WorthPoint CEO Will Seippel Nominated for Two Prestigious AeA Awards

Seippel's Company Offers Vast Database of Sales Records on Art, Antiques and
Collectibles

ATLANTA, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Will Seippel, Founder and CEO of
Atlanta-based WorthPoint Corporation, an Internet-based data and media company
that offers a vast database of sales records on art, antiques and
collectibles, has been nominated for two prestigious "2008 Spirit of Endeavor
Awards" by the AeA Southeast Council. The awards recognize outstanding
individuals and companies in the region's high-tech community.
Seippel was nominated for awards in two categories: Technology
Entrepreneur and Technology Innovation. The three other awards categories are
Outstanding Leadership, Emerging Business and Leadership in Technology
Education.
Five finalists will be chosen for each category by a selection committee
comprised of representatives from the Southeast technology community.
Finalists will be recognized at an AeA awards banquet on September 18 at the
Fox Theatre in Atlanta.
About WorthPoint Corporation
WorthPoint Corporation ( http://www.worthpoint.com ) is a Web 2.0-based
data and media company that offers a vast database of sales records on art,
antiques and collectibles. Founded in 2007, WorthPoint has quickly become the
world's largest social network for researching the worth of antiques and
collectibles. WorthPoint helps collectors understand the worth of their items,
and provides expert advice from its team of Worthologists on how to preserve
or sell antiques and collectibles. WorthPoint recently announced plans to
acquire Dublin, Ohio-based GoAntiques, the oldest antiques-and-collectibles
site on the Web. It offers 600,000 items from more than 1,300 dealers in 31
countries and the world's largest antiques and collectibles price guide,
PriceMiner(R). GoAntiques logs nearly a million visits and thousands of
transactions each month and has more than 350,000 registered members.
WorthPoint is headquarters in the Advanced Technology Development Center
(ATDC) on the campus of Georgia Tech.
About AeA
AeA (formerly the American Electronics Association) is the nation's
largest technology trade association representing all segments of the
high-tech industry. AeA lobbies governments at the state, federal and
international levels, provides access to capital and business opportunities,
and offers select business services and networking programs. AeA
( http://www.aeanet.org ) has headquarters in Washington, DC, and Santa Clara,
California. AeA's Southeast Council represents the high-tech industry in
Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.
SOURCE WorthPoint Corporation

Steve Johnson of WorthPoint Corporation, +1-877-734-7735, Ext. 9019, Office,
+1-703-798-5236, Cell, steve.johnson@worthpoint.com; or Glen Whitley of AeA
Southeast Council, +1-678-352-9469, Office, glen_whitley@aeanet.org