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		<title>WorthPoint Adds Three Experts to Its International Team of Worthologists</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:40:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA, Dec 12, 2008 &#8212; WorthPoint Corporation (www.worthpoint.com) today announced that it has appointed three experts to its growing international team of Worthologists.
WorthPoint Worthologists are men and women with expertise and a passion for art, antiques and collectibles. Their backgrounds include auctioneering, appraising, publishing, teaching and consulting. What all Worthologists have in common is their ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ATLANTA, Dec 12, 2008 &#8212; WorthPoint Corporation (www.worthpoint.com) today announced that it has appointed three experts to its growing international team of Worthologists.</p>
<p>WorthPoint Worthologists are men and women with expertise and a passion for art, antiques and collectibles. Their backgrounds include auctioneering, appraising, publishing, teaching and consulting. What all Worthologists have in common is their ability to evaluate items to determine their history, significance and worth. They all adhere to a strict WorthPoint ethical code of conduct.</p>
<p>The three new Worthologists are:</p>
<p>John Logsdon, Guthrie Center, Iowa. John is an expert in petroliana &#8212; collectibles related to gas stations or the petroleum industry. John&#8217;s father owned the Ford dealership in his small town of Guthrie Center, Iowa. Many years ago, John was given a small automotive or gasoline advertising sign (he doesn&#8217;t quite remember which now) by a service station owner. That sign spawned an interest in collecting gas pumps, globes and signs made of wood, tin, porcelain, and even neon. John traveled throughout the Midwest looking for the special, the unknown, or the collectible.</p>
<p>John and two partners established the Iowa Gas Swap Meet and Auctions in 1986. After 22 years, it is regarded by collectors as the premier oil and gas collectible show in the U.S. John is a life member of the Antique Auto Club of America. His collection of vintage petroliana has been featured on &#8220;Home Matters&#8221; on the Discovery Channel.</p>
<p>Larry Kellogg, Sarasota, Florida. Larry is an expert in circus memorabilia. For more than 35 years, Larry has had a close association with the Ringling Circus Museum in Sarasota, Florida. The museum is part of The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, the official State Art Museum of Florida. In 2005 Larry and his partner were awarded a contract as consultants for the Tibbals Learning Center, which doubled the size of the Ringling Circus Museum. The center houses an interactive circus exhibition including rare circus lithographs and the Howard Bros. Circus, the largest miniature circus in the world.</p>
<p>Larry collects historical circus memorabilia, including books, posters, programs, couriers, heralds, photos, route books, route sheets, documents, letterhead and many one-of-a-kind items. He is a member of the Circus Historical Society and the Circus Fans Association of America.</p>
<p>Zoran Stamenic, Fairfax, Virginia. Zoran is an expert in Oriental rugs and textiles. Zoran, born in Serbia in 1955, spent his early professional life working in TV and film production while investing his hard-earned money into a collection of antique, Oriental tribal weavings and books about them, a passion he picked up during childhood from his grandfather, a wool monger and a carter.<br />
A serious collector and dealer, Zoran buys, restores and preserves some of the most beautiful and important Oriental rugs of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Zoran promotes the use of tribal and village textiles in home design and decoration as a way of preserving this rich cultural legacy of the Orient. He is a recognized specialist in the preservation of antique and Oriental weavings who is equally at home in the bazaars of Istanbul as he is at antique shows in the United States and Europe.</p>
<p>About WorthPoint<br />
Atlanta-based WorthPoint Corp. is an Internet-based data-and-media company that offers a vast database of sales records on art, antiques and collectibles. Founded in 2007, WorthPoint has quickly become the world&#8217;s largest social network for researching the worth of antiques and collectibles. WorthPoint helps collectors understand the worth of their items and provides expert advice from its international team of Worthologists on how to preserve or sell antiques and collectibles. WorthPoint recently acquired Dublin, Ohio-based GoAntiques, the oldest antiques-and-collectibles site on the Web.</p>
<p>Contact Public Relations<br />
404-549-6979 9017</p>
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		<title>WorthPoint Corporation Appoints Laura Collum and Linda Carannante to it&#8217;s Worthologist Team</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:38:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WorthPoint&#8217;s Worthologists are men and women with expertise and a passion for art, antiques and collectibles. Their backgrounds include auctioneering, appraising, publishing, teaching and consulting. What all Worthologists have in common is their ability to evaluate items to determine their history, significance and worth. They all adhere to a strict WorthPoint ethical code of conduct.
