A three-day, semi-annual Antique Auction packed with over 1,800 lots of quality items, including furniture, silver, estate jewelry, fine art, lighting, glass, porcelain, majolica and more will be held May 25th, 27th and 28th by Strawser Auction Group, live in the gallery at 106 East Dutch Street in Wolcottville, as well as online through LiveAuctioneers.com.

Things will kick off Day 1, Wednesday, May 25th, beginning promptly at 3 pm Eastern time, with 627 lots of fine jewelry, bronzes, furniture, lighting, toys, art and more. “The jewelry came out of a wealthy estate in Chicago and is unequaled in terms of quality,” said Michael Strawser, the president of Strawser Auction Group and the founder of the Majolica International Society.

Lot 27 is a multi-diamond drop pendant displayed on a 14 kt white gold 18-inch wheat chain and featuring three diamonds totaling more than 12 carats: a 2.0 carat round brilliant cut diamond set around 18 round brilliant cut diamonds; a 0.85 carat round brilliant cut diamond surrounded by a halo of diamonds; and a spectacular pear-shaped, 8.6 carat main diamond (est. $20,000-$40,000).

Thursday, May 26th, will be an off-day, then the action will pick up again on Day 2, Friday, May 27th, at 3 pm Eastern, with a large selection of glassware such as Fenton, Carnival glass, art glass and other glassware, as well as ceramics, including 175 majolica and porcelain oyster plates, art pottery and other pieces. In all, nearly 650 lots will come up for bid.

The Day 2 star lot promises to be an extremely rare Thomas Downing (N.Y., 1791-1866) cylindrical oyster jar with blue decorated lettering, impressed with “T. Downing / Pickled Oysters / No. 5 Broad St. / New York”, 8 inches tall (est. $3,000-$5,000). Downing was an African-American oysterman who owned New York City’s most famous oyster house.

Day 3, on Saturday, May 28th, starting at 8 am Eastern, will contain what Mr. Strawser described as “one of the finest selections of majolica we’ve have had in some time, to include the Betsy and Rick Porter collection, which has many rare and important majolica pieces by such makers as Minton, George Jones and others.” Day 3 will feature 560 lots.

The premier lot of Day 3, and of the auction overall, is lot 3346: a monumental majolica boar's head tureen with matching fitted tray, no. 2141, 22 inches long, 15 inches wide and 11 ½ inches tall. “This is the rarest of all Minton majolica game tureens,” Strawser said. “An example is in the MAAS Powerhouse Museum in Australia.” (est. $40,000-$60,000).

Several other Day 3 majolica figures could easily land in the overall list of top earners. Lots 3246 and 3247, for example, are two teapots that were purchased from the Marilyn Karmason Collection in 2005. Ms. Karmason was the author of Majolica, A Complete History & Illustrated Survey, a definitive reference guide on majolica (and a handsome coffee table book).

Lot 3246 is a Minton majolica teapot in the form of a vulture attacking a snake, the vulture with a pink neck, brown feathers with black wing tips on rock mound base, the rarest of Minton's figural majolica teapots (est. $30,000-$40,000). Lot 3247 is a Minton majolica "Flat Iron" cobalt teapot depicting a large white cat on handle peering down at a mouse with a carrot and the base decorated with three mice on each side (est. $20,000-$30,000).

Other noteworthy Day 3 majolica offerings will include a Minton majolica cheese keeper modeled as a yellow straw beehive with trailing blackberries, branch handle, square base with branch feet, 13 ½ inches tall (est. $15,000-$20,000); and a Minton majolica figure of Europa riding a bull, circa 1860, 18 inches tall, the only known example (est. $8,000-$12,000). A similar one was exhibited at the London International Exposition in 1862.

Also up for bid on Day 3 is a rare Charles Jean Avisseau Palissy grotto modeled as a forest floor scene depicting a large lizard, a salamander and a beetle, climbing rocks around a water hole, 11 inches wide. The piece is expected to gavel for $6,000-$9,000.

Returning to Day 1, a ladies’ tanzanite and diamond ring featuring one fine quality, 3.50 carat tanzanite gemstone with a diamond halo consisting of ten .12 carat round brilliant cut diamonds and 31 .15 carat tapered baguette cut diamonds. (F-G color, VS clarity), having a total carat weight of 5.85cttw, crafted in platinum, should bring $4,000-$8,000.

