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The Clock Strikes Twelve
February 19, 2021by Bruce Johnson We don’t hear a great deal about the Shop of the Crafters, a unique Arts and Crafts furniture company active in Cincinnati from 1902 until 1908. Its founder and director Oscar Onken began by making picture frames and mirrors, but soon expanded into a line of …
Read More...Rookwood Vase and Unsigned Enameled Box Highlight Treadway Auction
February 15, 2021by Bruce Johnson The February 7 Treadway Art & Design auction featured several examples of American art pottery, plus a modest unsigned copper box, which attracted a good deal of attention from collectors. Among the highlights of the auction are the following lots: Rookwood Pottery “Poppies Vase” …
Read More...A New and Valuable Resource
February 8, 2021by Bruce Johnson When I first started collecting Arts and Crafts, there was a real vacuum of information. David Cathers had written the first in-depth examination of Gustav Stickley furniture and we did have several books and a quarterly journal on art pottery, but if you wanted information on …
Read More...Virtual Discussions for Collectors
February 1, 2021Our daily Small Group Discussions at the National Arts and Crafts Conference evolved from our seminar presentations, which have always been held in the spacious Heritage Ballroom at the Omni Grove Park Inn Resort. Almost from our 1988 beginning, however, the seminar audiences became too large to be able …
Read More...Treadway Gallery’s Art & Design Winter 2021 Preview
January 27, 2021by Kate Nixon The 2021 auction season has started and with another auction with Arts and Crafts offerings on the horizon in February, collectors of all levels can expect to not only immerse themselves in a study of the historic style starting next month with the National Arts and …
Read More...How To Shop Our Virtual 34th Arts and Crafts Shows
January 19, 2021As I mentioned in today’s Little Journey, the first National Arts and Crafts Conference was held at the historic Grove Park Inn in February of 1988. It featured thirty antiques dealers and one craftsman, that being metalsmith Michael Adams of Aurora Studios. Each year, as the conference grew in …
Read More...A Pottery Paradise of Grueby, Taxile and More Ohr At Rago’s
January 13, 2021by Kate Nixon Early 20th Century Design January 21st 2021, starting at 11am Preview by appointment info@ragoarts.com 609 397 9374 Click here to see the catalog American art pottery collectors – rejoice! Rago Arts and Auction Center brings you gorgeous works up for bid for collectors of all …
Read More...The Other Marblehead Pottery
January 5, 2021The story of the founding and evolution of Marblehead Pottery is a classic tale within the history and heritage of the Arts and Crafts movement. Started by Dr. Herbert Hall in 1904 as a therapeutic workshop for women patients recuperating from nervous disorders in his Marblehead, MA sanitarium, it …
Read More...Live Discussion Groups for Collectors of Every Level
December 31, 2020by Kate Nixon In February 2021, the National Arts and Crafts Conference will hold daily discussion groups for its participants over the Zoom platform, providing a live interactive experience with members of the Arts and Crafts community. The sessions will be held weekdays at 1:00 PM Eastern and will …
Read More...Rare Stickley Hall Seat Sells for $16,000
December 23, 2020Results from the New York City Estate Auction on December 20th This past December 20th, a suite of rare Gustave Stickley Arts and Crafts pieces sold at auction along with fine art, silver, jewelry, and decorative arts from New York City estates. A standout in the sale was an …
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