January 7th, 2012 
Lin 
Situated north of downtown San Antonio along the famous River Walk, the San Antonio Museum of Art is housed in the historic Lone Star Brewery building complex. From the outside, the complex lacks the grandeur of Beaux-Arts facades. Multi-floored, with a subdued sun-fade yellow, the brick buildings give the feeling of a genteel southern living [...]
January 6th, 2012 UAA Team 
“Brown furniture” and “Victorian”are not words you commonly hear in the same breath with “auction records,” but there are welcome exceptions now and then. A rare, museum-quality mechanical rosewood drop-front secretary desk, made around 1860 and attributed to the renowned American furniture maker Thomas Brooks, recently sold for $21,280 at only the second auction held [...]
January 3rd, 2012 Hui 
Here is a map of art museums that UAA team have visited together in the past seven years. View UAA’s Museum List in a larger map In 2012, we have a few in our art museum visit list. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Barnes Collection St. Louis Art Museum Detroit Institute of the Arts [...]
January 3rd, 2012 ewmiller 
It may just be the vintage capital of the U.S. As you can see from the chart, Austin, Texas is a young city- and its one where while the larger antiques world may be in doldrums, people in Austin are living, eating and breathing vintage. It’s not just clothing either. Walking into a store called [...]
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Tags: Austin, Austin Vintage, New Bohemia, New Brohemia, South Congress, South First, Vintage in Austin 
No Comments » January 2nd, 2012 UAA Team 
Austin feels young, so does its museum. The American collection at the Blanton Museum of Art does not cover the first 100 years’ art of the nation, not to mention colonial times. Yet the presentation succeeds in holding an inviting angel that solicits comparison, connection and communication. In one room that features works of the [...]
January 1st, 2012 Hui 
Bazaar or Antiques Mall? You Decide! Part 1 – Internet stores with brick mortar facades Xuzhou is one of the oldest cities in China. Situated as the transportation hub in northwestern Jiansu province, it is less than a two and half hour ride away from either Shanghai or Beijing by high-speed train. Geographically the city [...]
