Museums and would-be art donors are taking it on the chin. In late August, President Bush signed a provision attached to the Pension Protection Act that puts new limitations on the giving of fractional gifts. (Gnarly details here.) Before the addition of this provision, donors were not required to part with the donated […]

Vegas, baby. I just spent the last two days there as a guest of eBay at their 4th annual Collectibles Industry Summit, where the company brought together a cabal of 40 top folks in the collecting world—experts and journos in areas covering a wide swath of items that regularly trade on the site: coins, stamps, […]