
High Noon Highlights Phoenix 2009
Each dealer queried had sales, even though High Noon attendance was lighter than in previous years. The pace of sales was less robust. There were approximately 10 dealers offering paintings […]
Each dealer queried had sales, even though High Noon attendance was lighter than in previous years. The pace of sales was less robust. There were approximately 10 dealers offering paintings […]
If you are charmed by vintage as well as new Cowboy and American Indian art, saddles, books and memorabilia–visit the Phoenix Convention Center for the High Noon Show. 200 dealers […]
To gain perspective, I compared Swann’s Feb 2008 catalogue for their African-American sale to the upcoming sale. · Fewer lots in 2009 (169 versus 263) · Fewer examples by Bearden, Catlett, […]
As a college student I visited swap meets as a study breaks. Once I thought I saw a round metal medallion, bas relief sculpture by Charles Russell in an individual’s […]
Volunteering to help a charity price art locally, I worked shoulder to shoulder with Anita, a savvy woman who commented every art appraiser’s lament “If only artists would sign their […]
If the 44th President of the United States had been a woman, we might witness an upsurge of focus on art by women artists. 2009 does not mark the first […]
Looking back at the blog titled “Appraiser to the Rescue” where a small dark etching by Martin Lewis sold for approximately twice what this large and entirely delicious watercolor is priced […]
An appraiser generally is excited to learn that the subject property was painted by Jackson Pollock or by Pablo Picasso. An early career painting by Pollock is not automatically desirable in the […]
Appraisers can be immensely useful when invited by paralegals, estate sale personnel or by family members to conduct a “walk through”. Mistakes can be avoided when a trained personal property appraiser […]
At the age of 16, I bought my first Alexander Calder at auction. Later that year I was spellbound at The Prado museum having viewed my first few Hieronymus Bosch and […]