Andrew Jones first ever Collections Curated by Designers of Distinction auction totals nearly Dollar 2M

The auction was held online and in the downtown Los Angeles gallery; 97% of all lots sold.

Downtown Los Angeles, CA, USA, February 26, 2020 -- The results of Andrew Jones Auctions’ first-ever auction of Collections Curated by Designers of Distinction were nothing short of phenomenal, as 97 percent of lots found new owners in a sale that totaled just under $2 million. The event was held February 23rd, online and in the downtown Los Angeles gallery at 2221 South Main Street.

The sale comprised nearly 500 lots, pulled from six California collections assembled by legends of interior design: Kalef Alaton, Craig Wright, Henrix Allardyce, Therien & Company, Inc., Steven Volpe and James Lumsden. Luxuriously upholstered chairs, elegant occasional tables, Chinoiserie decoration, fine art selections and exquisite objects struck a chord with bidders.

"We seem to have turned back the clock to a time when richly appointed interiors were the paradigm,” said Andrew Jones, president and CEO of Andrew Jones Auctions. “It was exciting to see so many decorators, collectors and grand millennials – many of them new clients – battle for each lot. It’s a great shot in the arm for traditional quality works with important provenance.”

A busy three-day preview in a gorgeously presented gallery led to a packed room on auction day with over 100 in-room clients, a full bank of phone bidders and two active online platforms bringing in buyers from around the world. Approximately 2,500 people registered to bid online.

Following are some of the major highlights from the auction. Internet bidding was facilitated by LiveAuctioneers.com and Invaluable.com. Also, 430 in-house registrations for absentee, phone and in-room bidding were recorded. All prices quoted include a sliding scale buyer’s premium.

The top lot of the sale was a beautiful ebonized Bosendorfer grand piano from the estate of Yasuko and Maury Kraines that fetched $46,250. From the same collection, a spectacular Victorian glass 24-light chandelier by Perry & Co. reached $40,000. The estate of Francis A. Martin III included a chic pair of Louis XVI bronze and marble étagères that achieved $45,000.

A wonderful collection from a Beverly Hills residence was highlighted by a colorful North Italian Rococo japanned commode in the manner of Pietro Massa, Piedmont that gaveled for $27,500, and a sinuous Chinese huanghuali armchair knocked down for $37,500. Also, Craig Wright’s stylish pair of Regence style bergères by Maison Jansen changed hands for $12,500.

Andrew Jones Auctions’ next big event will be a double-header of UnReserved on Main St. and DTLA (Downtown Los Angeles) Collections & Estates auctions on Saturday, March 21st and Sunday March 22nd, also online and in the gallery. Featured will be antique furniture, fine jewelry and silver, fine art and decorations. The preview begins on Thursday, March 19th.

To learn more about Andrew Jones Auctions and the UnReserved on Main St. and DTLA (Downtown Los Angeles) Collections & Estates auctions planned for Saturday, March 21st and Sunday March 22nd, online and in the gallery, please visit www.andrewjonesauctions.com. You can reach the firm by phone at 213-748-8008, or via email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

About Andrew Jones Auctions:
Andrew Jones Auctions opened in summer 2018 and is the only full-service fine art and antiques auction house in downtown Los Angeles. The staff has a wealth of knowledge and international experience, having worked for many years at major auction houses in America and Europe, scouring property from across North America. The firm’s auctions are diverse and eclectic and feature fine items in many collecting categories spanning the 16th through the 21st centuries. To learn more, please visit www.andrewjonesauctions.com.

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American Window Film Window Films of Premium Quality

The following press release is written to provide information about the American Window Film firm. They specialize in installing best glare protection films on the windows of homes and vehicles.

It is often seen that the cars and other vehicles with the plain colored windows appear so boring, even when the vehicle is of a big or expensive brand. Rest than adding aesthetic beauty to your car, tinting of windows brings in multiple other long-lasting functional benefits to you. For example, tinted windows provide you privacy in your car on the road. People won’t see what is happening there inside the car and the insiders could enjoy their travel or journey to the fullest. It also reduces the risk of snatching or robbing from the prying eyes looking for valuables inside the vehicle. So, if your tinted window car is parked in some parking lot, you may easily leave your belongings in it for a longer time.

