March 31st, 2011 
UAA Team 
In a tale that could inspire anyone to collect art no matter the budget, Christie’s is pleased to announce the auction of an exquisite drawing by the American Pop Art master Roy Lichtenstein to be offered at the Post-War and Contemporary Evening Sale at Christie’s New York on May 11, 2011. The drawing was acquired [...]
Posted in Art, Artist, Auction 
Tags: Andy Warhol, Chelsea Hotel, Christie's, Christo, Drawing, Lichtenstein, Niki de Saint-Phalle, Penn Station, rman 
No Comments » March 30th, 2011 ewmiller 
I’ve been taking a class at TCU on the History of Fort Worth Artists and Sculptors taught by Scott Barker and have been learning more about a woman the City of Fort Worth owes much of its artistic legacy to. Jennie Scott Scheuber isn’t remembered for her art if she produced any, but for her [...]
Posted in Antiques, Collecting, Museum Tags: American Federation of Arts, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Andrew Carnegie, Eanger Irving Couse, Fort Worth Public Library Association, Gilbert Stuart, Hayley Lever, Jennie Scheuber, John White Alexander, librarian, Making Pottery, Memorial Portrait of Jefferson Davis McLean, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Mrs. Charles Scheuber, Portrait of Clementina Beach, Scott Barker, Smeatons Cove, Swimming, TCU, Thomas Eakins No Comments » March 27th, 2011 ewmiller 
Furniture maker Duncan Phyfe can’t seem to secure a special exhibition at the Met (a show which had been scheduled for January, 2010 got the recession axe), but Gustauv Stickley has taken the stage at the Dallas Museum of Art. The show opened February 13th and on my initial visit a few days ago seems [...]
March 25th, 2011 Pearl 
Synopses: The antiques industry’s biggest crisis is not the shrinking patrons or a depressed economy, it is the industry’s own resistance to any change, in particular, the business is turning down the next generation while lamenting they don’t grow up fast enough. Perhaps, it is time to look at how the classic music industry that [...]
March 21st, 2011 ewmiller 
Jeanne Stella, Stella Show Promotions; Jon Jenkins from Jenkins Promotions; and Melissa Sands from the Randolph Street Market and Image Pilots joined me in a podcast call this afternoon to discuss the use of Groupon in boosting the gate at shows and broadening the market to new customers that haven’t been to shows previously. Use [...]
March 21st, 2011 UAA Team 
A new exhibit “A Celebration of French Impressionism” has just opened at J D Smith Fine Art. This tribute to one of the most venerated movements in the history of art includes affordable and highly-collectable etchings, lithographs, and woodblock prints by historic French Impressionists. French Impressionism is arguably the most popular movement in the [...]
Posted in Art, Artist, Show & Gallery Tags: Cassatt, Cézanne, Cheret, CT; The Museum of Fine Arts, Forain, Hartford, Houston; The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, JD Smith Fine Art, Kansas City; Saint Louis Art Museum, Manet, Pissarro, Renoir, Saint Louis, Tissot, Toulouse Lautrec, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art No Comments » March 21st, 2011 Pearl 
The first day of the Asia art sales dawned spring-like, an auspicious sign for the dealers and auction houses looking towards the coming as one of the most significant sales season’s of the entire year. The only chilling part was that the “New York Times” had that day acknowledged the elephant in the room [...]
Posted in Antiques, Art, Asian Art, Collecting, Show & Gallery Tags: Asia Week, Asian Arts Week, New York, New York Times 1 Comment » March 21st, 2011 Regina 
This time of year, New York is overloaded with opportunities to view and buy antiques and art. Over the weekend, the Architectural Digest Home Show in conjunction with DIFFA and the Artists Project at the Pier was pitted against the events surrounding the Asia art auctions and sales. Stage for an Audience of One As [...]
Posted in Antiques, Architecture, Art, Asian Art, Auction, Collecting Tags: 1876 Centennial, Asian Arts Week, Japan, Mexico, The Forbidden City No Comments » March 16th, 2011 UAA Team 
Split Second: Indian Paintings, a small installation of ten rarely seen works from the Brooklyn Museum collection, on view July 13 through December 31, 2011, will result from a unique online experiment that was inspired by Malcolm Gladwell’s critically acclaimed book Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking. The project is designed to explore how [...]
March 16th, 2011 UAA Team 
The notorious outlaw Jesse James has been an American obsession for over a century. Most of his life, however, remains a mystery. What is more, he left few artifacts behind to help fill in the gaps, which has in return intensified the demand for all James-related historical memorabilia, especially photographs and signed documents. On April 5th [...]
Posted in Antiques, Auction Tags: albumen, Cabinet Card, carte de viste, Jesse Woodson James, Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, outlaw No Comments »
