About the The Exchange: A Forum for Antiques and The Arts Forum

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"The Exchange" is a forum maintained by Antiques and The Arts Weekly for collectors, dealers, and artists to raise questions and provide answers that promote a wider understanding and appreciation of art and antiques.

How this System Works

This bboard software was written by Philip Greenspun and hosted for free by him started in 1995. Anyone could come in and create a forum and moderate the discussion. Most of the thousands of forums on this server were and are publicly searchable by Google and other Web indices.