Dogs in Art
Many people love their dogs, as I do, and own art related to a certain breed. One fine day at an appraisal in Hollywood, I brought my dachshund BEAR. He …
Bunnell Followed His Own Path
The top art dealers that shaped the way we show and represent art and artists include: Paul Durand-Ruel Joseph Duveen Peggy Guggenheim Edith Halpert Julien Levy Pierre Matisse Paul Rosenberg …
War Waged Over Painted Furniture
JD sent me an interesting lingerie chest someone painted wild green with floral designs. She asked: when the painting happened, and more importantly why? And she wants to know about …
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 …
Rightsizing Looks at How You Use Your Home
My friend Mo asked me to discuss RIGHTSIZING, a newly coined term, as it pertains to lived space, opposed to the horrific and overused term DOWNSIZING. We know in the …
Eye Catching Citrus Crate Labels
ER owns three citrus crate labels, and wonders if they’re valued as art or pieces of paper. The first label is recognizable—Goleta. We’ve all seen that on tea towels and …