INCREDIBLE DD on ** ABID **; last at .26 (+30%); was almost $3.00 in March. Seems like it got overly punished. Have a look.
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*** SHOWSTAR - Investor Info - Updated August 27th, 2000***
courtesy of Angelo D...
This is a consolidation of various posts on this board to help new ABID shareholders start on their DD. If
you have other questions, please call or email the company and post the response so we can add it to
this post. The date changes when new information is added.
Trading Symbol: OTC BB:ABID
FULLY REPORTING STATUS AS OF APRIL 6TH, 2000
USA Today - Hot Sites: For Thursday, June 22, 2000
usatoday.com
The Bottom Line, hosted by Michael Vaughan, on ROBTV (Report on Business Television)
The TV Show is one hour in length and can be located at the Bottom Line segment, April 3rd. Mr.
Udow's interview can be found at the 0:43:00 time interval and concludes at 0:47:30. Please feel free to
view the following link:
robtv.com
Wall Street Reporter interview - March 24th, 2000
wallstreetreporter.com
Want to Buy a Renoir? Click Here
dailynews.yahoo.com
A Bull and Bear Financial Reporter Featured Company
thebullandbear.com
World of art focused by Richmond Net firm - Vancouver Sun Article
vancouversun.com
PUBLIC ANALYSIS & REVIEW - Analyst:Gerald F. LaKarnafeaux, CFA Reports: - Initial Report -
February 8, 2000
investrend.com
The Shan Xi History Museum
artstar.com
Investor Fact Sheet streetlink.com
News Releases
showstar.com
(http://www.showstar.com/screen2.ihtml?filename=news.ihtml will take you directly to the news releases)
08/22/2000 - Showstar Online.com Inc. - Artstar.Com Advances High Tech Art With New Robotics
Exhibit And Auction
08/17/2000 - Renowned Technology Artist and Artstar.com Join Forces
08/14/2000 - Showstar Online.com Strengthens Board of Directors
08/10/2000 - Artstar.com Expands Powerful Art Search Engine with the Inclusion of "American Art
Directory™" 08/03/2000 - Investrend Research Announces Investment Opinion on Showstar Online.com,
Inc.
08/03/2000 - Artstar.Com and Pentagram to Re-invent the Online Art Industry
07/27/2000 - Showstar Launches Affiliate Marketing Program for Artstar.com Powered by Be Free
07/19/2000 - Showstar Introduces Web Messaging Technology With Webmail
07/11/2000 - Showstar Online.com Management Team Update
06/23/2000 - Showstar Online.com's New Division Receives Major Endorsement from U.S. Olympic
Committee 06/14/2000 - Showstar Online.com Retains Investor/Public Relations Firm
06/06/2000 - Showstar.com Acquires Seattle-based Fulfillment and Distribution Facility
06/01/2000 - Showstar Adds Powerful New Features to Artstar.com
05/09/2000 - Showstar Online.com Partners with Worldlingo.com to Create the Internet's Most Powerful
Web-Based E-mail System
04/25/2000 - Artstar.com to Deploy XIPPIX High-Speed Imaging Technology
04/18/2000 - OTC Financial Network Announces Investment Opinion on Showstar Online.Com. OTC
Financial Network Issues Research Report On Showstar Online.Com
04/13/2000 - Artstar.com Forms Content Partnership with Investment.com
04/11/2000 - Showstar Online.com, Inc. - Artstar.com Unveils Upgraded Website - Enhances Design
and Features of Art Portal
04/06/2000 - Showstar Online.com Clears SEC Comments, Becomes Fully Reporting OTC BB Symbol
Changes Back ABID
03/27/2000 - Artstar.com Captures Internet Awards
03/22/2000 - Showstar WebMail Successfully Launched At IT 2000
03/09/2000 - Showstar Online.com Comments On Listing And OTCBB Trading Status
03/08/2000 - Showstar Webmail Marketing Campaign Kicks Off At It 2000 in Sydney, Australia
03/07/2000 - Showstar WebMail Launches on Artstar.Com
03/02/2000 - Artstar.Com Launches Online Version Of Reed Elsevier's "Who's Who In American Art™"
02/17/2000 - Showstar And Compucon Computers Enter Into A Formal Agreement For Linux Product
Distribution
02/08/2000 - PAR Analyst Initiates "Buy" Rating on Showstar Online.com, Inc.
