Category: Photos

September 23, 2009

Intimate photos

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One item at a recent auction drew a lot of looks and peeks, and embarassed faces. The item of interest was a small album of photos of a nude couple. I only glanced at them for a…

September 15, 2009

sherry

Family vacation slides

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There was a time, it seems, that many families made slides from their family vacations. I come across tons of these slides – paper and glass – from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. With DVDs,…

September 10, 2009

sherry

Old family photos

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Some years ago when I was a reporter in my hometown of Macon, Ga., I was one of a team working on a series of stories on Blacks in Macon. During one of my interviews,…

“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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