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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 …

Following is my list of ten objects my clients thought of as junk until I saw them. In all the cases below, the client called me to a home to …

LW owns a miniature pine dry sink, the type, when in large scale, was used before indoor plumbing. They typically lined the basin with zinc, soapstone, or copper. The dimensions …

IP met me at Avalon Conservation Labs in Goleta with an antique piece of tapestry, about forty-two-inch square, framed inside a Lucite box. He got it from a family involved …

BC in Carpinteria owns an ornate lamp. In the late 19th century people considered it an exquisite newel post gaslighting fixture, beautiful yet deadly. First let’s talk about the symbolism …