Laura ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WorthPoint&#8217;s Worthologists are men and women with expertise and a passion for art, antiques and collectibles. Their backgrounds include auctioneering, appraising, publishing, teaching and consulting. What all Worthologists have in common is their ability to evaluate items to determine their history, significance and worth. They all adhere to a strict WorthPoint ethical code of conduct.</p>
<p>Laura Collum, of Belleair Bluffs, Florida, is an expert in decoys, nautical items and scientific instruments. As a biologist for the federal government, Laura created a personal collection around vintage decoys. Decoys by Shourds, Marter, Mason, Dudley, Crowell, Mitchell and those from the Great Lakes, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, and throughout Canada all contributed to her extensive expertise as they passed through her shop.</p>
<p>Her collection also includes an extensive background in assessing nautical items and scientific instruments, which still conveys her background as a biologist. Laura also has a strong background in Civil War swords and guns, an expertise she shares with her father. Her extensive expertise is truly of a Renaissance variety. Asked how she became interested in these particular areas, Laura remembers that she &#8220;was dragged from one dusty antique shop to another when I was little. Apparently something rubbed off besides the dust.&#8221;</p>
<p>Linda Carannante, of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, is an expert in Fenton and Depression glass. Linda has been a collector, then a dealer for over 30 years along with her husband, Antonio. Up and down the East coast from Brimfield in Massachusetts to the Big Flea in Washington, DC, Linda is usually the star glassware attraction in any antique show she attends. She can also be found every weekend April through October at her stand at Shupp&#8217;s Grove in Adamstown, Pennsylvania.</p>
<p>Linda specializes in glassware and pottery of all kinds but has a fondness for Depression, Elegant Glass, Hall and Fenton. Linda has been recognized as one of the top Fenton glass dealers in the United States. She is a member of the Imperial Glass Club and a Fenton Gold Showcase Dealer. Since 2005, Linda has contributed to the Antique Traderprice guides on Fenton and Depression glass.</p>
<p>About WorthPoint</p>
<p>Atlanta-based WorthPoint Corp. is an Internet-based data-and-media company that offers a vast database of sales records on art, antiques and collectibles. Founded in 2007, WorthPoint has quickly become the world&#8217;s largest social network for researching the worth of antiques and collectibles. WorthPoint helps collectors understand the worth of their items and provides expert advice from its international team of Worthologists on how to preserve or sell antiques and collectibles. WorthPoint recently acquired Dublin, Ohio- based GoAntiques, the oldest antiques-and-collectibles site on the Web.</p>
<p>Contact Public Relations<br />
404-549-6979 9017</p>
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		<title>WorthPoint Corporation Completes GoAntiques Acquisition</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA, Oct. 29 &#8212; Atlanta-based WorthPoint (www.worthpoint.com ), a leading online source for information about art, antiques and collectibles, announced that it has completed its acquisition of Dublin, Ohio-based GoAntiques (www.goantiques.com), an online network for buying and selling antiques and collectibles.
Under the terms of the acquisition, WorthPoint founder and CEO Will Seippel will remain chief ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ATLANTA, Oct. 29 &#8212; Atlanta-based WorthPoint (www.worthpoint.com ), a leading online source for information about art, antiques and collectibles, announced that it has completed its acquisition of Dublin, Ohio-based GoAntiques (www.goantiques.com), an online network for buying and selling antiques and collectibles.</p>
<p>Under the terms of the acquisition, WorthPoint founder and CEO Will Seippel will remain chief executive officer, and GoAntiques President and CEO Jim Kamnikar will serve as WorthPoint&#8217;s president. The combined company will have more than a half-million registered members and more than a million unique visitors per month.</p>
<p>Founded in 2007, WorthPoint offers a database of sales records on art, antiques and collectibles from hundreds of auction houses. Its rich multimedia experience helps collectors understand the value of their items. Members can take advantage of expert advice from the Company&#8217;s Worthologist team on how to preserve or sell antiques and collectibles. Members can also share their knowledge and create online collecting communities.</p>
<p>GoAntiques is the oldest Web antiques-and-collectibles site. It offers 650,000 items from approximately 1,300 dealers in 31 countries. GoAntiques logs about five million page views and thousands of transactions each month and has approximately 450,000 registered members. GoAntiques&#8217; PriceMiner(R) guide is the biggest in the world, offering prices on 27 million collectibles and pieces of art and over 32 million images.</p>
