A few years ago, I picked up an Elizabeth Catlett lithograph of a Mexican girl with a stoic and determined stare. It was the first of Catlett’s images that I’d come across from her years…
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Over the years, I’ve amassed a sweet collection of African American art purchased at auction. It’s not a major collection worth gobs of money, but it’s a pretty good array of both local and national…
From $170,000 to $600,000 – record-breaking African American art sale
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The audience seemed to be ho-hum as artist Charles Ethan Porter’s beautiful yellow sunflowers went for $40,000. I didn’t observe much stirring when William H. Johnson’s jitterbug dancers sold for $90,000. But when Elizabeth Catlett’s…
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 quickly thumbed through the box of papers, pamphlets and other documents, but even from that cursory look, I knew it was something that I wanted. I knew that inside – out of my…