Autograph Book Equals Hidden Treasure
This week I found an autograph book I forgot about, completely. In this limbo period of lock-down, I’m doing what I suggested to many of my clients. Go to the …
Personal Stories, the Quarantine Version
Center Stage Theater Executive Director Teri Ball, Director Maggie Mixsell, actors Tania Israel, Cami Helmuth, Tom Hinshaw, and Gary James discuss Personal Stories, the Quarantine Version. Watch the Video
The Amazing Stevengraph
NH sent me a silk textile weaving, generically known today as a Stevengraph. Its history began in the Middle Ages, in a faraway place along the Jona River in a …
Hagenauer Family Hunch
JF sent me a deco style metal sculpture bust of a young male. I presume it’s Apollo from the laurel leaf crown around his head. I don’t see any markings …
Two Brilliant Young Alternative Media Artists
Dominga Opazo and Demi Boelsterli talk about how they deal with crisis.
Hubley Friendship For a Friend
I once appraised a Hubley Friendship, the only cast iron seaplane ever manufactured by any toy company, for a gifted personality. He gifted it to a friend. Hubley modeled the …
Magic Lantern Slides a Feast for the Eyes
LS owns a box of approximately 75 hand colored glass magic lantern slides at 4’ x 3 ¼’ each. What are they? He had no idea they came from exotic …
How to Save Your Pet from a Disaster
Emergency preparedness expert Scott M Haskins from Save Your Stuff talks about his new book, How to Save Your Pet from a Disaster. WATCH VIDEO
Mystery of the Black Feathers
My maiden name is Siegfried and I often see Germanic Sentimentalism mixed with taxidermy. In such blatant ways I find the Germanic culture a bit frightening. J’s objects exemplify Germanic …
Taking a Trip with Mireia Zantop
When TF picked up this work on paper at a charity auction she knew nothing about it. But she loved the octopus. She asked me to find out about the …