02/08/2000 - Public Analysis & Review Announces Investment Opinion on Showstar Online.com, Inc.
02/01/2000 - Artstar.com Inks Exclusive Online Partnership With Famous Museum of Chinese History
and Ancient Culture. Premier Art Mega-site to Present Over 5000 Years of Art and Culture from the
Prestigious Shan Xi History Museum Online
01/27/2000 - Showstar Online.com Joint Venture to Launch Artstar China
01/27/2000 - Showstar Online.com Steps Onto the Linux Platform
01/21/2000 - Showstar Online.com Signs Letter Of Intent To Co-Develop And Deploy "E"Check
Transaction Technology
01/18/2000 - Showstar Online.com Files Form 10-SB With SEC To Become A Fully Reporting
Company
01/14/2000 - Showstar Online.com, Inc. -- Traffic Continues To Build As Artstar.com Begins Third Stage
Of Exclusive Memorabilia Auction
12/16/1999 - Showstar Online.com Reports 2.3 Million Hits at Artstar.com
12/14/1999 - Public Analysis & Review Announces Investment Opinion On Showstar Online.com, Inc.
12/07/1999 - Buy a Piece of American History at Inaugural Artstar.com Auction - 'Taste of the Century'
Auction on Artstar.com Features Largest Independent Collection of Coca-Cola and Americana
Memorabilia
12/06/1999 - Showstar Online.Com To Launch E-Commerce Web Site Powered By Oracle®
E-Business Software
11/23/1999 - Showstar Online.com to Establish Joint Venture in China
11/18/1999 - Artstar.com to Bring Down the Gavel on Auction of Vintage Coca-Cola and American
Collectibles. Coca-Cola Memorabilia & Artifacts from All Decades of the 20th Century Will Hit the Online
Auction Block
11/17/1999 - Artstar.Com Forms Strategic Alliance With Reed Elsevier Inc: World-Leading Publisher
And Information Provider. Artstar.com to feature two of the World's Top Art-Related Directories; Who's
Who in American Art™ and the American Art Directory™
11/05/1999 - Showstar Online.Com Completes $1.55 Million Private Placement
11/01/1999 - Showstar Launches National Media Campaign To Kick Off Its Art Mega-Site Artstar.Com
10/28/1999 - ARTSTAR.COM - Art Mega-Site To Feature The Real Thing
10/18/1999 - 5 Dot.Coms Pick BozellLos Angeles - Startups Bring Total Billings of $12-15 Mil.
09/29/1999 - Beta Site Features One Of The World`S Largest Private Coca-Cola Memorabilia
Collections
09/21/1999 - Showstar Appoints Experienced Senior Corporate Art Advisor
09/14/9999 - Showstar To Launch Artstar.Com Beta In Late September
08/31/1999 - Showstar Announces Completion of $1.9 Million Private Placement
08/05/1999 - Showstar Forms Strategic Alliances With Premier Public Relations and Advertising Firms
06/28/1999 - New Corporate Name: Showstar Online.com Inc.
06/25/1999 - Art Portal and Auction Websites Strategic Alliances formed
06/25/1999 - Art Experts to join Showstar's Board of Directors
06/21/1999 - Showstar Announces Master E-Commerce Art Portal and Auction Site
06/21/1999 - Showstar Awarded Exclusive rights to Auction COCA-COLA COLLECTION
ONLINE TRANSACTIONS - In order to minimize the cost of processing transactions, Showstar is
building
a proprietary credit card transaction server. This will allow Showstar to offer the service to third parties,
as well as to Artstar.com and artists, galleries and museums who wish to do their own credit card
processing. This
service is expected to come online in the second quarter of 2000.
USATODAY article usatoday.com
Focus 25 - ABID in top 25 otc's - otcinternetstocks.com
Our Focus 25 Section is our proprietary index of the 25 companies that we feel are destined for bigger
and better things in the future. Some of these companies are quite actively traded, while others are thinly
traded. It is our belief that these companies have the business models, the management, the financial
resources, the technology and the marketing savvy to be able to build a strong company well into the
future. Through time, we will update the list, placing only those companies that are the most promising
and continually meet or exceed their goals and objectives. It is our contention that these companies are
worthy of further due diligence, as they may be successful in driving superior shareholder value into the
future.
