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Important Ceramic Works Up for Bid at Rago’s Thursday Auction
by Kate Nixon In a 347-lot auction, Rago’s Art and Auction Center presents the Early 20th Century auction starting at 10:00 am Eastern. The auction will present a curated sale of early 20th century American and European design, lighting, and decorative arts. Featuring exceptional works by leading makers of the era including an important Ipswich vase by Marblehead Pottery, Ohr pottery from the Estate of Martin and Estelle Shack, lighting by Tiffany Studios, furniture by Gustav Stickley and Süe et Mare, and rare works by Frederick Hurten Rhead, Grueby, and Taxile Doat. Ceramics In keeping with the principles of the Arts …
Little Journeys
By Bruce Johnson
Lesson Learned on the Wheel and the AAPA Preview Night: My Pottery Appreciation Month
by Kate Nixon My “Devilish Dwarven” pots In an attempt to understand art pottery from its most basic level, I jumped at the chance to enroll in a studio pottery course at the Asheville-Buncombe Technical college during the month of April. Much like any fresh student to the world of pottery, I was in for a number of lessons in basic wheel throwing. Arriving to class bright-eyed and bushy tailed, complete with apron and a notebook to record glaze formulas, I came optimistic and left with a churning mind over how much there was to learn – both …
Collector’s Guide
Newcomb College and C.R. Ashbee Metalwork Impress at Treadway
by Kate Nixon A large and impressive Newcomb College vase carved by Henrietta Bailey that survived the Camp Fire in Paradise, CA sold for $14,300 at Treadway’s auction May 1st. Photo courtesy of Treadway Gallery. I spent four days in the Queen City reuniting with friends both known and brand new; the trip was pivotal as I took in Cincinnati’s legacy as an historic hot spot of art pottery activity. A tour of the Rookwood Factory (An in-depth piece is coming next week), the Cincinnati Art Museum, and stopping by Treadway Gallery kept me enthralled with all things …
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