<p>&#8220;The art, antiques and collectibles industry is undergoing some dramatic changes as the population ages and we face uncertain economic times,&#8221; said Will Seippel. &#8220;Combining GoAntiques&#8217; wealth of experience in the art, antiques and collectibles market with our unmatched database of 4.5 millionauction entries helps put WorthPoint in a leading position to reinvigorateour industry.&#8221;</p>
<p>Seippel added, &#8220;In the future, we will look to both organic growth through sales and marketing initiatives and possible strategic acquisitions to build our subscriber base.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;WorthPoint is taking important steps to ensure a seamless transition in the acquisition of GoAntiques,&#8221; said Jim Kamnikar. &#8220;In the coming months, we will be unveiling new features and services to help people understand the antiques and collectibles they own, determine their value and how to monetize them. Members can look forward to a diverse community supporting different areas of collecting, a new Internet-auction environment and a taxonomy that will make finding, pricing, researching and selling antiques much easier.&#8221;</p>
<p>About WorthPoint<br />
Atlanta-based WorthPoint Corp. is an Internet-based data-and-media company that offers a vast database of sales records on art, antiques and collectibles. Founded in 2007, WorthPoint has quickly become the world&#8217;s largest social network for researching the worth of antiques and collectibles. WorthPoint helps collectors understand the worth of their items and provides expert advice from its Worthologist team on how to preserve or sell antiques and collectibles.</p>
<p>Contact Public Relations<br />
404-549-6979  ext. 9017</p>
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		<title>&#8216;Cool Kids Art Contest&#8217; Awards Presentation Held to Thank Mystery Donor for Rare Coins to The Salvation Army</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Coins will be auctioned to raise money for The Salvation Army
DENVER, Oct. 17 &#8212; The Salvation Army (http://www.imsalvationarmy.org/), WorthPoint, a leading online source for information about art, antiques and collectibles (http://www.worthpoint.com/) and ANACS, America&#8217;s oldest coin-grading service (http://www.anacs.com/) today recognized the winners of the &#8220;Cool Kids Art Contest.&#8221;
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong> Coins will be auctioned to raise money for The Salvation Army</strong></p>
<p>DENVER, Oct. 17 &#8212; The Salvation Army (http://www.imsalvationarmy.org/), WorthPoint, a leading online source for information about art, antiques and collectibles (http://www.worthpoint.com/) and ANACS, America&#8217;s oldest coin-grading service (http://www.anacs.com/) today recognized the winners of the &#8220;Cool Kids Art Contest.&#8221;</p>
<p>(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgibin/prnh/20081017/CLF017)</p>
<p>The contest, open to children ages 5-12, was held to thank an unknown person or persons who dropped six gold $20 Liberty coins into Salvation Army kettles on Denver&#8217;s 16th Street Mall during last year&#8217;s Christmas holiday season.</p>
<p>The coins will be auctioned October 24 at a live online auction on Freeman&#8217;s Web site (http://www.freemansauction.com/), and the proceeds will help The Salvation Army serve the community. Both WorthPoint and ANACS donated their services. In addition to providing an appraisal, WorthPoint helped The Salvation Army take the gold coins to auction.</p>
<p>The coins, minted between 1883 and 1906, were officially graded by ANACS and valued by WorthPoint expert Ed McDonough at $900-$1,000 a piece.</p>
<p>WorthPoint offers a database of sales records on art, antiques and collectibles and access to and commentaries by professionals who provide expert opinions and evaluations. ANACS operates the oldest independent third-party authentication and grading service in the country.</p>
<p>Award Winners</p>
<p>Out of more than 300 submissions, The Salvation Army selected two winners each from the 5-8 and 9-12 age categories. The four winners, Taylor Goodman, 8; Myria Garcia, 6; Phoebe Bawmann, 11; Laura Bottke, 10, will each receive $25 prizes. The finalists or &#8220;Red Ribbon&#8221; winners were Emma Campbell, 7; Olivia Bilek, 8; Hope (last name unlisted), 9; Christopher Miller, 12.</p>
<p>&#8220;WorthPoint is about helping people understand the value of their art, antiques and collectibles,&#8221; said Will Seippel, WorthPoint CEO and founder. &#8220;But in the case of the mystery coins, there is no price tag that can be put on this unselfish act of generosity. Co-sponsoring this art contest is our way of saying thanks and helping to teach youngsters the importance of giving.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The generosity of this donor is only matched by the enthusiasm of these children. It is a great honor to participate in such a noble event,&#8221; added James Taylor, ANACS president. &#8220;As long as the numismatic community continues to support this effort with coin donations, The Salvation Army can count on ANACS to assist with our certification services.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;During these uncertain times and especially as the holidays approach, this donation will go a long way toward helping provide sit-down Christmas dinners and giving comfort and support to individuals struggling with difficult family, emotional or financial problems,&#8221; said Salvation Army Maj. Neal Hogan.</p>
