Condition Trumps Rarity at Treadway-Toomey Sale
Collectors of American Arts and Crafts furniture demonstrated their high regard for pieces in excellent, original condition at the Treadway-Toomey 20th Century Arts and Design auction in Oak Park, Illinois, this past Saturday.
Early in the…
Rarity, Condition and Provenance: Which Will Prevail?
One thing you have to say about Arts and Crafts auctions: they always keep things interesting.
This coming Saturday's Don Treadway-John Toomey auction at the John Toomey Gallery in Oak Park, Illinois, will be no exception, as two of the early…
A Roycroft American Beauty Vase – And a GPI Honeymoon?
While Shakespeare may have declared that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, a Roycroft vase by any other name would simply not be the same….
Inspired by the American Beauty rose and, perhaps, by the 1913 hit ragtime melody "American…
Hand-Tooled Leather: The Forgotten Collectible
Cordova, Kaser, Bosca, Amity, Enger-Kress.
Not exactly household names, even in an Arts & Crafts bungalow, but they were among scores of firms which produced some of the finest hand-tooled leather articles featuring classic Arts & Crafts…
Well Crafted, Well Received
The Burchfield Penney Art Center at Buffalo State College, known for its collection of works by acclaimed watercolorist Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967) and recognized by the New York Times as one of the Top-50 Small Museums, has branched out…
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