Architectural Tradition at St Anthony’s Chapel
SM from the St Anthony’s Community asked me to appraise their altar candelabra. This gave me a private moment in that 1927 Chapel. Throughout California in the late 1920s towns …
Art Regrets
Collector and dealer Leslie A. Westbrook and artist Jacqueline Woods talk about their biggest art-related regrets.
Fond Memories of Steiff Toys
Steiff Toys take me back to a little Midwestern redbrick house in 1960s Deerfield Illinois. A burly gentleman who didn’t speak English carried a four-foot-long walrus with a blue bow …
Schütz Rendered East Coast Cityscapes
This Anton Friedrich Josef Schütz etching captures the American spirit of the modern, growing metropolis of New York City in 1926. The work by an artist and founder of the …
SPAMALOT
Director Andrew Eiden, and actors James Baker and Emma-Rose Allen talk about Ojai Art Center Theater‘s production of Spamalot, June 21st – July 21. Watch Video
Lobero Ghostly Square Grand Piano
Silently listening, a 150 year old square grand piano hid in the bowels of the Lobero Theatre. It stood in a coffin-shaped box wedge vertically in a corner, without legs, …
Derek Harrison
Derek Harrison talks about his artwork. Watch Video
Top Ten Regrets
I polled ten of my favorite clients for their buying or selling regrets regarding their collections of art, records, automobiles, antiques, contemporary culture, and books. Many clients wished they’d never …
Scrimshaw Honored Prince of Wales
This pair of mated horns engraved with iconography of Australia showcases the scrimshaw technique. Forty years ago in an antique shop, the somewhat sad face of the Prince of Wales …
Coastal Moments
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum Executive Director Greg Gorga, Curator Emily Falke, and artist Thomas Van Stein talk about the Coastal Moments exhibit on display, June 13 – August 18. Watch …