July, 2015 | Auction Finds

Posted in Art

The coupling of the mother and baby in the painting captivated me. It was a small oil painting, giving an intimacy to the image of the mother swaddling her child. I didn’t immediately recognize the artist…

July 6, 2015

sherry

One too many tacky pink flamingos

Posted in Culture, Decorating, and Figurines

Are those pink flamingos, I thought incredulously as I noticed boxes of the plastic creatures stuffed into large cardboard boxes under the auction table. And indeed, they were. I’d never seen flamingos by the half-dozens in…

July 3, 2015

sherry

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Reader seeks original copy of Negro Motorist Book – Me, too!

Posted in Books, and Ephemera/Paper/Documents

Friday is the day I answer readers’ questions. I try to guide readers to resources to help them determine the value of their items. I’m not able to appraise their treasures, but I can do…

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“ART WITH HEART: How I Built a Sweet Collection by Buying Cheap at Auction”

I collect art, but I’m not someone who has the means to pay $500,000 for a Charles White or $12 million for a Rembrandt. I’m one of the “rest of us” who want beautiful artwork in our homes but can’t afford to pay big bucks for it.

I found a novel way to build my collection – by buying art for very little money at mom-and-pop auction houses near where I live. I started out buying African American artists whose works spoke to me and were ignored by the mainstream art world. Then I discovered some other neglected artists who called out just as loud.

My book “ART WITH HEART” Is a selection of stories of how I found art that I loved, how I lost out on some, won others, learned some lessons that I share with you – and enjoyed every minute of it.

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