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NEW YORK – If you’re like most folks, buying stocking stuffers is difficult. Choosing a regular gift is one thing but if one procrastinates, it can be challenging to find just the right mini-gift to slip inside a stocking that has been “hung by the chimney with care.” Running out to the local pharmacy at […]
LONDON – So, you took advice from this column last week and have splashed out on a case of vintage wine to oil the wheels of Christmas lunch and subsequent festive fun. Next you’ll need a reliable corkscrew. After all, only supermarket plonk that has screw tops and no, the Swiss Army penknife Santa left […]
MONROE, Conn. – Furniture, artwork and decorative accessories from the estate of Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Styron will be sold Sunday, July 17, by Fairfield Auction. Styron’s best-known works include The Confessions of Nat Turner, Lie Down in Darkness and Sophie’s Choice, later made into a film that earned Meryl Streep an Academy Award […]
Many companies today are looking at their sales figures and deciding how to change their products to attract more customers. The same thing was true in the 1930s when Chase Brass & Copper Co. decided to make Art Deco pieces for the home, along with the buttons, nails and thousands of other brass products it […]