There are lots of vendors in the market who provide window tinting services. You always need to choose the best of them. To get the best quality window films, you may contact us at American Window Film. We have experience of over 40 years in installing window films. You may contact us for getting the installation of tinted films done at your site. We will install the best quality and classy UV blocking films based on your requirements. You may get those installed on the windows of your cars, homes, and even your business place. We offer a wide range of window film Manchester from which you may choose those based on your requirements.

We ensure to use the films of the highest possible standards to provide the first-class finishing to your car or home windows. Other than the installation, we also sell window films of different varieties. We offer a free estimate for the project that we would take up. Our films ensure to maintain the temperature within the buildings and cars to save power. Those lower down the bright exposure of sunlight for making you experience the beautiful views outside. The tint in the films come with various shades. Our manufactured films are well-certified for effective use. Be assured that our prices are very nominal and affordable as compared to those offered by our competitors.

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BiKi com Enters Strategic Cooperation with Kava First DeFi App Built on Cosmos Ecosystem

Singapore, Feb 25, 2020 -- Global digital assets trading platform BiKI.com is proud to announce its impending listing of KAVA token on Feb 26, 1500 hrs (GMT + 8). A cross-chain decentralized finance (DeFi) platform, Kava offers decentralized leverage and hedging of major digital assets such as BTC, ATOM and BNB, built by Kava Labs.

To celebrate the listing, BiKi and Kava will be launching several campaigns for new users and fervent supporters to win some KAVA. By combining their reach during the listing launch, both parties hope to capitalize on mutual community growth potential. More importantly, Kava and BiKi will also be forming a strategic partnership whereby BiKi establishes a Node/validator setup. Kava looks forward to providing access to a staking economy and DeFi products to BiKi’s users very soon.

A DeFi Initiative

“As a strong believer in DeFi revolutionizing the blockchain industry myself, I am very pleased to have Kava listed with us and growing with us,” says Ethan Ng, Southeast Asia CEO of BiKi.com. “Like traditional markets, finance is the core that functions as the lifeblood of other industries; DeFi offers better opportunities for mass markets to enter. In my opinion, DeFi has to succeed in order for real progress to take place and Kava is one of the platforms allowing us to take a step closer towards this dream.”

Most notably, Kava is the first DeFi platform to receive formal backing from Binance Launchpad, having successfully completed its Initial Exchange Offering with a US$3 million token sale on October 24, 2019. The Kava partnership network also includes world-renowned blockchain industry veterans, Ripple, Arrington XRP Capital, and Tendermint, as well as leading staking-as-a-service providers, StakeWith.Us and Dokia Capital, with intentions to support ATOM and XRP as the first few assets on the platform.

“We are excited to see BiKi support our efforts and list KAVA, the governance and staking token of our DeFi platform,” says Kava CEO and Co-Founder, Brian Kerr. “BiKi will help us in our mission to reach many key ‘hodlers’ of BTC, XRP, and ATOM so that they can leverage the Kava DeFi platform for staking, lending, and hedging. I’m very happy to see BiKi take a pro-DeFi stance and work with us. I believe they will play a key part in helping expand our DeFi platform’s global reach and footprint in the many months to come.”

Kerr is a serial venture-backed entrepreneur who previously founded and led an esports accessory company, Fnatic Gear. Kerr grew the company from a team of three staff in 2014 to one of the most prominent forces in the industry. In addition to leading Kava’s strategic direction and growth, Brian also serves as an advisor to several blockchain projects such as Snowball and DMarket.io.

Bridging Gaps

Coined by its team to be the first DeFi application built within the Cosmos ecosystem, Kava aims to bridge the crypto economy and traditional collateralization processes through the issuance of USDX, a US dollar-pegged stablecoin loan in proportion to digital assets collateralized. Using a system of smart contracts, Kava enables users open access to loans and algorithmically managed stablecoins backed by crypto assets — empowering digital asset owners with user-friendly DeFi services.

