Category: Death

Posted in Death, and Unusual

As soon as I saw the wooden box of bones at the auction house, I knew I had to pull it out to take a closer look. On top was what looked like a tibia…

August 29, 2011

sherry

Buyers came looking for a steal

Posted in Death, Family, and Home

I didn’t know what to expect when I drove to the home for the estate sale. The auction house was selling the items of a family who had been killed by another son back in…

August 26, 2011

sherry

Selling the stuff of a murdered family

Posted in Death, Family, and Home

This weekend, a local auction house is selling off the belongings of a couple who with their twin son were murdered. They’re not selling it at the auction house. They’re selling the family’s estate in the same…

“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.

So, grab a seat next to me as I take you through the moments I spent building a collection that stirred my heart.

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