<p>Gold coins have an interesting history with The Salvation Army. The first gold coin mysteriously appeared in a Salvation Army kettle site in the Chicago suburb of Crystal Lake in 1982. Since then, more than 300 gold coins have been donated at kettle sites across the country. The proceeds from these coins have gone to help people in need.</p>
<p>About ANACS<br />
Founded in 1972, ANACS is a third-party coin grading and authentication service. Located in suburban Denver, ANACS was originally created by the American Numismatic Association (ANA) in Washington, D.C., to help coin collectors identify counterfeit coins. Today ANACS is known for its collector-friendly policies offering certification of U.S. and foreign coins, as well as tokens and medals. It attributes more different types of coin varieties and errors than any other coin-grading service.</p>
<p>About The Salvation Army<br />
Nearly 36 million Americans receive assistance from The Salvation Army each year. The Salvation Army has been meeting people&#8217;s needs in Denver since 1887. For more than a century, the helpless, hopeless and needy have relied<br />
on The Salvation Army for food, clothing, shelter, encouragement, comfort and prayer. In addition to these traditional services, its programs offer education, child care, elder care, gang intervention, athletics, character building, alcohol- and substance-abuse rehabilitation, as well as response to emergencies and natural disasters for the benefit of the children, families and communities of the Rocky Mountains.</p>
<p>About WorthPoint<br />
Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Atlanta, WorthPoint (www.worthpoint.com) is an Internet-based data and media company that offers a vast database of sales records on art, antiques and collectibles from more than 400 auction houses. Members can share their insights, knowledge and passion and build collecting communities. WorthPoint helps collectors understand the history and value of their items and provides expert advice on how to preserve or sell them. While it does not facilitate the bidding of any items, WorthPoint provides information about upcoming auctions at its partner auction houses.</p>
<p>Contact Public Relations<br />
404-549-6979  ext. 9017</p>
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		<title>Georgia High Tech Community Recognizes WorthPoint</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA, Sept. 25 &#8212; WorthPoint, an Internet-based data and media company that offers a vast database of sales records on art, antiques and collectibles, has been named one of 20 companies to present at the inaugural conference of Venture Atlanta 2008 (http://www.ventureatlanta.org/) this October 15-16. The conference is the premier investor showcase for emerging technology ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ATLANTA, Sept. 25 &#8212; WorthPoint, an Internet-based data and media company that offers a vast database of sales records on art, antiques and collectibles, has been named one of 20 companies to present at the inaugural conference of Venture Atlanta 2008 (http://www.ventureatlanta.org/) this October 15-16. The conference is the premier investor showcase for emerging technology companies in Georgia.</p>
<p>It is the second honor is as many weeks for WorthPoint. Last Thursday, WorthPoint CEO Will Seippel was one of five finalists in the &#8220;Technology Entrepreneur&#8221; category of the AeA Southeast Council&#8217;s &#8220;2008 Spirit of Endeavor Awards.&#8221;</p>
<p>The AeA is the nation&#8217;s largest technology trade association representing all segments of the high-tech industry. The awards recognize outstanding individuals and companies in the region&#8217;s high-tech community.</p>
<p>&#8220;WorthPoint is proud to be a part of Georgia&#8217;s high tech business community,&#8221; said Seippel. &#8220;Joining the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) continues to pay dividends as we offer new services and grow our membership.&#8221;</p>
<p>About WorthPoint Corporation<br />
WorthPoint Corporation ( http://www.worthpoint.com/ ) is an Internet-based data and media company that offers a vast database of sales records on art, antiques and collectibles. Founded in 2007, WorthPoint has quickly become the world&#8217;s largest social network for researching the worth of antiques and collectibles. WorthPoint helps collectors understand the worth of their items, and provides expert advice from its team of Worthologists on how to preserve or sell antiques and collectibles. WorthPoint recently announced plans to acquire Dublin, Ohio-based GoAntiques, the oldest antiques-and-collectibles site on the Web.</p>
<p>Contact Public Relations<br />
404-549-6979  9017</p>
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		<title>WorthPoint Political Memorabilia Expert Releases USA Button Poll Revealing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire/ &#8212; Based on current political-campaign
buttons sales, Senator Barack Obama is the likely winner of next week&#8217;s
presidential contest, according to WorthPoint political memorabilia expert
Jim Warlick.