Users can benefit from interest rates on Kava’s stablecoin USDX through hedging. Kava can grow to support a wide range of new crypto assets and offer new synthetics and derivative products.

By supporting lending against crypto assets from other networks, the Kava platform and its token KAVA have become attractive to many. This is coupled with its other features such as ‘No Counterparty’ lending, where the Kava platform enables users to ‘self-issue’ loans, minting new USDX based on their deposited collateral and destroying USDX when users close out their debt positions; its algorithmically maintained stablecoin USDX; as well as its economically incentivized governance, where KAVA token holders earn block rewards and fees paid by users.

Roadmap

Token holders can look forward to the upcoming launch of Kava’s CDP on their mainnet. Currently, Kava’s developers and validators are testing the security and robustness of the product. After the launch of Kava’s flagship product, the CDP platform, Kava will start to accept crypto assets for collateralization and mint USDX.

A Win-Win Cooperation

BiKi and Kava have epitomized this era of globalization and cross-borderization.

With more than 2 million registered users worldwide and 200,000 daily users, BiKi officially implemented its global user system on Feb 10, 2020. The past year has seen the exchange expanding and globalizing its brand, developing industry and community resources. These are aspects that Kava will be able to tap into, to cultivate and develop in the global markets with opportunities for global exposure and accelerate its own infrastructure building.

With its cross-chain DeFi platform, Kava will provide a derivative financial system that supports multi-asset mortgage lending and provides users with decentralized stablecoins. BiKi users/investors can utilize Kava to realize leveraged hedging and hedging of assets held in unstable market conditions.

This strategic cooperation will continue at brand and market expansion levels, impacting both parties significantly in their positionings within the DeFi ecosystem.

In the meantime, BiKi users are reminded to stay tuned to the BiKi.com platform as it launches the KAVA listing tomorrow and starts rolling out KAVA campaign giveaways.

About BiKi.com:
Headquartered in Singapore, BiKi.com is a global cryptocurrency exchange ranked Top 20 on CoinMarketCap. BiKi.com provides a digital assets platform for trading more than 150 cryptocurrencies and 280 trading pairs. BiKi.com is focused on providing the safest, most stable and most effective cryptocurrency trading platform. 100% of the transaction fees are used in buyback and burning of platform token, BIKI. Since its official opening in August 2018, BiKi.com is considered one of the fastest-growing cryptocurrency exchanges in the world with an accumulated 2 million registered users, 200,000 daily active users, over 2,000 community partners and 200,000 community members. BiKi.com has received investments from Huobi co-founder Du Jun, Genesis Capital Zhu Huai Yang, FBG Capital, ChainUP and others totaling approximately 10 million USD.

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Lucintel Leadership Quadrant and Strategic Positioning of Fuel Additive Suppliers

Major players in fuel additive market have diversified product portfolios, strong geographical reach, and have made several strategic initiatives. The dynamics of the fuel additive market extends beyond routine macro-economic elements of supply and demand. It is the relationship between buyer's needs and seller's capabilities as well as the macroeconomic forces at work that affect the market. It is how well and how efficiently the sellers meet the needs of the buyers that determine long-term success. 

 To download report brochure, please go to https://www.lucintel.com/lucintel-leadership-quadrant-of-fuel-additive-2019.aspx and click "report brochure" tab from the menu.

Over the years, the level of demand for fuel additives has increased due to the increasing penetration of Ultra-Low Sulphur Diesel (ULSD). Fuel additives are used for a variety of applications, such as gasoline, diesel, and others and is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 7%. The major growth drivers for this market are growing fuel demand, growing awareness among users regarding the benefits of fuel additives, demand of high fuel efficiency, and stringent regulations and emission standards adopted by various countries.

