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 More
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 More
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 More
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 More
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 More
The following is a wonderful 1862 contemporary newspaper report from the New York Tribune. It is the true story of the events surrounding the birth of the 1st South Carolina Colored Regiment... Read More
Collecting artifacts, rare books, manuscripts, photographs, and other relics from the American Civil War era is surely one of the most popular collecting genres in the U.S. If ever there was... Read More
There is a significant body of collectors today (this writer among them) that enjoy collecting rare and historical photographs of Native American Indians and their culture. It is a wildly popular... Read More
As technology takes many industries to the heights of efficiency, effectiveness and control, the fine art industry seems to be moving to greater levels of disorganization, inefficiency, and chaos... Read More
Those of us who frequent museums are usually met with individuals sitting at an information desk or lecturing to groups about a given work of art. Such individuals are known as docents. Docents... Read More
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