A Native American Navajo saddle blanket, circa 1870-1880, 4 feet 5 inches by 7 feet 2 inches, has an estimate of $3,000-$5,000; while a bronze sculpture of Indian and eagle by Bob Robertson, titled Sacred Act (1985), 28 ½ inches tall, should achieve $800-$1,200.

An oil on canvas painting by William Luker, Sr. (British, 1828-1905), depicting cows in a meadow, 12 inches by 24 inches (sight, less frame), is estimated at $800-$1,200. Also, a lovely Iradj Moini gold toned, jeweled hummingbird brooch, should rise to $500-$800.

On to Day 2, where a rare J. W. Boteler majolica oyster plate having a long handle with seaweed and four wells, 10 ½ inches wide, is expected to hammer for $1,200-$1,500; and a George Jones majolica 8-well oyster plate with raised center shell, 10 inches, carries aa pre-sale estimate of $600-$900. Both lots are from the Betsy and Rick Porter collection.

Other Day 2 offerings will include Royal Vienna beehive Madame Recamier porcelain plaque with outstanding detail, heavy gold, and artist signed “E. Laterman”, 16 inches in diameter (est. $600-$900); a Meissen pair of 4-light candelabras, one with a lady and the other a gentleman, 20 ½ inches tall (est. $1,200-$1,500); and a spectacular cobalt glass Moser jewelry casket with heavy gold and enamel decor, 4 ½ inches tall (est. $300-$500).

Ever since he began conducting auctions over 35 years ago, Michael Strawser has stood committed to delivering services far beyond the norm so that clients could receive results far beyond the expected. Today this commitment stands stronger than ever as the cornerstone of the Strawser Auction Group, one of the most respected auction resources in the Midwestern U.S.To learn more about the Strawser Auction Group and the three-day Antique Auction slated for May 25th, 27th and 28th, live and online, visit www.strawserauctions.com. Updates are posted often. There will be phone bidding for items $2,500 or more, and absentee bids will be accepted.

Pune, India / May 3rd, 2022: Quick App Labs today makes an announcement of launching the Financial Loan Calculator- A blessing for loan borrowers. The app has amazing features for calculating EMI, Prepayment calculations, comparing loans with institutional wise, and how EMI is changed with the change in interest rate.

The app gives clear and accurate monthly payments which help to manage a monthly budget. Accessing an amortization schedule helps to know details of all forecasted monthly repayment amounts, and thus can be plan out future expenses appropriately. The app is the most affordable way to manage loans. 

Calculation of EMI can be done manually but what if it is not done accurately then the monthly budget gets affected and chances of an increase in debt, here app role out for borrowers to calculate EMI accurately and manage a monthly budget. The app wants users that it is always important to calculate monthly payments in advance so that borrowers can be saved from harsh life. Through Financial Loan Calculator can have an idea of how much EMI has to be paid for how much time. Thus the app lets the borrower knows how much the loan is affordable. 

|“Despite the drop in credit card debt in 2020 (and an increase in 2021), the average American household holds nearly $90,500 in total loan debt. From student loan debt to mortgages or simple personal loans, according to Debt.org, total household debt in America increased by 6% in 2019 pushing up to $14.6 trillion. For even the savviest borrower, that's a doozy of a monthly payment!

Credit card debt, however, is held by homeowners and renters, college graduates, or Americans who entered the workforce with a high school diploma or GED, so it is understandable that credit card debt spans all demographics of the country. Almost half of Americans carry credit card debt to the tune of $807 billion, with the average interest rate hovering near 16%.”|

The CEO of Quick App Labs said The loans are available with ease but without proper calculation, every loan is a nightmare for borrowers and ends up becoming a defaulter. The Financial Loan Calculator app rolls out with proper calculations which helps to manage personal finance month to month.

About Quick App Labs

Quick App Labs is an app developing company in India. The aim of the company is to develop apps which is the solution to users’ problems. The secret to our company’s success is we watch over users more than developers. What we do is not important, what our app does is. We develop easy-to-operate apps with complicated technics. It’s our duty to ease out your problems in complex ways. 

Our company makes apps to turn your dreams into reality.

