The Rest of The Story - A Cherokee Treasure

On the Roadshow we often just don't have the time in a three minute segment to tell the whole story, which sometimes for my money is at ...

Quick HIts Around the World - artdaily.org

Abu Dhabi Art 2011 Announces New Venue on Saadiyat Island ABU DHABI.- Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC) has announced tha...

A Roadshow Moment to Remember

In the past 16 years we have had a number of memorable moments that we as appraisers look back ocassionally  and re-live over a drink with p...

Bernard Ewell - Dali Authentication

We promised when we had signed documents on the appraisals or authentications from the professionals hired by Park West Galleries, we would ...

Asia Continues Buying

HONG KONG.- Christie’s concluded its Spring season with a total of HK$4bn (US$515m), including the off-season sale of fine wines in March ...

Cleveland Museum Art Acquires Congo Collection

CLEVELAND, OH.- The Cleveland Museum of Art announces the acquisition of a single collection of 35 works of Congolese sculpture from the B...

Picture of the Month June/July 2011

Cheetah, South Africa Photograph by Frank Trimbos , My Shot This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures 

Pre-Columbian Art June/July 2011

Avian Hacha Veracruz. East Mexico AD 600 - 900 Ht. 10 1/2"

African Art June/July 2011

Sande Society Bundu mask Mende Sierra Leone 20th century Ht. 17"

Are Art Galleries Becoming Outdated

These three articles caught my attention this summer after assisting a friend and client who had been caught in the private sales trap on an...

African Ivory Smuggling Operation

ArtTrak will follow this case. It is hard to believe that there would be a market large enough to sustain this volume of ivory. JB PRESS REL...

News from Egypt - Digs and Politics

Archaeology 1. CAIRO (AP).- Archaeologists have begun excavating a 4,500-year-old wooden boat found next to the Great Pyramid of Giza, one o...

Technology and the Arts Summer 2011

Technology 1. HUNTLEY, IL.- By providing a mobile CT scan unit free of charge to Chicago's famed The Field Museum for a series of mummy ...

Museum News June/July 2011

1. WALTHAM. The sad saga of Brandeis University’s Rose Art Museum, whose collection university trustees had voted to sell in 2009, ended tod...

Norman Hurst - In Memorium 1944- 2011

For those of you that knew Norm Hurst, you were better for it. He was a good guy, knowledgeable appraiser, and successful art dealer who man...

How Much is Billy The Kid Worth

June was a good month for antique photograph collectors… Within a span two weeks and across two continents, two new world auction records we...

August Roadshow Travels - Will We Be Near You

The summer has already been a bit crazy with trips to Eugene, Oregon; El Paso, Texas; Minneapolis, Minnesota:, and last week in Tulsa, Oklah...