Shreve & Co. Candlesticks: Scrap or Not?
PJ said he wants to sell pair of candlesticks that don’t match his wife’s taste. He inherited them from someone he had little connection to. Their significant heft made him …
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PJ said he wants to sell pair of candlesticks that don’t match his wife’s taste. He inherited them from someone he had little connection to. Their significant heft made him …
An artist in Montecito received a gift of a unique ceramic charger plate found at a thrift store in Goleta. It’s signed ‘M Arntz.’ She wrote about the blue glaze …
I discovered pasted-down Green Stamps in Grace’s bottom drawer when she passed away at 101. Seeing them transported me back to our kitchen table in Deerfield, Illinois. Young Elizabeth watched …
FM of Montecito sent me a photo of his grandfather’s vintage Mallory hat. He wonders what became of the venerable custom and manufacture of American fedoras. The story is a …
SR sent me this pink and blue gold gilded porcelain bottle with an ornate gold stopper and interesting “scoop” or funnel to the top in metal. She called it a …
FK, an older resident of Montecito, sent me a Kodak photo of her Temple Lion in the US Post (snail-mail). She asked if her Chinese ceramic was in fact late …
When a museum welcomes an object or collection, values rise for objects with similar provenance. A reader’s Bob Dylan collectible vinyl album serves as a great example of this phenomena, …
Did a relative die and leave photos, papers, books, and letters? How do you value the collection? Maybe you really didn’t want the collection due to lack of space or …
“Theft, looting, and illicit trafficking of cultural property is a crime,” states UNESCO’s Illicit Trafficking Unit. “It deprives people of their history and culture; it weakens social cohesion…and fuels organized …
A reader, Louise, asked about my favorite books on THINGS, so I compiled a list for her: 1. Highbrow/Lowbrow: The Emergence of Cultural Hierarchy in America by Lawrence Levine A …