There are many apps like ‘Weight Tracker’, ‘Water Tracker’, ‘Tick Task’, and many apps are available in the play store.

For more Apps click here.

Daniel Simson

Digital Marketing Head

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Nicolan Healthcare flourishingly launched Zemcitrol for the treatment of Calcium Deficiency

Sydney, Australia, 2021-May-04- https://www.nicolan.net

Nicolan Healthcare has driven valuable medicines to control low blood Calcium and other conditions such as osteoporosis, osteomalacia, hypoparathyroidism and rickets. In addition, it can be used for proper functioning of nerves, muscles and other parts of the body, wound healing, blood clotting, and thyroid functions.. This calcium supplements are formed with the main salt composition such as Calcium Carbonate, Calcitriol, Magnesium, Zinc, Calcium Citrate Malate, Methylcobalamin, Vitamin K2-7, L-Methyl Folate and Vitamin D3. Following are the drugs launched by Nicolan Healthcare for the treatment calcium deficiency:

• Zemcitrol - Calcium Carbonate 500mg + Calcitriol 0.25 Mcg + Magnesium 55mg + Zinc 7.5mg
• Zemcitrol Plus - Calcitriol 0.25mcg + Calcium Citrate Malate 500mg + Methylcobalamin 1500mcg + Vitamin K2-7 45mcg + L-Methyl Folate 800mcg + Zinc 7.5mg + Magnesium 20mg
• Zemcitrol D3 - Calcium Citrate Malate 1000mg + Magnesium 100mg + Zinc 5mg + Vitamin D3 400mg

How does a Zemcitrol tablet work?

This medicine should not be utilized if you have specific therapeutic conditions. Before utilizing this drug, advise your physician or pharmacist if you have: high calcium/vitamin D levels (hypercalcemia/hypervitaminosis D), trouble absorbing nourishment from food such as malabsorption syndrome.

Before taking this medicine, inform your physician or pharmacist of your medical records, particularly of: heart/blood vessel condition, kidney disease, kidney stones, specific immune system disorders such as sarcoidosis, liver disease, several bowel diseases, limited or no stomach acid (achlorhydria), low levels of bile, untreated phosphate imbalance.

Chewable tablets may include sugar or aspartame. A sign is suggested if you have diabetes, phenylketonuria (PKU), or any different condition that needs you to control/avoid these elements in your diet. Inquire your physician or pharmacist about using this product carefully.

Inform your healthcare experts if you are pregnant before using this tablet. Through pregnancy, doses of vitamin D higher than the suggested dietary allowance should be utilized only if acutely required. Consider the chances and advantages of your physician. This medicine transfers into breast milk. Ask your physician before breastfeeding.

Benefits of Zemcitrol tablets 

This combination medicine is utilized to limit or treat low blood calcium levels in people who do not receive sufficient calcium from their nutrition. It may be applied to treat diseases provoked by low calcium levels such as osteoporosis (bone damage), osteomalacia/rickets (weak bones), hypoparathyroidism (reduced activity of the parathyroid gland), and latent tetany (certain muscle diseases). 

It may additionally be utilized in some patients to ensure they are receiving sufficient calcium including women who are pregnant, nursing, or postmenopausal, people taking certain medications such as phenobarbital, prednisone, or phenytoin. Calcium performs a very vital role in the body. 

It is essential for the healthy functioning of cells, nerves, muscles, and bone. If there is not sufficient calcium in the blood, later the body will get calcium from bones, thereby weakening bones. Vitamin D maintains your body consume calcium and phosphorus. Taking appropriate amounts of vitamin D, calcium, and phosphorus is essential for developing and maintaining healthy bones.

About Nicolan Healthcare: We have a wide range of high-quality products in the range of modern medicines. Nicolan Healthcare Pvt. Ltd has implemented a modern manufacturing system located in New Mumbai for manufacturing oral liquids, capsules, and tablets. The manufacturing and monitoring operations are carried out by extremely qualified competent chemicals with extensive skill and expertise. The heart of Nicolan Healthcare is our highly skilled and experienced team. They put their complete efforts into manufacturing the wide range of products that is acknowledged by our valued consumers. We have a committed Research and Development (R&D) team that works beyond the clock in finding the latest innovations in the market.

SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is advising stakeholders that Switzerland has begun implementing new provisions in its Ordinance on the Reduction of Risks Associated with the use of Particularly Dangerous Substances, Preparations and Articles (ORRChem).

On March 10, 2022, Switzerland issued Official Collection 2022 162 to revise ORRChem and created further alignment with the requirements in European Union (EU) Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 on persistent organic pollutants (POP recast regulation) and Annex XVII of Regulation (EC) 1907/2006 ‘Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (Annex XVII of REACH).

Among the changes are important updates to ORRChem’s Annex 1 ‘Provisions Concerning Specific Substances’ and Annex 2 ‘Provisions Concerning Specific Substances’. Amendments have been made to:

• Annex 1.1 ‘Persistent organic pollutants, POP’
• Annex 1.2 ’Halogenated organic substances’
• Annex 1.4 ‘Ozone depleting substances’, including
• Annex 1.5 ‘Substances stable in the atmosphere’
• Annex 1.6 ‘Asbestos’
• Annex 1.10 ‘Carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic substances (CMR substances)’
• Annex 2.9 ‘Plastics, their monomers and additives’
• Annex 2.10 ‘Refrigerants’
• Annex 2.11 ‘Extinguishing agents’

The provisions in Annex 1.16 ‘Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)’ have also been replaced in relation to:

• Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), its salts and PFOS derivatives
• Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), its salts and PFHxS-related substances
• Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related substances
• Perfluorocarboxylic acids containing 9 to 14 carbon atoms in the chain (C₉-C₁₄ PFCAs), their salts and C₉-C₁₄ PFCA-related substances 
• Fluoroalkylsilanols and their derivatives

Stakeholders are advised to review SGS’s original SafeGuardS 041/22 to learn more about these changes. The SafeGuardS includes highlights of the amendments and a summary of the new provisions in Annex 1.16.

Stakeholders should be aware the regulations relating to PFHxS, its salts and PFHxS-related substances are currently under consideration in the Stockholm Convention and the European Union.

The provisions in Official Collection 2022 162 started being implemented on April 1, 2022, except for two requirements with later effective dates:

• October 1, 2022 – Annex 1.16 ‘PFAS’
• April 1, 2023 – amendments to the Plant Protection Products Ordinance of May 12, 2010

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SGS offers a comprehensive range of testing services to help manufacturers and suppliers ensure their products are safe and comply with national and international regulations concerning harmful chemicals. In the end, it’s only trusted because it’s tested. Learn more about SGS Chemical Testing Services.

SGS SafeGuardS keep you up to date with the latest news and developments in the consumer goods industry. Read the full Switzerland Revises Chemical Risk Reduction Ordinance SafeGuardS.

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Five items pertaining to Albert Einstein (two typed letters; a handwritten letter; an awards program; and a humorous card; all five of them hand-signed); Bob Dylan’s handwritten lyrics to the song Mr. Tambourine Man; a handwritten letter by Charles Darwin discussing hereditary traits; and an author-signed first edition copy of The Babe Ruth Story are just a few of the expected highlights in University Archives’ next big online-only auction, slated for Wednesday, May 4th.

The Rare Books, Autographs, Manuscripts & Photos auction, starting at 10:30 am Eastern time, features historical material from multiple collecting categories. All 410 lots are up for viewing and bidding now, on the University Archives website (www.UniversityArchives.com), as well as LiveAuctioneers.com, Invaluable.com and Auctionzip.com. Phone and absentee bids accepted.

“Our May auction features an impressive array of rare books, letters, documents, photos, ephemera and relics,” said John Reznikoff, the president and owner of University Archives. “Highlights from the presidential, world leaders, science, music, literature, Civil Rights and notorious collecting categories are certain to attract significant interest. There really is something for everybody.”

The list of major categories is indeed extensive, to include Presidential (Washington to Biden); Science & Technology (Einstein, Darwin, Edison, Watson & Crick, Steve Wozniak, others); World Leaders (Churchill, Elizabeth II, David Ben-Gurion, Castro, Catherine de Medici, Nehru, others); Music (Dylan, Gershwin, Wagner, Beatles, Nirvana, Grateful Dead, others); and Civil Rights (Frederick Douglass, MLK Jr., Rosa Parks, John Brown, Harriet Beecher Stowe, others).

