Mr. Jeff Constantine

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  www.phlf.org/news/mediaclips/2004/041025TR.html - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/25/2004    Last Visited: 3/11/2007  

  "It's a world-class collection," said Jeff Constantine of Constantine & Mayer, containing important Italian, English, and American works, many with ties to Pittsburgh.
  
  He said that the club and the auction house agreed it was important to hold the auction in the city, despite national and international interest in the collection.
  
  "We're hoping that 80 percent stays in Pittsburgh," Constantine said.

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  The evening will begin at 7:00 p.m. and will include a Silent Auction, generous hors d'oeuvres buffet and cash bar, followed by a Live Auction with Auctioneer-Appraiser Jeff Constantine, and dessert bar.Event proceeds will benefit upcoming capital and program enhancements at the Presbyterian Medical Center, Oakmont.
  
  Individual tickets are $35 each.Sponsorship and Underwriting are also available for purchase by interested companies.

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  Co-owner Jeff Constantine says the upcoming sale Saturday and Sunday features the estates of Waldo Porter and Gilbert Sprott.

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  Published on: 9/24/2004    Last Visited: 9/24/2004  

  The actual collection is broadly based and reflects the taste of Pittsburgh collecting throughout the 20th century, says Jeff Constantine, co-owner of Constantine & Mayer.
  
  "Basically, it's been formed through art clubs throughout the years, starting in the 1890s right through to the mid-20th century," he says.
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  "Many of the frames are period frames," Constantine says.
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  Constantine says it might be a portrait of the artist's wife (estimate: $1,000 to $1,500).

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  Published on: 11/29/2005    Last Visited: 11/29/2005  

  Jeff Constantine is feeling a little flush these days.As co-owner of the Oakmont-based auction service that continues to grab marquee events, such as last year's University Club sale and his more recent Gertrude Mellon spectacular, he's closing out the year with a two-day bash, Dec. 12 and 13, featuring a potpourri of country and golden oak furniture, Roseville and Weller pottery, glass, silverware, coins and select Mellon leftovers.
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  That's how Constantine & Mayer Inc.'s co-owner, Jeff Constantine, describes his Nov. 18 and 19 auctions at the Oakmont Country Club.
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  "We didn't realize just how good it was until the bidding started," says Constantine, who started the bidding at $100.

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  "It was as close to Camelot as an auctioneer could get," says Jeff Constantine, co-owner of Oakmont's Constantine and Mayer auction service and co-producer of the sale with Concept owner Sam Berkovitz.

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  Buying, selling is child's play for local auctioneer -... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/23/2005    Last Visited: 8/23/2005  

  Jeff Constantine
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  Jeff Constantine never let the kid stuff get in the way.As his high school classmates in sunny Southern California customized GTOs and surfed all summer during the late 1960s and early '70s, the co-owner of Oakmont's Constantine & Mayer Inc. boutique auction company "lived, slept and ate" the antiques business.
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  Beefing up his piggy bank with those early transactions, Constantine also gained enough experience to open his first antiques shop in the San Diego suburb of Pacific Beach -- before he earned his driver's license.
  
  "When I got out of school in the afternoon, my mother would drive me to the shop," he says."We'd keep the place open for a few hours and then go home."
  
  After graduating from high school in 1972, he moved his business to San Diego's famous Antique Row.There, he picked up an education far more valuable than any university could offer.By far the youngest proprietor on the block, Constantine found a willing mentor to guide him through those formative years.
  
  "There was a dealer there named Frank Prince," he says."And that was such a great name for him, because he really was a prince of a guy.He taught me so much about the business.But I also learned a lot on my own by going to auctions, reading and buying."
  
  The learning curve -- and early success -- continued throughout the 1970s, until Constantine realized he needed to elevate his career to another level.
  
  "I wanted to move east," he says.
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  And we formed Constantine and Mayer in 2000.
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  "That really was the pinnacle for me," Constantine says."But ever since I had my first profitable year back in California, I knew I could make a living at this."
  
  Still, he realizes that success is a team effort.
  
  "I've always been confident, but I know that you can't do it alone," he says.
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  From that upshot kid from California to one of the area's foremost auctioneers, Constantine says his path to success was simple.
  
  "You just put one foot in front of the other," he says.

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  Published on: 8/23/2005    Last Visited: 8/24/2005  

  Jeff Constantine
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  Jeff Constantine never let the kid stuff get in the way.As his high school classmates in sunny Southern California customized GTOs and surfed all summer during the late 1960s and early '70s, the co-owner of Oakmont's Constantine & Mayer Inc. boutique auction company "lived, slept and ate" the antiques business.
  
  "I was 10 years old when I first started buying and selling at flea markets in California," he says."I saw other people making money and thought that would be a good way to add to my allowance."
  
  Beefing up his piggy bank with those early transactions, Constantine also gained enough experience to open his first antiques shop in the San Diego suburb of Pacific Beach -- before he earned his driver's license.
  
  "When I got out of school in the afternoon, my mother would drive me to the shop," he says."We'd keep the place open for a few hours and then go home."
  
  After graduating from high school in 1972, he moved his business to San Diego's famous Antique Row.There, he picked up an education far more valuable than any university could offer.By far the youngest proprietor on the block, Constantine found a willing mentor to guide him through those formative years.
  
  "There was a dealer there named Frank Prince," he says."And that was such a great name for him, because he really was a prince of a guy.He taught me so much about the business.But I also learned a lot on my own by going to auctions, reading and buying."
  
  The learning curve -- and early success -- continued throughout the 1970s, until Constantine realized he needed to elevate his career to another level.
  
  "I wanted to move east," he says.
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  And we formed Constantine and Mayer in 2000.
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  "That really was the pinnacle for me," Constantine says."But ever since I had my first profitable year back in California, I knew I could make a living at this."
  
  Still, he realizes that success is a team effort.
  
  "I've always been confident, but I know that you can't do it alone," he says.
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  From that upshot kid from California to one of the area's foremost auctioneers, Constantine says his path to success was simple.
  
  "You just put one foot in front of the other," he says.

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  Published on: 11/23/2004    Last Visited: 11/23/2004  

  Less than a month after Constantine & Mayer's groundbreaking sale of the University Club's much sought-after art collection, co-owner Jeff Constantine was busily cataloging items for a two-day bidfest, Dec. 6 and 7, that returns the Oakmont-based auctioneers to his regular West View venue.
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  Chess fans take note: A pietra dura marble tabletop with a quartet of micromosaic insets is a hot collectors item, Constantine says.
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  "The room was crackling with electricity during the entire sale," says Constantine, co-owner of Constantine & Mayer.

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  Published on: 2/22/2005    Last Visited: 2/22/2005  

  Co-owner Jeff Constantine takes his act on the road again.
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  Constantine conservatively places estimates in the $40,000-to-$50,000 range, but he wouldn't be surprised by higher hammer prices.

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