Collector’s Guide

Silver Across the Pond: The British Influence

  In the upcoming class for the popular online course Icons of 20th Century Design offered through the Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms,  Saturday's online course "'Art considered in its Application to Life': European Design in 1900"…

Profiles in Collecting: Michael Lehr

by Kate Nixon     Since the late 1980’s, Michael Lehr has made a career out of searching the country for Arts and Crafts-era works. His love of antique works runs deep and while he’s adding more contemporary works to his collection,…

Sunlight: The Silent, Deadly Killer

  Summer is drawing near and the age-old problem of saving your prized possessions from the heat of the sun once again becomes a relevant topic.     As much as we lament the damage done to our Arts & Crafts furniture…

How Do You Know It’s “Right” ?

This article has been re-published. Original date of publication: Dec 7th, 2014. We pulled one out of the archives this week to show several methods to identify a piece of furniture, even if there's no decal or visible shopmark. Hope you enjoy…

Fragile Forms and Colors: Arts and Crafts Era Textiles Providers

by Kate Nixon   While the popular online course "Living the Simple Life: The Arts and Crafts Movement at Home" turns its focus to Arts and Crafts era textiles and accessories this weekend, we'd like to remind collectors of the different…

Toomey & Co Interiors Auction & Treadway May 3rd Results

by Kate Nixon   The online Spring auction schedule continues tomorrow with an Interiors auction from Toomey & Co Auctioneers, featuring works of several styles. Toomey and Co Auctioneers will start their Interiors auction Wednesday,…

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