(http://www.worthpoint.com/worthpoint-worthologists/jim-warlick).
The results are based on his historically accurate, but unscientific,
USA Button Poll.  Since 1988, his poll has correctly predicted the winner
for every presidential election except for 2000. ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ATLANTA, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire/ &#8212; Based on current political-campaign<br />
buttons sales, Senator Barack Obama is the likely winner of next week&#8217;s<br />
presidential contest, according to WorthPoint political memorabilia expert</p>
<p>Jim Warlick.<br />
(http://www.worthpoint.com/worthpoint-worthologists/jim-warlick).<br />
The results are based on his historically accurate, but unscientific,<br />
USA Button Poll.  Since 1988, his poll has correctly predicted the winner<br />
for every presidential election except for 2000. The poll was based on<br />
thousands of button sales at political events, nonpolitical shows, sales at<br />
Washington, D.C., locations and political conventions since late June.</p>
<p>Warlick is a member of WorthPoint&#8217;s expert Worthologist team. WorthPoint<br />
(http://www.worthpoint.com) is an Internet-based data-and-media company that<br />
offers a vast database of sales records on art, antiques and collectibles.<br />
WorthPoint helps collectors understand the worth of their items and provides expert advice on how to preserve, buy and sell them.</p>
<p>&#8220;Campaigns may have gone high-tech, but old-fashioned political-campaign<br />
buttons are as popular as ever, not only increasing in value, but helping to<br />
predict presidential elections,&#8221; said Warlick.  &#8220;In over 40 years of<br />
collecting and selling campaign buttons, I have never seen such interest.<br />
The possibility of electing the first woman president or the first African<br />
American drove many to people to purchase those candidates&#8217; buttons that<br />
otherwise may not have been the case.&#8221;</p>
<p>Warlick notes that while Obama merchandise is highly popular, John F.<br />
Kennedy memorabilia is still the most prized.  Other popular presidents<br />
include Franklin Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan, Teddy Roosevelt and Dwight<br />
Eisenhower.</p>
<p>What makes a button valuable?   According to Warlick, the popularity of<br />
a president, the quantity of buttons produced and the design content are key<br />
factors.  Buttons with photographs are always more sought after by<br />
collectors. Buttons that include both the presidential and vice-presidential<br />
candidates are called jugates and are highly prized, especially if they<br />
include photographs of the candidates.</p>
<p>As for the most valuable button, that distinction goes to Ohio Gov.<br />
James Cox and former Assistant Navy Secretary Franklin Roosevelt. They ran<br />
against Warren Harding in the 1920 presidential campaign &#8212; before Roosevelt<br />
was stricken with polio. Although six different Cox and Roosevelt designs<br />
were created, it is now believed that all were just manufacturers&#8217; samples<br />
and were never ordered in large quantities.  Of all six designs, only 50<br />
buttons are known to exist. In a private sale a few years ago, a 1-1/4-inch<br />
Cox and Roosevelt jugate went for a reported $135,000.</p>
<p>For would-be button collectors, Warlick offers the following advice:<br />
&#8220;Casual collectors should choose a candidate they like or admire and enjoy<br />
studying. Investors should choose based on past sales history, quality of<br />
button and historical significance of that particular election or<br />
candidate.&#8221;</p>
<p>In addition to getting campaign-button information from sites like<br />
WorthPoint, Warlick recommends contacting the American Political Items<br />
Collectors (APIC), an organization devoted to the collecting of political<br />
memorabilia.</p>
<p>About WorthPoint<br />
Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Atlanta, WorthPoint<br />
(www.worthpoint.com) is an Internet-based data-and-media company that offers<br />
a vast database of sales records on art, antiques and collectibles from more<br />
than 400 auction houses. Members can share their insights, knowledge and<br />
passion and build collecting communities. WorthPoint helps collectors<br />
understand the history and value of their items and provides expert advice<br />
on how to preserve or sell them. While it does not facilitate the bidding of<br />
any items, WorthPoint provides information about upcoming auctions at its<br />
partner auction houses.</p>
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		<title>Philadelphia Fall Home Show Attendees Invited to Visit American Presidential Experience for Collectibles Evalu</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:18:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA, September 24, 2008 &#8211; WorthPoint a leading online source for information about art, antiques and collectibles,
is inviting attendees to the upcoming  Philadelphia Fall Home Show to stop by the American Presidential Experience exhibit for a collectibles evaluation.
