SAN FRANCISCO — Codex, a cryptocurrency and decentralized title registry for the $2 trillion art and collectibles (A&C) asset class, has announced receipt of a $5 million investment from Pantera Capital, a leading investment firm focused on blockchain technologies. As Codex continues to grow its platform, Pantera’s investment, along with previous investor commitments, will help with protocol development and supporting participants in building applications on Codex. Pantera Capital’s Co-Chief Investment Officer, Joey Krug, has also joined Codex as an advisor, serving as a blockchain technology and strategic advisor.
NEW YORK – LiveAuctioneers, the world’s leading online marketplace for auctions of collectibles, antiques and fine art, today announced its participation in the Codex Consortium, which supports the Codex Protocol, a decentralized title registry for the $2 trillion arts & collectibles (A&C) asset class that brings provenance onto the blockchain. LiveAuctioneers has committed to adopting Codex Protocol, its native token, and its first product, Biddable, the day the protocol is launched. In the short term, Biddable will make bidding easier for LiveAuctioneers’ audience of 12 million users, enable bidding with cryptocurrency, and bring an influx of cryptowealth to auction houses. Over the long term, Codex will create a larger and more trusted art and collectibles market that will benefit LiveAuctioneers’ auction-house partners.
NYC-based members of LiveAuctioneers’ customer support team. Image provided by LiveAuctioneers
NEW YORK (Aug. 16, 2017) – LiveAuctioneers has won a prestigious Stevie® Award in the 2017 International Business AwardsSM (IBAs) competition, in the “Customer Service Team of the Year” category.
The Tipsy Robot bar setup at Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas. Tipsy Robot image
LAS VEGAS – Tipsy Robot, the galaxy’s first land-based robotic bar, will open its doors to the public today, June 30, 2017, inside the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino.
NEW YORK – Manhattan-based LiveAuctioneers, the online marketplace of choice for the most knowledgeable art, jewelry and collectibles buyers throughout 47 countries, has released Q1 results confirming a strong, continued leadership position in the global marketplace.
LiveAuctioneers VP Product and Marketing Phil Michaelson, left, with Red Herring Publisher/CEO Alex Vieux. Red Herring image
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — At the annual Red Herring award ceremony – this year in Newport Beach – LiveAuctioneers.com was named a 2016 Red Herring Top 100 North America award winner. Red Herring is a respected digital-media company focused on innovation and cutting-edge technology. The annual awards event honors private companies that excel within their sectors of the economy.
Wine glasses made by luxury glassmaker Moser, based in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. Image by Juan de Vojníkov.This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
PRAGUE (AP) – The Czech glassmaking industry, with a history dating to the 12th century, is embracing new technologies and marketing strategies to help it rebound from the recent years’ global economic downturn.
Colossal bust of Ramesses, ‘the Younger Memnon,’ 1250 BC, displayed in the Egypt Gallery of The British Museum. Photo by Jononmac46, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
LONDON (AFP) – Thousands of artifacts from the British Museum’s priceless collections went online Thursday in a partnership with Google that will allow web-users to take a virtual stroll through its galleries.
Neil Armstrong’s spacesuit, which he wore on the lunar surface on July 20, 1969, is currently being stored in a climate-controlled collections storage area that is not accessible to the public. Smithsonian Institution image
WASHINGTON (AP) – The National Air and Space Museum is launching a crowdfunding campaign to conserve the spacesuit Neil Armstrong wore on the moon.Continue reading
The Douglas Dam, Tennessee, early in its construction in 1942. FSA image by Alfred T. Palmer, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – The Tennessee Valley Authority is sponsoring a project that aims to digitize photographs, letters and other research material about Native American items that were uncovered beginning in the 1930s, when TVA dams were constructed.
The Knoxville News Sentinel reports modern technology is giving the items at the University of Tennessee’s McClung Museum a more secure future.
In addition to scanning documents, letters, slides and photographs, the original items are being put into more protective storage.
“Up until now, they haven’t been preserved properly,” said McClung Museum curator and UT professor Tim Baumann. “We are working to try to preserve those, not only to take care of them, but also to try to make them more accessible to the UT students and faculty.”
Many of the items were collected through the efforts of UT professors Madeline Kneberg Lewis and her husband, Tom Lewis. The couple worked with TVA, which still owns the items.
Baumann said digitizing and preserving materials will have various uses, including allowing an out-of-town professional researcher to better view the museum’s collection and allowing someone to find what appears to be an arrowhead to compare it to the ones at the museum.
“We also hope to develop a K-12 educational program that would be a companion with the exhibit gallery,” Baumann said. “That’s really where we need to expand the accessibility of the collection – how they can learn about history in our backyard.”
TVA archaeologist Michaelyn Harle said the agency is glad to help sponsor the massive project.
“It’s a daunting task, and thank God for partnerships with the University of Tennessee and the University of Alabama,” she said.
Lab assistant Hillary Waller, who has been working on digitizing slides and documents, says the work can be tedious but is also rewarding.
“I really enjoy knowing I make an impact on the preservation of artifacts, knowing that these can be utilized for researchers down the road and knowing it will be more utilized,” she said.
