Collector’s Guide

Arts & Crafts Profiles: A Q&A with Holly Bird

“The lyf so short, the craft so longe to lerne." — Chaucer Interview by Kate Nixon One can find this quote as the tagline on the Craftsman Magazines covers of the early 20th century. The words also seem perfect in fitting the perpetual…

Toomey & Company’s Auction A Success

Collections of pottery and famed silver were up for the highest bidder on Sunday, June 24th at Toomey & Company's Art & Design Auction - and bidders took notice and action. Pieces by well known names in the Arts and Crafts movement were…

Toomey & Company Art & Design Auction Preview

The works of Gustav Stickley, Tiffany Studios, Dirk Van Erp, Frank Lloyd Wright, and others are up for the highest bidder at Toomey & Company Art & Design Auction to be held Sunday, June 24th at 10 AM. Previews begin daily Monday, June…

20th Century Design Seminar by Skinner Auctions held in Boston

  Have you ever wondered about how one would go about properly putting on an auction? How about the importance of the appraisal process? Or even if you were ever curious about the pottery studio movement and the benefits of introducing…

An eBay Lesson – or Not?

A young man called me last week with what he presumed was an innocent and, perhaps, typical question: “I’m looking at a Gustav Stickley library table on eBay. Here’s the link. Should I buy it?” Before I share my reply, my personal definition…

Poor Design = Weak Joint

In the early days of Arts and Crafts collecting, when almost anything Stickley could create a feeding frenzy among the sharks circling an auction, I sometimes had to gently explain that even Gustav Stickley could have a bad day. More often than…

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