Other categories include Literature (Ibsen, Hemingway, Ginsberg, Tolstoy, Sartre, Vonnegut, others); Notorious (John Wilkes Booth, Billy the Kid, Emmett Dalton, Al Capone, Whitey Bulger, Lee Harvey Oswald, O.J. Simpson, others); Sports (Ruth, Clemente, Berra, Jack Dempsey, Ali, Pelé, Tiger Woods, others); Aviation / Space (Earhart, Lindbergh, Wright, Yeager, Armstrong, others); and Early American (Hamilton, Oliver Ellsworth, Thomas McKean, others).

In a fascinating one-page typed letter signed by Albert Einstein and dated April 4, 1951, the legendary physicist answered questions posed by science fiction writer Sam Moskowitz about whether intergalactic space travel was limited by the speed of light. He evaluated the question according to both general theory and the theory of special relativity (est. $80,000-$100,000).

A one-page letter Einstein hand-wrote in German and signed around mid-1937 from his cottage home on Long Island, to his English translator Ruth Norden, about the worsening political and military outlook in Europe, is juxtaposed with the tranquility of the United States. In it, Einstein frankly states, “When one thinks of Europe, one appreciates America!” (est. $8,000-$10,000).

Three other Einstein signed pieces will also cross the auction block: a typed letter signed regarding “speculative philosophy” (est. $5,000-$6,000); a signed Franklin Institute Medalists award program (est. $3,000-$3,500); and a signed and inscribed card, “There’s a sucker born every minute” (est. $3,000-$4,000).

Bob Dylan’s handwritten lyrics to the timeless rock classic Mr. Tambourine Man, penned on a sheet of Ritz-Carlton Hotel stationery and signed by the singer-songwriter as “Bob Dylan 2009,” are accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Jeff Rosen, Dylan’s manager (est. $50,000-$60,000). Mr. Tambourine Man is a song from Dylan’s 1965 album Bringing It All Back Home.

Albert Markham’s illustrated manuscript journal – titled A Tour of the Old West 1877-1878 – details the explorer’s adventures throughout the United States, including the Indian Territories and Dodge City (est. $50,000-$60,000). The approximately 360-page journal, on ruled paper, features fantastic content, to include 10 watercolor illustrations, ephemera and correspondence.

Charles Darwin, in a one-page autograph letter dated April 13, 1879 and signed with his full name and not his usual abbreviated signature, discusses one of the five key elements of natural selection: hereditary traits (est. $20,000-$25,000). Also, British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill signed and presented a vintage photograph portrait in March 1945, the same month he crossed the Rhine River following the Allied success of Operation Plunder (est. $4,000-$5,000).

Band members Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic boldly signed the CD jacket for the Nirvana album Insecticide in blue felt tip marker (est. $10,000-$11,000). The signatures were collected by autograph collector John Brennan. Also, a period art photograph of an original work by the French Impressionist painter Edouard Manet (1832-1883), pencil signed and dedicated by Manet to the Danish-French artist Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), should sell for $5,000-$6,000.

A first edition copy of The Babe Ruth Story, by Babe Ruth (as told to Bob Considine), signed by The Bambino himself not long before his death in 1948, the same year the book was published by E.P. Dutton & Co. (N.Y.) has an estimate of $8,000-$10,000. Also, a sweet and poignant archive of 16 letters, notes and cards written by Nelle Harper Lee to her longtime friend, the Poet Laureate Ralph Hammond, plus 23 letters from Hammond to Lee, should bring $7,000-$8,000.

President Thomas Jefferson boldly signed a naval appointment dated May 22, 1801, promoting Joshua Blake to the rank of lieutenant following the Quasi-War with France (est. $5,000-$6,000). Blake would later be accused of cowardice during the Barbary Wars. Also, President Ronald Reagan signed a typed one-page letter on White House stationery in April 1985, addressed to British Prime Minister Lord Harold Wilson, reiterating his administration’s support of the Anglo-American “Special Relationship” and thanking him for his support (est. $5,000-$6,000).

For more information about University Archives and the Rare Books, Autographs, Manuscripts & Photos auction scheduled for Wednesday, May 4th, please visit www.universityarchives.com.