From owner-freebsd-doc Fri May 14 14:53:32 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from proxy.tsumura.co.jp (proxy.tsumura.co.jp [202.215.211.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B02C151EB for ; Fri, 14 May 1999 14:53:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from woll231@jboy.com) Received: from 202.215.211.2 by proxy.tsumura.co.jp (8.8.8+2.7Wbeta7/3.6W) with SMTP id GAA12934; Sat, 15 May 1999 06:41:47 +0900 (JST) From: woll231@jboy.com Date: Fri, 14 May 99 15:38:24 EST To: jone@worldnet.att.net Subject: WCollect.com Brings $3 Million in Limited Edition Books Message-ID: <359DFE77.4AC9@erols.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org StockNetworking News SNN If you are not a subscriber and received this issue of SNN in error please see how to unsubscribe below. We are enclosing the latest WCollect.com (WCLT) News Release. May 13, 1999 Company Press Release WCollect.com Joins With Oldest Collectible Book Club to Bring $3 Million in Limited Edition Books and Related Art Online NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 13, 1999--WCollect.com (OTC BB:WCLT), a unique, e-commerce site specializing exclusively in offering authentic collectibles and entertainment memorabilia online has recently entered into a significant relationship with The Limited Editions Club, the oldest collectible book club in the United States. This affiliation, with Club owner Sid Shiff, will bring a $3 million dollar collection of limited edition books and artwork to a broader base of collectors who wish to purchase the ultimate in collectible books online. For seventy years, Picasso, Cartier-Bresson, Matisse, Ellsworth Kelly, deKooning, Motherwell, Balthus, Mapplethorpe and Elizabeth Catlett provided original prints to illustrate books by Bronte, Maya Angelou, Ezra Pound, Octavio Paz, Langston Hughes, Samuel Beckett and others for The Limited Editions Club. These highly collectible books and prints, originally created exclusively for members of The Limited Editions Club, can be found in the Museum of Modern Art and in the homes of some of the world's most selective collectors. The books are all signed and numbered and most editions are limited to 300 copies. Book's range in price from $1,000 to $10,000, with limited sets of artist prints from $3,000 to $80,000. Limited Editions Club books are not only visually spectacular but have become excellent investments. According to Carol Grossman, in the March, 1999 issue of BIBLIO, ``Jacob Lawrence's Genesis, in an edition of 400 brings at least $3,500, up nearly five times from the original price. The Season in Hell, with photogravures by Mapplethorpe and a print run of 1,000 now brings $2,500. The recent edition of Ezra Pound's Cathay illustrated by Clemente and originally issued at $1,250, now sells in the $3,000 range.'' Investments were not what led Sid Shiff, former Wall Street Banker, to take over one of the oldest limited editions book clubs in the United States. It was his love for collectible art and ``great books'' that has put him into the unique position to create sumptuous books illustrated, with original artwork, that sell for thousands of dollars to his club members. WCollect.com is proud to now offer these highly unique and limited editions to online collectors. By focusing on exclusive and authenticated items and commissioned products in a virtually untapped niche market, and with the explosion of growth in the arena of collectibles and memorabilia, WCollect.com is primed to become the premier online destination for fine art and entertainment collectibles. According to Shiff, ``our affiliation with WCollect.com offers us the opportunity to bring our unique books and artwork to a much broader range of potential collectors. The Wcollect.com site also lowers our marketing and customer acquisition costs while placing us under a brand name that collectors can trust.'' The relationship is another in a series of recent high power alliances between traditional retail store owners, dealers and collectors. WCollect.com the a virtual online marketplace specializing in authentic works of art, rare and collectible books, sports and entertainment and memorabilia is publicly trading under the symbol WCLT on the NASDAQ OTC BB. 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