Collector’s Guide

Greene & Greene Table and Teco Vase Sell Big at Toomey’s Tradition & Innovation Sale

by Kate Nixon Toomey & Co. Auctioneers presented two back to back auctions this past Sunday, December 2nd: Tradition & Innovation, its inaugural auction of important works from the 19th century started at 10:00 a.m. CST and Art &…

Joseph P. McHugh: Mission Accomplished

This article has been republished. Date of original publication: December 15th, 2014.   From the desk of Dave Stubblefield and Vivian Yess Wadlin As the Cardiff Giant* laid "in state" at the New York Building of the Pan American Exposition,…

Auction Results: 20th Century Art and Design Auction at Treadway

by Kate Nixon Treadway's November 18th Art & Design auction this past Sunday the 18th featured an exceptional collection of American and European Art Nouveau glass, combining two collections built over 40 years from Los Angeles and the…

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…

Limbert’s Ebon-Oak Line

From the Desk of David Van Epps As 1915 approached, it became quite apparent that the public's love affair with Arts and Crafts furniture was waning rapidly. No longer were Gustav Stickley and his brothers, and Charles Limbert, and a host…

Tips For Buying Metalware

by Bruce Johnson   A reader recently wrote to me regarding a piece of hammered copper metalware he was thinking about buying. It was unsigned, which left him in a quandary whether or not he should add it to his collection. Naturally,…

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