Collector’s Guide

“The American Arts & Crafts Chair” Now Open at the Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms

  From the desk of Executive Director Vonda Givens… I am delighted by the idea that the Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms is imparting a “message of honesty and joy” through its newly opened exhibition examining the American Arts…

6 Helpful Tips for Buying Woodblock Prints

  For years collectors have wondered: what is the "art" in Arts & Crafts? Is it Impressionism? Hudson River School? Pablo Picasso and Cubism? The California Plein Air movement? Naturally, there is no right or wrong answer, as many…

Early 20th Century Design Auction at Rago’s: The Results

by Kate Nixon   This past weekend on May 18th, Rago Arts and Auctions offered decorative art, glassworks and furniture galore from their Early 20th Century Design. This auction not only featured works from Gustav Stickley and L. and J.G.…

How to Fix a Split in a Stickley Morris Chair

by Bruce Johnson   Knowing, perhaps, of my interest in antique furniture restoration, a reader recently wrote with a question inspired by his recent acquisition of an L. & J.G. Stickley Morris chair:   “The chair is, predictably,…

Results of Somerson Collection Auction

by Kate Nixon   A truly impressive collection of metalwork and jewelry from late silver collector Paul Somerson went up for bid this past weekend, featuring pieces from the famed Kalo Shop, a subject on which Somerson was an expert. The…

The American Art Pottery Association: Why You Should Join

From the desk of Linda Carrigan Editor/Managing Director, JOURNAL of the American Art Pottery Association    WHY YOU SHOULD BECOME A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN ART POTTERY ASSOCIATION The American Art Pottery Association had its beginnings…

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