Firms that produce fuel additive are approaching market opportunities with starkly different strategies. Lucintel, a leading global management consulting and market research firm, has analyzed the global fuel additive suppliers and has come up with a comprehensive research report, “Lucintel Leadership Quadrant and Strategic Positioning of Fuel Additive Suppliers”. Using its proprietary research methodology, Lucintel has developed a comparative analysis tool, the ‘Lucintel Leadership Quadrant,’ which identifies leaders, contenders, visionaries, and specialists in the fuel additive market and rates each fuel additive producer on two primary criteria as shown below:

 1. Alignment with market opportunity

 2. Ability to gain market share

In this research study, leading players such as Lubrizol, Afton, Innospec, Infineum, BASF, Chevron, Fuel Performance, and Evonik are analyzed and profiled based on various parameters such as target markets, product mapping, selling strategies, production capabilities, geographic footprint, financial, new product developments, market share, innovation, and other benchmarks. Some of the features of this research study are as follows:

Leadership and competitive analysis:

  • Product mapping of leading players
  • Benchmarking of financial strength of leading players
  • Leadership quadrant / strategic positioning of players
    • Leaders
    • Contenders
    • Visionaries
    • Specialists

Market shares of leading players in various regions:

  • North America
  • Europe
  • Asia Pacific
  • The Rest of the World

Profiles of leading players in terms of below parameters:

  • Product positioning
  • Market positioning
  • Financial strength
  • Revenue breakdown by market segments
  • Revenue breakdown by regions
  • Organizational capabilities
  • Innovation and market leadership

Designed for the industry professionals, financial services firms, and users of fuel additive, this more than 140-pages report will enable you to understand competitive landscape of fuel additive market. It will allow you to determine which companies are better aligned with future market opportunities and which has the ability to gain additional market share. For a detailed table of contents, contact Lucintel at +1-972-636-5056 or click on this link…… or   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

About Lucintel

Lucintel, the premier global management consulting and market research firm, creates winning strategies for growth—whether you need to understand market dynamics, identify new opportunities, or increase your profitability. It offers market assessments, competitive analysis, opportunity analysis, growth consulting, M&A, and due diligence services to executives and key decision-makers in a variety of industries. Over the last 20 years, Lucintel has served over 1,000 corporations in 70 countries. For further information, visit www.lucintel.com

Innovapptive Microsoft IBM and Oracle Top Work Order Management System Providers Study Says

HOUSTON – A just-released research study from Insight Partners reveals the leading players in the global Work Order Management Systems market and Innovapptive is listed in the top 10 companies, alongside tech industry giants Microsoft, IBM and Oracle. The report also predicts this market will enjoy significant growth through 2027 as more companies realize the advantages of mobile-first digital transformation.

“It’s no surprise this market continues to grow,” said Innovapptive CEO and co-founder Sundeep Ravande. “There are lots of greenfield opportunities and we have a mobile-first solution for organizations to take full advantage of digital transformation. Companies that embrace digital work order management are reducing unplanned downtime, boosting productivity, improving workflows and retaining more workers. These positive outcomes are why spending on digital transformation is predicted to soar to $2 trillion by 2022.” 

The report – Work Order Management System Market to 2027 – analyzes work order management systems by deployment type, component and industry. 

Innovapptive’s mobile-first Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) solution, mWorkOrder and RACETM Dynamic Forms, delivers four key benefits for users at oil and gas facilities, chemical processing plants, utilities, mines, and manufacturing sites:

  • Greater wrench time and productivity
  • Accurate, complete and granular data sets
  • Shorter mean time to repair and greater mean time between failures
  • Improved regulatory and safety compliance

Innovapptive has recently released an informative webinar on how mobility and mWorkOrder enables maintenance departments to overcome operational challenges. You can view this free webinar at any time by clicking here.

About Innovapptive

Innovapptive is a global leader for industrial connected worker solutions with a purpose to help improve people’s lives with the next generation Connected Workforce Platform™. The platform digitally connects the entire industrial workforce, executives and back office to minimize plant outages and improve operational excellence. By engineering a platform that fuels innovation and collaboration, Innovapptive is transforming the experience of the industrial worker to increase revenues and margins for its customers. Innovapptive is headquartered in Houston, TX, with offices in Australia, Netherlands and India. Learn more at www.innovapptive.com.

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