Geoffrey Holt Owed a Lot to Bradstreet
Bet we all hold favorite memories of a job that shaped our future in our early 20s. Mine involves working for Andrea, a scatterbrained but completely confident “older” (the 32) …
The Koi Saru in the Kitchen
TR owns a big carved wooden fish she bought when a Long John Silver’s Restaurant closed about 25 years ago. She hung it on her garden wall for many of …
Working From Home, Working With Home
Elizabeth Stewart discusses a systematic way to approach objects while spring cleaning.
Provenance and Tall Tales of Your Treasures
This article underscores the important issue of provenance – which means, basically, from whence an antique comes. I hear many fantastic stories about where things came from, and I hear …
French 1890s Art Nouveau Poster
TG owns a Belle Epoch lithograph poster from Paris, and wants to know its relationship to Art Nouveau, which she loves. A huge relationship exists between the poster design of …
Casey McGarry and Michael E. Long
Filmmaker Casey McGarry and Santa Barbara artist Michael E. Long talks about McGarry’s short film Vuja De, a journey into Long’s dreams and his historic art studio, “The Rondo.” The …
Giving Objects to Heirs
An estate planner I work with said “There are two outcomes to giving objects to heirs: 1. They don’t want them. 2. They fight over them.” So how can you …
Wedgwood China Making a Come Back
Back in the 1980s FG knew the private secretary for the late dancer/actress Cyd Charisse. FG bought, from the secretary, Ms. Charisse’s twelve piece Wedgwood “Charnwood” pattern bone china dinner …
The Pandemic, Seniors, and Transitions
Kelsey Samuel and Deb Samuel talk about their company, SB SOS LLC, which helps senior with downsizing, concierge relocation and estate liquidation.
One’s Porcelain, One’s Not
Diana sent me a figurine named “Ereolita,” early 20th century Capodimonte porcelain in the classical style by Giuseppe Gricci. In the mid-1700s King Charles VII of Naples, an independent kingdom …