Know When to Hold Them !!!
Over 25 years ago a young man brought an impression of Edward Hopper’s Evening Wind (1921) etching to learn its value. Research supported a retail price of roughly $10,000. This […]
December 2008
Size isn’t Everything
The second painting by Cliff Bahnimptewa is physically smaller, but its composition is more commanding. Implied action coupled with greater detail in the figure’s costume renders the second painting more […]
Dead or Alive, the Art Market May Not Care
Almost daily someone expresses the belief that once an artist dies, his or her work will accelerate in value. Almost daily I get to be the grinch who says “Only if […]
What else is necessary to make art valuable?
Demand must be greater than supply. The edition size of the Nadelman “Horse” was 6. Because more than one person who in the year 2000 could spend in excess of […]
What makes art valuable?
Two words: universal beauty Elie Nadelman’s bronze “Horse” is a visual demonstration of universal beauty. This sculpture “speaks” to art viewers both with and without art training. In 1976 this […]