The American Presidential Experience is an exciting addition to the Philadelphia Fall Home Show.  It offers ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ATLANTA, September 24, 2008 &#8211; WorthPoint a leading online source for information about art, antiques and collectibles,<br />
is inviting attendees to the upcoming <a href="http://www.phillyexpos.com/philly/index.html" rel="nofollow"  target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> Philadelphia Fall Home Show</a> to stop by the American Presidential Experience exhibit for a collectibles evaluation.<br />
The American Presidential Experience is an exciting addition to the Philadelphia Fall Home Show.  It offers visitors an opportunity to experience first-hand the inspiring power of the presidency.  Among the highlights, the public can climb aboard a replica of Air Force One or sit behind the desk in the Oval Office display.<br />
Visitors can also receive evaluations of their own political memorabilia collections as well as their art, antiques and collectibles from noted WorthPoint Worthologists Jim Warlick and Thom Pattie. Warlick is an American Presidential memorabilia expert and owns the Political Americana store on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC.  Pattie has an extensive 40-year background in the appraisal, antiques, and auction industries and is<br />
WorthPoint&#8217;s Chief Worthologist.</p>
<p><strong> WHO:</strong><br />
Atlanta-based WorthPoint Corp. is an Internet-based data-and-media company that offers a vast database of sales records on art, antiques and collectibles. Founded in 2007, WorthPoint has quickly become the world&#8217;s largest social network for researching the worth of antiques and collectibles. WorthPoint helps collectors understand the worth of their items and provides expert advice from its team of Worthologists on how to preserve or sell antiques and collectibles.</p>
<p>With 700 exhibits, the Philadelphia Fall Home Show is the largest home event in the area.</p>
<p><strong>WHEN:</strong><br />
September 26, 27, 28th</p>
<p><strong>WHERE:</strong><br />
Philadelphia Fall Home Show Hall A<br />
Pennsylvania Convention Center</p>
<p>Contact:</p>
<p>Dan Greenfield<br />
WorthPoint<br />
Dan.greenfield@worthpoint.com<br />
(404) 549-6979 x9029<br />
(404) 310-0023 cell</p>
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		<title>WorthPoint Corporation Announces Innovative Advertising Network To Reach the Art, Antiques and Collectibles Market</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ &#8212; WorthPoint (http://www.worthpoint.com), an Internet-based data-and-media company that offers a vast database of sales records on art, antiques and collectibles, on Monday announced the formation of the Art, Antiques and collectibles Media Network (AACMN).
This first-of-its-kind centralized online media network will help companies, agencies and media buyers market to leading online art, ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ATLANTA, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ &#8212; WorthPoint (http://www.worthpoint.com), an Internet-based data-and-media company that offers a vast database of sales records on art, antiques and collectibles, on Monday announced the formation of the Art, Antiques and collectibles Media Network (AACMN).</p>
<p>This first-of-its-kind centralized online media network will help companies, agencies and media buyers market to leading online art, antiques and collectibles Web sites through a single point of contact. Founding members WorthPoint, GoAntiques and TIAS.com believe that the AACMN will provide a unique way to target an upscale, hard-to-reach population with disposable income, as well as a wider middle-income demographic.</p>
<p>The AACMN currently reaches 1.5 million unique visitors per month and is expected to grow rapidly as other businesses join the network.</p>
<p>&#8220;The goal of WorthPoint is to help our customers make money,&#8221; said WorthPoint CEO Will Seippel. &#8220;The same is true for the AACMN. Our online network will help advertisers use existing resources to reach fans of art, antiques and collectibles. As our network expands, we anticipate the AACMN will deliver even more value through even greater economies of scale.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The average GoAntiques user is successful, well educated and has an appreciation for the arts,&#8221; said Jim Kamnikar, president of GoAntiques. &#8220;The AACMN will help advertisers target a highly valued audience.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Our new partnership with WorthPoint and GoAntiques creates an unprecedented opportunity for advertisers seeking to connect with high-end consumers,&#8221; said Phillip Davies, president of TIAS.com. &#8220;The AACMN does not only benefit merchants, auctioneers and show promoters. Advertisers such as automotive, insurance and pharmaceutical companies can cost effectively target this sought-after audience.&#8221;</p>
<p>For more information about the AACMN, send inquires to sales@worthpoint.com</p>
