But today is Sunday and I have “off” as well as tomorrow, Monday, labor day! I will then return to my next scheduled work week which should be a little better when the other nurse returns from another one of her extended vacations.(rolling eyes)LOL!

I will have to find some groups or forums here, to hang out in, so I can ask a ton ‘o questions, since I am readying myself to do listings again that are NOT in the old “bay”. I think I might list a thing or 2 for old time’s sake tooner or later, but nothing I wouldn’t worry about too much in case I get taken for a ride by a buyer and have my funds held by paypal!LOL!

Don’t get me wrong, but my ratings were pretty good over there, but I don’t trust that site enough to let them remain that way. So I figured as long as I was moving away from them, I’m going to make the best choices possible in finding a new home. After reading the news about this site combining with GoAntiques, I just was overwhelmed with being impressed! There is plenty of background and experience here and there, and lost of special folks who know what they are doing here. So..I’m glad to meet all of you fellow vintage dealers, and I can’t wait to get started!

With 100 million avid collectors around the world and the global collectibles market estimated at $150 billion a year, combining two of the premier Web sites for art, antiques and collectibles was just common sense for Will Seippel, Founder and CEO of WorthPoint Corporation and Jim Kamnikar, President and CEO of GoAntiques, Inc.

Founded in 2007, WorthPoint has quickly become the largest social network for researching the worth of antiques and collectibles. More than 50,000 people registered as WorthPoint members in the company’s first nine months.

WorthPoint offers a rich multimedia experience that helps collectors understand the worth of their items, and it provides expert advice from its team of Worthologists on how to preserve or sell antiques and collectibles. Members can also share their knowledge and create online collecting communities.

Founded in 1994, by Kathy Kamnikar, as Antique Networking, GoAntiques is the oldest Web antiques-and-collectibles site. It offers 600,000 items from more than 1,300 dealers in 31 countries and the world’s largest antiques and collectibles price guide, PriceMiner®. GoAntiques logs nearly a million visits and thousands of transactions each month and has more than 350,000 registered members.

“GoAntiques is a perfect fit for WorthPoint,” WorthPoint CEO Seippel said. “It is the longest-running and most experienced antiques-and-collectibles site on the Internet and has a great staff. Combined, we will have more than 1 million visitors a month to our Web pages.

“Our acquisition of GoAntiques will accelerate our growth by introducing the antique-dealer community to WorthPoint,” said Seippel. “More importantly, it will introduce thousands of antique dealers to the thousands of homeowners who come to the WorthPoint site daily looking to sell some of their possessions.”

GoAntiques’ Kathy Kamnikar said she is thrilled to be part of the WorthPoint team. “Fifteen years ago my dream was to serve the antiques market. With Jim as President we’ve come a long way and now with WorthPoint we can go even further.”

GoAntiques’ Jim Kamnikar said: “This is a good match. WorthPoint will give us the added resources we need to expand our marketplace and provide additional value to our buyers and sellers. The people looking for assistance with estates and collections, who come to our site, will benefit greatly from having access to WorthPoint’s rapidly expanding team of experts.”

“WorthPoint represents the future of collecting worldwide, and we are happy to be part of that exciting future.”

Steve Johnson, Corporate Communications, WorthPoint Corporation
Steve.johnson@worthpoint.com
(877) 734-7735 x9019
(703) 798-5236 (Cell)

WorthPoint announced Wednesday, August 20, 2008 that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire Dublin, Ohio-based GoAntiques, an online network for buying and selling antiques and collectibles.

GoAntiques, the oldest antiques-and-collectibles Web site, was founded in 1994, by Kathy Kamnikar, as Antique Networking. It offers 600,000 items from more than 1,300 dealers in 31 countries and the world’s largest antiques and collectibles price guide, PriceMiner ®. GoAntiques logs nearly a million visits and thousands of transactions each month and has more than 350,000 registered members.

“GoAntiques is a perfect fit for WorthPoint,” WorthPoint CEO Seippel said.

“It is the longest-running and most experienced antiques-and-collectibles site on the Internet and has a great staff. Combined, we will have more than 1 million visitors a month to our Web pages.

“Our acquisition of GoAntiques will accelerate our growth by introducing the antique-dealer community to WorthPoint,” said Seippel. “More importantly, it will introduce thousands of antique dealers to the thousands of homeowners who come to the WorthPoint site daily looking to sell some of their possessions.”

GoAntiques’ Kathy Kamnikar said she is thrilled to be part of the WorthPoint team. “Fifteen years ago my dream was to serve the antiques market. With Jim as President we’ve come a long way and now with WorthPoint we can go even further.”

GoAntiques’ Jim Kamnikar said: “This is a good match. WorthPoint will give us the added resources we need to expand our marketplace and provide additional value to our buyers and sellers.

“WorthPoint represents the future of collecting worldwide, and we are happy to be part of that exciting future.”

WorthPoint was founded in 2007, but it has quickly become the largest social network for researching the worth of antiques and collectibles.

Read the entire WorthPoint Press Release.

WorthPoint is a Web 2.0-based data-and media company that offers a vast database of sales records on art, antiques and collectibles. It announced Tuesday from its Atlanta home office that it has completed a letter of intent to acquire Dublin, Ohio, GoAntiques, an online network for buying and selling antiques and collectibles.

Founded in 2007, WorthPoint has quickly become the largest social network for researching the worth of antiques and collectibles. More than 50,000 people registered as WorthPoint members in our first nine months.

We offer a rich multimedia experience that helps collectors understand the worth of their items, as well as providing expert advice from our team of Worthologists on how to preserve or sell antiques and collectibles. Members can also share their knowledge while building collecting communities.

GoAntiques was started in 1994 as Antique Networking by Kathy Kamnikar, making it the oldest Web antiques-and-collectibles site. It offers 600,000 items from more than 1,300 dealers in 31 countries and has the world’s largest antiques and collectibles price guide, PriceMiner®. GoAntiques logs nearly a million visits and thousands of transactions each month. More than 350,000 people are registered GoAntiques members.

“GoAntiques is a perfect fit for WorthPoint,” Will Seippel said. “It is the longest-running and most experienced antiques-and-collectibles site on the Internet and has a great staff. Combined, we will have more than 1 million visitors a month to our Web pages.”

He added, “Our acquisition of GoAntiques will accelerate our growth by introducing the antique-dealer community to WorthPoint. More importantly, it will introduce thousands of antique dealers to the thousands of homeowners who come to the WorthPoint site daily looking to sell some of their possessions.”

GoAntiques’ Kathy Kamnikar said she is thrilled to be part of the WorthPoint team. “Fifteen years ago, my dream was to serve the antiques market. With Jim as president, we’ve come a long way, and now with WorthPoint, we can go even farther.”

GoAntiques CEO Kamnikar said: “This is a good match. WorthPoint will give us the added resources we need to expand our marketplace and provide additional value to our buyers and sellers. The people looking for assistance with estates and collections, who come to our site, will benefit greatly from having access to WorthPoint’s rapidly expanding team of experts.”

“WorthPoint represents the future of collecting worldwide, and we are happy to be part of that exciting future.”