From Soup to Nut Dish
JH owns a delightful little silver-plate nut dish, a curling stylized leaf on which perches a silver-plate squirrel. A stamp on the bottom states the Hatford Silver Co., Silver-plate. She …
Top Ten Reasons Creativity Saved 2020
What made you feel grateful for in 2020? I loved 2020 in only one way, it brought me to a closer realization of the strength of creativity. Artists here in …
Great Grandmother’s German Vase
TS sent me the result of her outing today up in the mountains off Gibraltar Road, some handpicked wildflowers. She also found her great grandmother’s German yellow vase in which …
Father Time and the Young Year
ED sent me a beautiful early 20th century Chromolithograph of Father Time and the Young Year as a boy signing the Book of Life together. A chromolithograph is created on …
Raise a Glass to this Medal
Let me see if I can value this medal sent by ES without pouring a glass of wine. I’ve never seen anything like this before, and I collect medals. She …
De Grazia Commercial Works
Sherri owns a framed image of a Native American mother and child (Navajo Madonna) signed “De Grazia.” Yes, it’s signed. Yes, it feels like a painted surface. But no, it’s …
How do I know it’s Hepplewhite?
JE owns a fine British Hepplewhite Demi Lune table she picked up for a song at Goodwill before the Pandemic. She threw it in her storage, and now took the …
$40 Welsh Painting Might Bring $40K
LS found this Welsh painting in a small antique shop in Franklin Township, Sussex County NJ years ago. He thought it perfect for his brother’s new lake house. But on …
Themed Auctions: A Great Way to Buy and Sell
Bob Marley’s 1970’s Santa Barbara Bowl shirt sold recently for $33,275 in a themed auction. My friends at RR Auctions in Boston contacted me in early November because of this …
Chairs Carry Santa Barbara History
RM owns two Renaissance Revival chairs that carry significant Santa Barbara history. His family treasured then since 1906 when they purchased them as part of the original furnishings for the …