Friday November 19, 7:01 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
eConnect Signs Abbas Daneshvari to Head theartauction.com
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 19, 1999--eConnect welcomes Dr. Abbas Daneshvari as the Director of its Art Auction Division. Dr. Daneshvari, a Professor of Art History at California State University, Los Angeles, is the author of numerous books and articles on Contemporary and Islamic art. Among his many tasks at the art auction are to attract collections of art and rare books usually found at major auction houses such as Sotheby's and Christie's. He will also organize the site for gallery exhibitions of works by major artists as well as introduce works by new promising artists. Art auction will also provide a learning center with museum links and information resources on grants and endowments for artists and art historians. Dr. Daneshvari will also oversee the antique show of the art auction where experts in different art areas will identify and appraise works sent to the art auction for evaluations.
Tom Hughes, eConnect Chairman and CEO, states, ``We are excited about Abbas joining the Artauction and directing and guiding it into what we believe will become an outstanding site over the next 45 days, generating substantial traffic and revenue for eConnect.'
Certain statements in this news release contain forward looking information within the meaning of Section 27A of the US Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, and as contemplated under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and are subject to the safe harbor created by those sections. All statements, other than statements of fact, included on this release, including without limitation, statements regarding potential future plans and objectives of the company, are forward looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements.
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Contact:
Carnegie Cooke (For eConnect)
Anita Goldberg, 800/262-2331 (Investor Relations)
or
Prima Capital (for ET&T)
Elias Argyropoulos, 800/600-8599 |
