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From Tiffany to Teco: Treadway lots up for bid this Sunday
Treadway’s 20th Century Art + Design Auction, November 18th, Noon EST. Treadway’s November 18th Art & Design auction features an exceptional collection of American and European Art Nouveau glass, combining two collections built over 40 years by a Los Angeles couple and a midwest gentleman. This sale includes rare and early works by Galle and Daum, Tiffany and Loetz as well as a collection of shades by Quezal, Steuben and Tiffany. There are more than 500 lots up for bid in the auction. The auction contains a large collection of over 50 lamps by Tiffany, Handel and Duffner …
Little Journeys
By Bruce Johnson
Remodeling Project Part Four: The New World of Home Construction
by Bruce Johnson As I mentioned earlier, Leigh Ann and I have been remodeling the lower level of our split-level, 1972 ranch house. Naturally, there was nothing Arts and Crafts about this house when it was constructed, but twenty years ago a previous owner did an extensive upstairs remodeling, adding a rough-hewn granite exterior with cedar trim, hardwood floors, a green tiled fireplace, and oak woodwork. Not so with the downstairs. But we lived with it for fifteen years, first waiting for Blake and Eric to leave for college, then trying to decide just how far to …
Collector’s Guide
Tips for Spotting Refinished Furniture
Original Date of publication January 19th, 2016 Ask any serious Arts and Crafts furniture collector, dealer or expert what is the rarest of the Arts and Crafts antiques, and the most savvy will have the same answer: any piece in its original, unrestored finish, with its original, unpolished hardware, without any repairs or replaced parts, and, if applicable, with its original upholstery — all in great condition. Sounds pretty rare to me. Such pieces will always command a higher price in shows and at auction, for collectors will pay a premium for those pieces which come the closest to …
Traveler’s Guide
Whether it be a museum with an Arts & Crafts collection, a nearby Prairie School home, a bungalow neighborhood, an Arts & Crafts gallery or a Frederick Law Olmstead park, just being able to add an Arts & Crafts side trip to our journey would add to our enjoyment and our education.
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How-To Videos
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then how valuable is a video?
Here at ArtsandCraftsCollector.com we have been busy making brief, informative videos to educate and instruct viewers in a variety of aspects of Arts & Crafts collecting.
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Know Your Shopmarks
We are currently in the process of collecting, organizing, identifying and displaying on this website as many Arts & Crafts shopmarks as possible. And like our Reference Library, we need your help. While we have documented the shopmarks of the major Arts & Crafts firms, we need for you to email us a photograph of any shopmarks you have from lesser known firms, along with a brief description of the piece.
Shopmark Guide
Books Worth Reading
As both a collector and a researcher, I have often wished there was one site where every book ever written on the Arts & Crafts movement was listed. Now that place exists. Together we can compile on this website a list of every book of interest to Arts & Crafts collectors. All you have to do is pull some of the books off your bookshelf (go for the less obvious ones – and check below for duplicate entries) and email me the title, author, publisher and most recent copyright date. I will sort them by category and list them here so that anytime you or anyone else wants to research anything relating to the Arts & Crafts movement, you will start your search here.
Reference Library