Coke Auction Results - artstar.com
Showstar Online.com 's art mega-site Artstar.com was featured on www.cbs.marketwatch.com. Over
that weekend that interview, which featured Artstar.com Vice President Kenneth Jay Linsner, ran on
CBS MarketWatch Weekend appearing on television stations across the country. The full five minute
interview is available online at:
partner.marketwatch.com
Banner ads artstar.com
USATODAY.com - Feature on Artstar - usatoday.com
Artstar.com E-Commerce Shopping and Huge Bookstore - artstar.com
The Vault - Featuring Collector to Collector Sales of Fine Art, Sculptures, Antiques & Collectibles,and
Textiles (Very high end Original Matisse Painting, etc.) - artstar.com
Contact Information:
The Company: Barry Forward - VP Communications 1-888-616-9333 barry@showstar.com
Mr. Lindsay Malcolm - Investor Relations Officer - 1-877-422-2243 (ABID) lmalcolm@showstar.com
Investor Packets: lmalcolm@showstar.com or investors@showstar.com
Public Relations: Neale-May & Partners - Diahann Reyes 650-328-5555 x264 dreyes@nealemay.com
Investor/Public RelationsColumbia Financial Group - David Grimm 1-888-301-6271 mktwchr@aol.com
Showstar Online.com, Inc.
521 West 23rd Street, 2nd Floor, NYC, NY 10011
Tel: TOLL FREE 1-877-422-2243 (ABID) Fax: 604-244-3931
showstar.com (Corp Site)
artstar.com (Auction)(Auction;Art;Museum;Collectibles)
Management:
John Punzo, President/CEO
Kenneth Jay Linsner, Vice-President
Abraham Joel, Vice-President
Connie Vick, Senior Art Consultant
John Barson, Chief Technical Officer
David Udow, Vice-President Internet Marketing
Barry Forward, Vice-President Communications
Gary Diamond, Chief Financial Officer
Lou Bianchi, President Merchandising Division
-----------------CAPITALIZATION---------------------------
From Form 10SB - Page 28, Item 8
The Company is authorized to issue up to 50,000,000 shares of its common stock, no par value per
share ("Common Stock"). At December 31, 1999, there were 30,029,327 shares of Common Stock
issued and outstanding.
FLOAT 11 Million
------------------INVESTOR PACKETS------------------------
E-mail investors@showstar.com
Complete package sent to you by mail please contact TOLL FREE 1-877-422-2243 (ABID),
investors@showstar.
Investor Relations: investors@showstar.com Customer Information: info@showstar.com
-------------------OFFICERS----------------------------------------
John Punzo (CEO)
Gary Diamond (CFO)
Barry Forward
barry@showstar.com
1-888-616-9333
ArtStar.com Features and Services
ArtStar.com Explorer More than a sophisticated search engine, the ArtStar.com Explorer is the most
complete and detailed art index on the Internet. Users are given the choice of searching through
ArtStar.com's organized content or quickly linking to tens of thousands of online art listings and links. The
ArtStar.com Explorer also includes directories on many of the world's artists, galleries, museums, and
art events.
ArtStar.com Exhibitions The world of art virtually comes to life before the viewers' eyes on ArtStar.com,
as they view some of the most fascinating art exhibitions from private collections, museums and
galleries, around the world.
ArtStar.com Auctions Art, antiques, and collectibles can be acquired at estate and single-collector
sales, and mixed owner auctions on this site. Each piece is ArtStar.com certified for condition, value,
and authenticity.
ArtStar.com Vault On ArtStar.com, visitors are able to buy art, antiques, and collectibles the way
dealers do. The site's ArtStar.com experts help interested buyers purchase pieces directly from
individuals, insurance companies, corporate collections, and estates. Certified property can be priced to
sell, with opportunities to make offers on the part of the buyer.
