China and some in South America and in Africa.

«Ninety - nine percent are true collectors.

He also pursued a few side gigs such as selling used golf balls and collector stamps and buffing cars.

By spending 30 minutes a year haggling with your bill collectors, you could save a ton of money in the long run.

And in Rosslyn, South Africa, BMW uses more than 70 solar collectors on its roof to supply most of the hot water it needs in its paint shop.

The suit accuses them of «conspiring to fleece collectors of authentic athletic uniforms worn on the playing field,» according to the report.