An Appraiser Speaks to the Frustrated Artist Part 2
Elizabeth Stewart, PhD speaks to artists at La Cumbre Center for Creative Arts about selling art in today’s market. In this second part she responds to questions from the artists …
Celebrated Impossible Drinking Challenge
JH sent me something rather extraordinary, if she likes a drinking challenge. In Northern Europe, especially in the 19th century, mature men took this little lady figure, inverted her, and …
An Appraiser Speaks to the Frustrated Artist Part 1
Elizabeth Stewart, PhD speaks to artists at La Cumbre Center for Creative Arts about selling art in today’s market. For more information check out Elizabeth’s post “Appraiser Talks About Selling …
WHY Dining Services are Worthless
The most under-appreciated segment of the market for fine antiques is often found in dining rooms; specifically, objects related to the ritual of DINING. FE sends me a BIG question: …
Ringing Up a Buckeye Bell
TP has a larger bronze bell, which, with its handle, measures 3 ft. The bell bears the mark for The Buckeye Bell Foundry, Cincinnati. I suspect this bell, at 12-inch …
Market for DINING objects DOWN
This month I experienced the honor of an interview for NerdWallet (really!) with Liz Weston, Associated Press and LA Times columnist. She welcomed my opinions on downsizing, especially for folks …
The Story Behind this Picasso
BP from Montecito sent me a Picasso print he picked up at a local estate sale. He knows the image is a print, but felt so enchanted by it that …
Signed Celebrity Photos Fraught with Pitfalls
MC’s friend BD, a dancer still at 88, owns a collection of celebrity autographs from when she danced the “floor shows” in old Las Vegas (1952-56). BD performed at the …
An Australian Dream Painting for $10
JS from Santa Barbara sent me a “dotted” dream painting, with what she describes as illegible signatures. I asked her to bring it to my office for me to identify …
Martin Luther Bible, a Family Treasure
NW owns an old family Martin Luther bible passed down to her from her great grandfather’s family in Leipzig. The frontispiece reads: Martin Luther’s Kirchen-Postille, published by Stottmeier, Braunschweig, Germany, …