By Selena McGonnell, MSc Museum Studies, BS History The 20th century brought with it many new female art collectors and patrons. They made numerous significant contributions to the art world and museum narrative, acting as tastemakers to the 20th-century…
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far All prices include the buyer’s premium by Ken Hall A circa 1995 Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Triple Date wristwatch sold for $25,240 in an online-only Luxury Watches auction held November…
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far All prices include the buyer’s premium by Ken Hall A 1962 Ferrari 330 LM / 250 GTO, Chassis 3765, sold for $51.7 million during Marquee Week Sales held November 13th by RM…
By Patricia H. Svoboda, Research Coordinator, Catalog of American Portraits, National Portrait Gallery. Reprinted with permission. As collectors, patrons, and museum founders, American women have played an influential role in national and international art circles from the late nineteenth…
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far All prices include the buyer’s premium by Ken Hall An impressionist oil on canvas waterside painting of a young girl with flowers by Pierre Renoir sold for $78,000 at a Majestic auction…
If history has taught us anything it’s that it takes a woman to get the job done! That has certainly been the case in the collector world as we discover in this issue dedicated to “Patronesses of History;” women whose…
By Maxine Carter-Lome, publisher Trading cards and stickers are not new to the collectibles world or ephemera collectors. Nor are the subjects printed on these small pieces of paper, the basic marketing principles behind the business itself, or the…
Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far All prices include the buyer’s premium by Ken Hall Eric Clapton’s iconic “The Fool” guitar, a 1964 Gibson custom-painted guitar played by Clapton throughout his career with the band Cream, sold for…
Every year, the research staff at Asheford Institute of Antiques surveys its community of over 2,470 current students and past graduates who are actively employed or working within the antiques, collectibles, and vintage marketplaces, to get a read on current…
by Joe Gourd We live today in a sea of color images, printed and electronic, and we find it hard to imagine a time when media in color was considered a prized possession. Back in the late 19th century,…
