Fakes, more Faux early Pottery
2012 Divorce appraisal brought this pseudo Zuni terraced bowl to light. 5 3/4″ maximum height X 12 1/2″ maximum diameter, hand-formed polychrome pottery Initially the bowl’s shiny finish was out […]
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Highlights from Symposium: Past, Present, Future of Indigenous Art
#1 Goal of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC–is to provide indigenous people the opportunity to interpret art made by their community, indigenous people. Who isn’t […]
Auction Caution !!!
Online or live auction MUST do–request a condition report, if not cited in artwork’s listing. Planned to bid on a painting at auction Requested condition report Received the following “Good. […]
African Basketry Tray
Art of the Basket Traditional Basketry from Around the World by Bryan Sentance will expose you to the look of different materials, techniques, decoration. He offers advice […]
Plenty of Buying at the Heard Indian Market 2009 !!!
People with arms holding large and small purchases walked by for the whole duration of the market on Saturday, opening day. Pottery, paintings, kachinas and more! It was fun to […]
More Prime Art Commentary Online
ArtPrice.com offers Art Market Insight at this url address www.web.artprice.com/ami/ami.aspx Art Info’s newsletter is one anyone can sign up for at www.artinfo.com An amazing online investigation of the query: The […]
An Opportunity to Experience Oscar Howe
Simply type www.oscarhowe.org Click on Video button on the top tool bar Click on the image with the text “Oscar Howe the Sioux Painter” Devote 20 minutes to watch the video, […]
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 […]
High Noon Western & Indian Art February 6-8 Phoenix !!!
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 […]
Swann’s African American Fine Art Sale February 17, 2009
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, […]