Collectors Guide
Rare Works in Pottery, Lighting, Furniture and More Up For Bid at Dual Toomey & Co Auctions
November 24, 2020by Kate Nixon Toomey & Co Auctioneers Tradition & Innovation – December 3rd, 2020 starting at 6:00 p.m. CST Art & Design – December 6th, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. CST Lot #2, a Roberta Beverly Kennon (1877-1931) for Newcomb College Grapevine Vase, in the upcoming Tradition and Innovation …
Read More...The 2021 National Arts and Crafts Shows Gone Virtual PLUS The Restorative Power of Craft
November 17, 2020by Kate Nixon When we decided to take the 34th National Arts and Crafts Conference and Shows virtual, we knew that meant undertaking the task of transferring the thrill of the exhibitor shows at the Grove Park Inn to an online environment. We began by creating four …
Read More...“We Want You Back!”
November 9, 2020by Kate Nixon The American Art Pottery Association has a message for former members and subscribers to their quarterly Journal: “We want you back!” The AAPA began a year-long membership drive last February at the 33rd National Arts & Crafts Conference and Shows at the Grove Park Inn …
Read More...Mr. Limbert’s Leather Recipe
November 4, 2020Give me any reasonable reason to escape into my workshop and I’m gone. Give me a real reason and you’ll have to hold my calls and wait on my emails. And that’s what happened when one of our readers sent me a photograph of an original paper …
Read More...Results of Treadway’s Decorative Arts Auction and Fall Auctions Continue
October 27, 2020by Kate Nixon Decorative Arts Auction from Treadway Gallery, Sunday Oct. 25th Last Sunday’s Decorative Arts Auction from Treadway Gallery offered American and European objects from a number of collections. Arts and crafts lighting featured an impressive Dirk van Erp lamp along with several Handel lamps, objects include several …
Read More...Three Special Arts and Crafts – and Decorative Art – Auctions This Weekend
October 20, 2020by Kate Nixon For those collectors who want the thrill of an auction, this weekend is providing several opportunities for you to bid! This weekend is packed full of Arts and Crafts activity to do — and on top of a busy virtual weekend, there are three auctions this …
Read More...The Beauty of “Creating Beauty”: A Review of Rosalie Berberian’s Love Letter to Jewelry and Enamels
October 13, 2020by Kate Nixon This article has been edited to include the correction of Roselle’s name. Her name is Roselle Crump, not Clump. During the 2019 National Arts and Crafts Conference, Rosalie Berberian presented her seminar entitled “If Jewels Could Talk: Stories to Share with Friends” and made it a …
Read More...Upcoming Virtual Events: Stickley and Ruskin Celebrations Continue PLUS Pasadena Heritage Goes Virtual
October 5, 2020Compiled by Kate Nixon Since we are joining the ranks of conferences and events going virtual in February 2021 instead of meeting in person, we wanted to also make you aware of upcoming virtual educational opportunities happening over the next two weeks… The Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms …
Read More...Rare Pink Grueby, Copper Works, Stickley & Limbert Furniture Sells at AC Stickley Auction
September 29, 2020by Kate Nixon Saturday’s Arts and Crafts Auction saw the sale of many a sideboard, ceramic vase, prints and paintings; participants were able to bid on works both rare and affordable. Arts and Crafts furniture were represented by several works from Gustav Stickley and JM Young, Lifetime Furniture, Charles …
Read More...Learning About “The Decorative Impulse” & An Arts & Crafts Auction
September 22, 2020by Kate Nixon The virtual classroom and an virtual Arts and Auction auction will be open this Saturday for interested Arts and Crafts collectors and enthusiasts. The latter comes from Alameda, California’s AC Stickley as they bring unique Arts and Crafts works online to bidders all over the country. …
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