| Investing in Antiques: Under the Radar and Under $10,000 |
Autumn/Winter 2007
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With prices for major antiques reaching the stars, finding something worthwhile for a moderate price may seem increasingly unlikely. So, what -- if anything -- can you buy for under $10,000? If you are looking for high quality, there are still many option...
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| Lifestyle: Classical Revival -- Classical Furniture Graces a Greek Revival Home |
Autumn/Winter 2007
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The adage, "it's not just what you know, it's who you know" applies to collecting as it does in life, according to the owners of an 1837 Beacon Hill row house in Boston, Massachusetts. This couple moved into the building in 1979 and began collecting serio...
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| Lifestyle: The Museum that Jack Built |
Autumn/Winter 2007
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What is it about men named Jack? They have a vitality that keeps them at the top of their game, whatever their game is. Think Jack Kennedy, Jack Nicholson, Jack Welch. Now, add one more amazing "Jack" to that distinguished list, Jack Warner of Tuscaloosa,...
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| The Decorative Arts Trust Celebrates its 30th Anniversary |
Autumn/Winter 2007
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Collectors and art enthusiasts revel in discovery. Finding a little-known house museum with a treasure trove of pottery, absorbing the delicate detail of a painted table, or viewing a private collection in the presence of top scholars and curators are the...
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| The Ten American Painters |
Autumn/Winter 2007
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Founded in 1877 as an alternative to the conservative National Academy of Design, the New York based Society of American Artists -- at its outset -- embraced a merit-based exhibition policy and allowed artists to develop progressive styles. Its membership...
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| Winterthur Primer: Invisible to the Eye -- The Scientific Analysis of Decorative and Fine Art |
Autumn/Winter 2007
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It has become increasingly common to see chemists working side by side with curators and conservators to gain a more complete assessment of an object of art. Today scientific research departments are found in more than a dozen museums in the United States...
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| Noteworthy Sales: Recent Sales by Dealers |
Autumn/Winter 2007
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"Dealers and collectors have been guessing which decoy would be the first to reach the million dollar mark," says decoy broker Stephen O'Brien, Jr. With his sale of this drake, and a concurrent sale of a Canada goose......
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| Architectural Highlights of Boston's North Shore |
Summer/Autumn 2007
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Boston's North Shore was first settled by English colonists soon after the Mayflower Pilgrims disembarked at Plymouth, along what is now the southern Massachusetts coast, in 1620. The Cape Ann colony, where Gloucester and Rockport are situated on the Nort...
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| Bayou Bend: Celebrating Fifty Years |
Summer/Autumn 2007
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In 1957, the philanthropist Miss Ima Hogg (1882-1975) donated her mansion, Bayou Bend, and her collection of American decorative arts and paintings to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Located in one of Houston's historic neighborhoods, the elegant 1920s...
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| Connecting a London-Trained Joiner to 1630s Plymouth Colony |
Summer/Autumn 2007
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Studies of seventeenth-century New England furniture have often discussed the influence of London training on joiners who came to New England, and how such craftsmen and their objects might have influenced furniture tradesmen throughout the region. A rece...
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