The Art Thief by Noah Charney
On Art and Connoisseurship by Max J. Friedlander
Little by Little: Six Decades of Collecting American Decorative Arts by Nina Fletcher Little
Creating Picturesque America by Sue Rainey
Chinese Export Porcelain: East to West by Shirley Ganse
Andrew Carnegie by David NasawPosted By ewmiller on March 8, 2010
One of the things I’ve been looking forward to in the Dallas Fort Worth area is visiting the museums. The first of these was the Dallas Museum of Art. I didn’t quite know what to expect, of the museums in the region the one I had heard the most about was the Kimbell Museum in [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Posted By Sophie Fuller on March 2, 2010
I recently wandered over to 1stDibs, to see how antique forms are fairing these days on the site. While still looking heavily mid-20th Century modern, antiques are fairing a bit better than in previous months. Antique forms which are selling are classic, with clean simple lines which mix well with more modern forms. Clean lines [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Posted By Geo on March 1, 2010
The High Museum of Art, in collaboration with the National Galleries of Scotland (NGS), will present an exhibition of 25 masterpieces of the Venetian Renaissance—12 paintings and 13 drawings—that will include two of the greatest paintings of the Italian Renaissance, Titian’s “Diana and Actaeon” and “Diana and Callisto” (1556–1559). The two monumental paintings have never [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Posted By UAA Team on February 28, 2010
Beautiful blue depression era glass came in every shade from deepest cobalt to transparent azure and it remains one of the most popular colors. Let’s look at the glassware you can enjoy in your home.
Hazel Atlas made deep cobalt blue glass in several depression patterns, notably Moderntone, Aurora, Royal Lace, Newport and New Century.
The gorgeous [...]
Posted By UAA Team on February 28, 2010
In this series, the UAA team will list some of the interesting items that we have found in auctions, antique shops, shows or eBay. We neither own the items or, in some cases, have the capability of examining the items in person. It mainly serves as an inventory record of what interests us (not necessarily [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Posted By ewmiller on February 27, 2010
Two more antique malls in the north Dallas suburbs were on the agenda today. One constant theme running through them both seemed to be an abundance of Victorian-era furniture. Victorian of course isn’t technically a style, but a time period, yet if there was a style that could be most associated with the Victorian era, [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Posted By Geo on February 26, 2010
I know of several cities that have “antique districts,” but none seem to have the mass of the Trinity Antiques District in Dallas. A map handed to us at the first stop, a higher-end mall called Lost…antiques, lists more than thirty shops and more than forty points of interest, including UPS and several restaurants. [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Posted By Geo on February 22, 2010
It may be a bird or a plane, but it’s no longer pie in the sky. The first Superman comic book has fetched $1 million at auction.
ComicConnect.com sold an extremely rare, top-condition copy of the world’s most coveted comic book for exactly $1,000,000. That figure is more than three times higher than the prior record-holder, [...]
Posted By UAA Team on February 20, 2010
Would you like to see a fly resting on your shirt? Probably not. Think again.
Americana continues to perform well at auctions, and today was no exception. Estimated at $300 to $600, we had a hunch this portrait of a young man with a fly on his shirt would bring much more. It closed at $4,000 [...]
Posted By UAA Team on February 19, 2010
Black History Month gives reasons, if one were to be needed, to celebrate the art of African-Americans and provides an overview at New York’s galleries and auction houses. Two of those exhibits are being held at Swann and Babcock Galleries. The one artist that has a prominent position in both exhibits is Edward Mitchell Bannister.
Known [...]
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