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A gift the universe gives the right person is rare. Take Emma Howard, a talented local designer who gave me permission to use her name. She owns Studio 3 Hand …

ES owns a eight-and-a-half-inch tall matt blue vase accented with a purple peony design with the “flame” mark for Rookwood pottery. The date stamp reads 1926. ES, your little vase …

DS owns a set of Stanley Roberts International House of Design stainless flatware accented with inserted rosewood running down the handles. Very modern, and hot today, as American modern stainless …

What one object personified KITSCH in a midcentury living room in the 1940s to early 1950’s? Those figural lamps that make us roll our eyes today, those non-politically correct, exotic …

Confession! I have a doll phobia. They call it “paedophobia,” an intense irrational fear of a humanoid form when appearing too realistic, seemingly too close to becoming one of US. …

BL, a budding Gen Z art afficionado, asked if the fine art print market is a good investment. A great question. The answer is YES for some types of prints …

DS sent me a 250-year-old English engraving titled The Sea Fight off La Rochelle. It illustrates an image reproduced from the 14th century books, Chronicles (1337-1410) by Jean Froissart. The …

I authored a little book prior to the pandemic titled No Thanks Mom: The Top Ten Objects Your Kids Do Not Want. To my surprise, it went viral. The heart …

What are the value characteristics of Native American rugs? The most salient value is the profound symbolism in each rug, the meaning the rugs traditionally carry for the People. Since …

HK sent me a matched pair of lamps. One, a table lamp. The other a swag chandelier designed in a swirling compilation of many styles to create grandeur that cannot …