Stepping into artist Susan F. Cobin’s home is like being absorbed into an abstract painting. It is a kaleidoscope of brilliant colors, shapes and forms, with the individual pieces appearing to spill onto each other…
Tag: artist
There’s something about dolls that draws me to them. I’ve written about plenty of them and often would see them at auction. Not anymore, though. I suspect that fewer collections are being sold off by…
The painting was a simple oil of an old man in a buggy pulled by a mule. In the background – which appeared to be too close and too overbearing – was a building with an…
Friday at Auction Finds is readers’ questions day, and I try to help readers figure out the value of their items. Occasionally, I get an item that I want to know more about. That’s what…
The trio was sitting high and playing loud. The auction house had placed the wooden female jazz singer, and her piano and trumpet players on a perch atop some furniture seemingly to give them prominence. They…
Who was Phila. artist Collins Thomas?
Posted in Art, and Reader questions
Friday at Auction Finds is readers’ questions day. 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…
I had seen the oil painting of a lush green landscape hanging on the wall, but it looked so much like the tourist art I see at auction that I didn’t stop to take notice…
Watercolors by an artist named Dawson
Posted in Art
The paintings were quite lovely, that was my first thought as I saw them hanging on a wall at the auction house. They were watercolors, clean without any signs of poor upkeep or torn canvas…
Each Friday, I answer readers’ questions about items they own, helping them with the research on the history and directing them to resources to determine value. This week I’m focusing on one question – about…
1950s photos of cops, artist, black boys
Posted in Art, Children, Ephemera/Paper/Documents, and Photos
The flat box was lying practically in the middle of a wide table of throw-away items at the auction house. So I had to stretch my arms pretty far over to retrieve it, and I…