<p>About WorthPoint</p>
<p>Atlanta-based WorthPoint Corp. (http://www.worthpoint.com) is an Internet-based data-and-media company that offers a vast database of sales records on art, antiques and collectibles. Founded in 2007, WorthPoint has quickly become the world&#8217;s largest social network for researching the worth of antiques and collectibles. WorthPoint helps collectors understand the worth of their items and provides expert advice from its team of Worthologists on how to preserve or sell antiques and collectibles.</p>
<p>About TIAS.com</p>
<p>TIAS serves approximately 160,000 unique customers a day. About 510 merchants sell through the TIAS system, listing well more than 600,000 items for sale online. The company has been building e-commerce systems for merchants who sell antiques and collectibles since 1995. Sites affiliated with TIAS.com include CollectorOnline.com, Curioscape.com, Earthling.com and AntiqueArts.com.</p>
<p>About GoAntiques</p>
<p>Founded in 1994, by Kathy Kamnikar as Antique Networking, GoAntiques is the oldest antiques and collectibles site on the Internet. It offers more than 600,000 items from more than 1,300 dealers in 31 countries and the world&#8217;s largest antiques-and-collectibles price guide, PriceMiner(R). GoAntiques logs nearly a million visits and thousands of transactions each month and has more than 350,000 registered members. WorthPoint recently announced plans to acquire GoAntiques.</p>
<p>News Contact:</p>
<p>WorthPoint Corporation<br />
Steve Johnson<br />
(877) 734-7735 x9019 (O)<br />
(703) 798-5236 (C)<br />
steve.johnson@worthpoint.com</p>
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		<title>WorthPoint Teams Up with Heritage Auction Galleries</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
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World&#8217;s Third-largest Auction House Joins WorthPoint, a Social Network and Search Engine for Collectors

ATLANTA, GA, September 2, 2008 &#8212; WorthPoint Corporation, the premier website for art, antiques, and collectibles, announced on Tuesday that Dallas-based Heritage Auction Galleries, the world&#8217;s largest collectibles auctioneer and third largest auction house, has selected WorthPoint as a data publishing partner.
Under ...]]></description>
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World&#8217;s Third-largest Auction House Joins WorthPoint, a Social Network and Search Engine for Collectors<br />
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<p>ATLANTA, GA, September 2, 2008 &#8212; WorthPoint Corporation, the premier website for art, antiques, and collectibles, announced on Tuesday that Dallas-based Heritage Auction Galleries, the world&#8217;s largest collectibles auctioneer and third largest auction house, has selected WorthPoint as a data publishing partner.</p>
<p>Under the new agreement, Heritage will provide WorthPoint with upcoming and historical auction data to be published on the WorthPoint website. With information provided by Heritage, WorthPoint is now able to provide more comprehensive data than ever.</p>
<p>&#8220;Heritage Auction Galleries is the undisputed Internet leader in its field,&#8221; said WorthPoint Founder and CEO Will Seippel. &#8220;Heritage&#8217;s nearly 400,000 registered online bidder-members in 164 countries are a testament to the usefulness of its website, its reputation for professional business practices and its vast expertise in the field of art and collectibles.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;WorthPoint&#8217;s cutting-edge technology, its visionary management team, its roster of &#8216;Worthologists&#8217; &#8212; men and women who share an expertise in and a passion for collectibles &#8212; and its planned acquisition of GoAntiques.com, make WorthPoint a perfect partner for us,&#8221; said Heritage Auction Galleries Co-Chairman Jim Halperin.</p>
<p>About WorthPoint</p>
<p>Atlanta-based WorthPoint Corporation (www.worthpoint.com) is an Internet-based data and media company that offers a vast database of sales records on art, antiques and collectibles. Founded in 2007, WorthPoint has quickly become the world&#8217;s largest social network for researching the worth of antiques and collectibles. WorthPoint helps collectors understand the worth of their items, and provides expert advice from its team of Worthologists on how to preserve or sell antiques and collectibles. WorthPoint recently announced plans to acquire Dublin, Ohio-based GoAntiques, the oldest antiques-and-collectibles site on the Web. GoAntiques offers 600,000 items from more than 1,300 dealers in 31 countries and the world&#8217;s largest antiques and collectibles price guide, PriceMiner(R). GoAntiques logs nearly a million visits and thousands of transactions each month and has more than 350,000 registered members.</p>
<p>About Heritage Auction Galleries</p>
