Giving Versus Selling or Donating

A client inherited a great contemporary work. Another told me about a plein air painting, owned by her grandfather since 1930, in her possession for fifteen years. Both clients want …

Demijohn Origin Myths

HT owns a thirty inch tall Demijohn, sometimes called a Dame Jeanne bottle, twenty inches in diameter. The vintage green glass bottle comes with a maroon glass stopper custom made …

Brancusi Sculptures Seem to Fly

JE found this copper sculpture in a thrift store. She believes it looks like a Brancusi. It kind of does, but it misses something significant. It does not FLY. The …

Compotes Carry Southern Tradition

My Southern clients, with long family ties to Charleston or New Orleans, always astound me. These Santa Barbara transplants, who’ve lived in Santa Barbara for generations, own great silver, textiles …

Treasured Werken Flavius Josephus

PS owns a splendid, rare work of Jewish History worth around $3,000 on the old book market. Werken Flavius Josephus, published in Amsterdam in 1722, is a translation of the …

Making Waves Conversations

Mark Sylvester, chef, improviser, introNetworks developer, and co-founder of TEDxSantaBarbara, talks about his long-running podcast Making Waves.