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…
Tag: haitian art
I watched as Jonathan Demme, in royal blue sneakers and looking a little thinner and a little grayer than I expected, walked breezily up to a man staring at a painting by Haitian artist Hector Hyppolite. Demme is…
During an auction preview recently, I was flipping through some framed paintings propped against a wall when I came upon one without a frame. It was a pencil drawing with a faded and worn mat that…
I can’t seem to escape wooden carved masks at auction these days. They keep turning up and I’m not quite sure why. It’s working out for me because I’m on the lookout for items to offer…
A stack of paintings by Haitian artists
Posted in Art
The auction house was cold as usual as I walked through the door despite a heater blasting full force near the front. The auctioneer had threatened a few times to take his auction elsewhere to escape this freezer…