<p>Heritage Auction Galleries (www.HA.com) , established in 1976, offers a wide range of U.S. &#038; World Coins, Rare Currency, Fine &#038; Decorative Art, Western Art, Illustration Art, Vintage Comic Books &#038; Comic Art, Movie Posters, Entertainment Memorabilia, Jewelry &#038; Timepieces, Vintage &#038; Couture Handbags, Sports Collectibles, Stamps, Historical &#038; Political Memorabilia, Rare Books &#038; Manuscripts, American Indian Art, Air &#038; Space Memorabilia, Civil War Memorabilia, Vintage &#038; Contemporary Photography, Natural History Specimens and more.  Headquartered in Dallas Texas, Heritage Auction Galleries has representatives across the United States, as well as agents around the world.</p>
<p>News Contact:</p>
<p>                                                                                                            WorthPoint Corporation<br />
Steve Johnson<br />
(877) 734-7735 x9019 (O)<br />
(703) 798-5236 (C)<br />
steve.johnson@worthpoint.com</p>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Atlantique City Antiques &#38; Collectibles Show returns Oct. 18-19
Published August 28th, 2008
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. &#8211; The Atlantique City Antiques &#38; Collectibles Show will host selections from “The American Presidential Experience,” a sweeping exhibit dazzling audiences this week at the Democratic National Convention in Denver.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>Atlantique City Antiques &amp; Collectibles Show returns Oct. 18-19</h3>
<p>Published August 28th, 2008</p>
<p>ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. &#8211; The Atlantique City Antiques &amp; Collectibles Show will host selections from “The American Presidential Experience,” a sweeping exhibit dazzling audiences this week at the Democratic National Convention in Denver.</p>
<p>The exhibit for the Oct. 18-19 antiques show is made possible though a special partnership between Atlantique City and WorthPoint.com, the Internet’s largest social network for researching the worth of antiques and collectibles.</p>
<p>In addition to the exhibit, special “Worthologists” will be on hand to discuss political memorabilia and offer their expert advice.</p>
<p>“America’s presidential campaigns and political memorabilia are an important part of our history and culture,” Atlantique City Show Producer Eric Bradley said. “The American Presidential Experience is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to witness a fascinating display of political pop culture. It’s a wonderful addition to an extraordinary line up of quality dealers and antiques.”</p>
<p>More than 400 of America’s finest dealers fill the Atlantic City Convention Center with 19th and early 20th century antiques, fine art, jewelry, toys and pop culture collectibles. Atlantique City is the only antiques show in the world to offer free furniture delivery within a 200-mile radius of the show and the original provider of free celebrity appraisals.</p>
<p>WorthPoint recently agreed to acquire GoAntiques Inc., the oldest antiques and collectibles website and a significant online network for buying and selling antiques and collectibles. Its network includes 600,000 items from more than 1,300 dealers in 31 countries and the world’s largest antiques and collectibles price guide, PriceMiner®.</p>
<p>“The new, bigger WorthPoint will have more than 1 million visitors a month to our combined web pages,” said WorthPoint CEO Will Seippel. “Atlantique City is one of the largest indoor antiques and collectibles shows and it has been a destination for collectors for more than two decades. We complement each other in important ways to better serve collectors,” Seippel said. “It’s a great partnership.”</p>
<p>Tens of thousands of visitors are expected to tour The American Presidential Experience during its stay in Denver this week. Visitors to the Presidential Experience can have their pictures taken sitting behind the desk in the Oval Office, walk through the cabin of Air Force One, see collections of historical flags, presidential documents and First Lady Inaugural Ball gowns, hear some of the greatest presidential speeches in history, meet the authors of presidential biographies and books about the presidency. Visitors can also take a guided tour of the bus that has served as the C-SPAN mobile production studio during this year’s presidential campaign.</p>
<p>Advance tickets to Atlantique City are now $15 for Saturday, $10 for Sunday or $25 for a weekend pass. All advance ticket buyers are admitted at 9 a.m. Saturday at no extra charge &#8211; a full hour before the box office opens! The box office opens at 10 a.m. on both Saturday and Sunday and prices are an additional $5 per ticket.</p>
<p>What: The American Presidential Experience at Atlantique City Antiques &amp; Collectibles Show<br />
When: Saturday, Oct.18 &amp; Sunday, Oct. 19, 2008, Hours: Saturday: 9 a.m.*-6 pm.; Sunday 10 a.m. -5 p.m.<br />
Where: Atlantic City Convention Center, One Miss America Way, Atlantic City, NJ 08401</p>
<p>Press Contact: Eric Bradley<br />
800-726-9966, ext. 13331<br />
Eric.bradley@fwpubs.com</p>
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