ArtStar.com Consulting ArtStar.com Vice Presidents Kenneth J. Linsner, an esteemed authority in
appraisals and authentication, and Abraham Joel, one of the most highly regarded experts in restoration
and conservation, head a team of top notch art consulting professionals who provide their knowledge,
services, and expertise on art appraisal, authentication, restoration, conservation, certification, and
education. The site also offers corporate and residential consulting services, which are overseen by
Connie Vick, the Company's senior art consultant. Vick has nearly 20
years experience in working with high-profile clients in their selection of fine and valuable art work.
ArtStar.com Magazine Prominent art experts, writers, and critics from around the world write engaging
and exciting articles, daily news updates, reviews, and commentary on "Everything Art," also the name
of this exciting magazine.
ArtStar.com Shopping Visitors to ArtStar.com will have the opportunity to purchase unique and eclectic
gifts, original artwork, fine art prints, rare books and collectibles at the ArtStar.com gift shop and
bookstore.
ArtStar.com Events A complete and comprehensive calendar guide to hundreds of art fairs and
festivals taking place throughout the United States and Canada.
ArtStar.com Community @Artstar.com E-mail addresses and calendar services are available for free
to community members, who also get to interact with art experts, art critics, artists, and art instructors
through the site's chat rooms, bulletin boards, and forums. The ArtStar.com Newsletter is sent regularly
to members via email.
ABOUT ARTSTAR.COM
Artstar.com is the premier art mega-site for "Everything Art." This is the first site to successfully combine
a wealth of art-related content and experiences in one online location featuring: exhibitions, auctions,
education programs, appraisal and restoration services, shopping, access to artists, festival
information, virtual art galleries, and much more. ArtStar.com makes the world of art, antiques, and
collectibles available to everyone on the Internet and has something for everyone from the seasoned art
collector to the amateur enthusiast. ArtStar.com is a division of Showstar Online.com., Inc.
Visit the site at artstar.com.
ABOUT SHOWSTAR ONLINE.COM
Showstar Online.com, Inc. (OTCBB: ABID), is a premier developer of Internet Web site and e-commerce
solutions. The Company has established a unique and scalable e-commerce infrastructure by
developing and integrating several leading edge technologies. Showstar will design each of its unique
Web sites to provide information-enriched content that is directed at lucrative target market segments.
The Company's flagship Web site property is ArtStar.com.
Website -MINDQUAKE is doing the software development.
MindQuake - "Mindquake specializes in providing innovative and effective network software solutions.
From custom application development and client/server implementations to web/database integration
and comprehensive e-business solutions we construct efficient and elegant software that meets our
customers' specific business needs. "
Public Relations and Advertising Firms
Columbia Financial Group
The Columbia Financial Group (CFG) specializes in Investor Relations and Corporate Communications
within the brokerage and financial community. CFG will be responsible for handling inquiries from
brokers, investors, analysts, and fund managers, gaining exposure for Showstar.com to the financial
community as well as the editorial community, and maintaining appropriate communication between
management of the company and the brokerage community. "Showstar Online offers unique products
and is developing rapidly from Artstar's increased Internet presence. The Company will benefit from the
exceptional growth rate of the $1 billion+ online art market. We look forward to communicating
Showstar's continued growth prospects to the investment community,'' said Kevin Holmes, COO of
Columbia Financial Group. Mr. David Grimm 1-888-301-6271 mktwchr@aol.com
Bozell Worldwide- bozell.com
Bozell Worldwide is a major global agency with $3 billion in billings and more than 115 offices in 53
countries. Its blue chip clients include Andrew Jergens Company, Bell Atlantic Mobile, The American
Booksellers Association, The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, Bank of America, Bausch & Lomb,
Bristol-Myers Squibb, Lycos, MassMutual, The Milk Processors Promotion Board, The New York Times,
and Unisys. Bozell Worldwide is a unit of True North Communications Inc., a leading global
communications holding company.
Neale-May & Partners - nealemay.com nealemay.com
Neale-May & Partners is a highly regarded strategic communications company in Silicon Valley, with a
successful track record in positioning and promoting new electronic commerce ventures, web gateways
and destinations, online information services, and cyber communities. An Ogilvy & Mather spin-off
founded in 1987 by Donovan Neale-May, the agency has annual billings of more than $8.5 million and
more than 50 employees in its Palo Alto, San Francisco, and New York offices. Blue chip clients include
the E-TRADE Group, eFax.com, Anderson Consulting, Ernst & Young, and LeapFrog. |
