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Is the animation art industry ready to bring out the pig to stutter his final "Th-th-that's All Folks!", as the pundits would have us believe? Having spent our lives with a passionate confidence...
Read MoreArticle, November 30, 2011
This third article focuses on another ironclad Civil War steamer/ship and the rare eye witness account of a battle which occurred on the James River in the early days of the Civil War...
Read MoreArticle, November 29, 2011
The 38th edition of the FIAC just ended. Nearly 21 countries represented, 168 galleries, close to 70 000 visitors: the 2011 FIAC was a tremendous success. Although collectors and dealers feared...
Read MoreArticle, November 22, 2011
At a time when Artprice’s Art Market Confidence Index shows purchase intentions exceeding 70%, auction estimates for Impressionist & Modern Art in New York are still rising. Judging by Christie’s...
Read MoreArticle, November 15, 2011
Surrealists artists. Since 2001, the price index for surrealist artworks has risen by close to 123%! The top four auction stars of the movement are Dali, Miro, Magritte and de Chirico...
Read MoreArticle, October 31, 2011
Italian fashion designer, Elsa Schiaparelli (1890-1973), was one of the most influential creators of Parisian haute couture in the era between the two World Wars. She was a visionary and artist...
Read MoreArticle, October 8, 2011
We have recently published articles on the joy of collecting antiquarian newspapers from the American Civil War era in addition to an article on collecting rare, Native American photographs. This...
Read MoreArticle, October 7, 2011
This work is a three-quarter portrait of George Washington engaged in the Battle of Princeton, January 3, 1977. The work, 93 x 57 inches, was created by Charles Peale in 1784, at the request of...
Read MoreArticle, September 30, 2011
Against a backdrop of slow economic growth during the first six months of 2011 and a spreading debt crisis that has amplified the panic on financial markets, the art market has enjoyed the best...
Read MoreArticle, September 19, 2011
The title of the sculpture is, "Lohan the Ascetic." It is from the Yuan Dynasty, 1260-1368, museum purchase, gift of David Steadman, Princeton graduate. It is a statue of an emaciated and bearded...
Read MoreArticle, September 6, 2011
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