ewmiller | August 24, 2010
One day some time ago, exactly when is impossible to know for sure, a cat looked up at a camera. It’s unlikely it knew what the dark-colored box was exactly, perhaps expecting food or hearing a curious click, with perfectly positioned paws and an engaging posture the cat looked up, its eyes meeting with the [...]
Hui | August 8, 2010
I first have to apologize that in a previous post we reported our first visit to the Buchanan Antiques Market, which we just found out was actually Continental Show on the same weekend. We learned this from our yesterday’s visit to the real Buchanan Market, a monthly event held in either the Market Hall or [...]
Geo | July 7, 2010
Just a short post to share some interior photos I found recently at antique shops. The first two appear to depict a Spanish-Colonial interior and while unlabled are likely of a historic property, quite possibly one still existing. Notice how the room depicted is essentially a wide hallwayallowing for passage. The stairway shot depicts worn [...]
Geo | June 11, 2010
When a circa 1858 Half Plate Ambrotype of Confederate Lt. Colonel John Pelham – known to American Civil War buffs everywhere as “The Gallant Pelham” – comes to auction on June 26 as part of Heritage Auction Galleries Signature Arms, Militaria & Civil War Auction, it will mark the sale of what is possibly the single most famous Civil War photo extant.
UAA Team | May 14, 2010
A master of classic American street photography, Leon Levinstein (American, 1910-1988) is best known for his candid and unsentimental black-and-white figure studies made in New York City neighborhoods from Times Square and the Lower East Side to Coney Island. From June 8 through October 17, 2010, The Metropolitan Museum of Art will present Hipsters, Hustlers, [...]
ewmiller | January 15, 2010
The Logan House was one of several really great things that used to be there, there being my hometown of Altoona, PA. The Logan house was a hotel that hosted the Loyal War Governors’ Conference, an often overlooked event in the history of the American Civil War. A firm supporter of President Lincoln, Pennsylvania Governor [...]
Geo | January 7, 2010
An exhibit that closed January 3 at the University of Michigan Museum of Art Beginning will move to the Dallas Museum of Art for a February 21 opening. The landmark exhibition exploring the influential and profound relationship between photographers and painters who lived and worked along the Normandy coast in France during the mid-19th century. [...]
Geo | November 12, 2009
Five hundred exhibitors and with any luck thousands of antique-lovers will converge on Pier 94 in New York this weekend for Stella’s 2009 Pier Antiques Show. Merchandise will be found grouped by type, classic and formal; Americana, decorative arts and collectibles; 20th century Modern and Fashion Alley. There are shuttle buses from the Port Authority, Grand [...]
Hui | October 22, 2009
Swann Galleries is having an auction sale on photographs today. In the preview I have noticed that photographs were arranged not by the lot numbers, but grouped by scenes. Some pictures are beautiful, such as those of Ansel Adams or Harry Callahan, but I have never grown into followers of those artsy photographers. Interesting photos [...]
ewmiller | September 27, 2009
Walking through the galleries of photographs of America by Swiss-born Robert Frank, Lin looked at me and said “he doesn’t like America.” As an American, looking at the photos, I didn’t get the idea that Frank didn’t like America. I saw America, probably not the way he saw it, or the way anyone sees it, [...]
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