Provenance

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• Jenny vs. The Crime Empire

  
  Lady, That's My Skull — Authority: 510
  As mentioned in a previous post, Futura - Chapter 12 , there are some recurring creative cliches that irk the heck out of me and ruin my reading or viewing enjoyment. Author Lewis Shiner addresses many of them in his work and I have referenced it previously myself. This entry in My First Book of Noir ...
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• Annual Holiday Warning About Buying Fake and Fraudulent Movie Props, Costumes, and Memorabilia as Gifts

  
  Original Prop Blog — Authority: 127
  Since today is “Black Friday”, I thought it would be appropriate to republish an editorial that I posted last year as the holiday season approached, warning consumers against the purchase of television and movie props, costumes, and other assets as gifts for loved ones.  Essentially, the purchase of any type of ...
  1 day ago

• Still Crazy (for Velazquez) After All These Years

  
  1stAngel Arts Magazine — Authority: 155
  Still Crazy (for Velazquez) After All These Years -1.0 5 2009-11-19 21:12:57 Kevin Callahan Velazquez, Portrait of A Man, the pink in the lower left shows the thinness of the paint, as that is the original ground showing through. The frame is a 17th Century Spanish frame from the collection of the ...
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• Is It Real ... ?

  
  THE INTERNET REVIEW OF BOOKS — Authority: 125
  Read the complete review here.PROVENANCE:How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern ArtLaney Salisbury and Aly Sujo306 pp. Penguin $26.95Reviewed by Marty CarlockIn 1986 painter John Myatt was close to the end of his rope. He had a knack for copying the masters, but the precious skills he honed in art ...
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• Make Steam Not War

  
  Lady, That's My Skull — Authority: 510
  From the London Bell , page #5 (May 12, 1887).
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• Tips on Collecting Memorabilia

  
  Vintage Antique Collectible — Authority: 427
  If you have been thinking about starting a Entertainment memorabilia collection , then there are some very important guidelines you should keep in mind. Remember whether you collect for the investment, or for your own enjoyment. Regardless of which, you should still only buy that which you truly enjoy. While there ...
  2 weeks ago

• Tips on Collecting Memorabilia

  
  Vintage Antique Collectible — Authority: 427
  If you have been thinking about starting a Entertainment memorabilia collection , then there are some very important guidelines you should keep in mind. Remember whether you collect for the investment, or for your own enjoyment. Regardless of which, you should still only buy that which you truly enjoy. While there ...
  2 weeks ago

• Where Do Chips Come From?

  
  Baby Baby — Authority: 467
  1 in 10 children aged 7 - 11 think chickens lay potatoes! * 1 in 5 have no idea that potatoes are grown in the ground * 1 in 5 didnt realise that chips are made from the humble spud * Wow. I suppose Im lucky. When I was growing up we ate fresh food and my Grandad had an enormous vegetable patch. I remember ...
  2 weeks ago

• How does your garden grow?

  
  Welcome to my world JanMary — Authority: 116
  As a child I had a name plaque on my bedroom door, and as part of my name is Mary, it also had the nursery rhyme "Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow". My parents are very talented gardeners, and the fruits of their work can be seen not only in their own beautiful gardens, but in the many plants and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Pick of the Day – Charles Peck

  
  1stAngel Arts Magazine — Authority: 155
  Pick of the Day - Charles Peck -1.0 5 2009-11-07 16:22:59 V P Holmes The beauty about writing this column is, I am not always able to post a comment on all the artist work I love, but selecting a piece of their work as a “Pick of the Day”  feature is sheer joy.  The selection process after viewing ...
  3 weeks ago

• Christie’s Publishes “eVanity” Online Catalog for Original Movie Prop “King Kong” Stop-Motion Armature

  
  Original Prop Blog — Authority: 127
  As has been covered in prior articles, an original King Kong stop-motion armature movie prop is being offered for sale at auction by Christie’s on November 24th.  Christie’s has now published an “eVanity” online brochure promoting this important piece with additional photos and details. The “eVanity” ...
  3 weeks ago

• Micah Lexiers Provenance Project: Dealer Non-Drama?

  
  Unedit my heart — Authority: 127
  One of the more unusual art projects Ive seen this year is Micah Lexier s Provenance. For it, Lexier got a dozen commercial galleries to exhibit one of his arrow-sculptures in their back rooms. The reason this struck me as unusual was that usually an artist only shows with one commercial dealer at a time--sharing of ...
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• "Wonderful objects with clear provenance continue to perform exceedingly well at auction"

  
  Cultural Heritage in Danger — Authority: 108
  In June this year G. Max Bernheimer, Christies International Department Head of Antiquities, commented on the June 3 sale of antiquities that raised $3.4 million. He spoke positively about the sale: “Today’s strong results show that wonderful objects with clear provenance continue to perform exceedingly well at ...
  3 weeks ago

• Pots seized in NYC: comment from Christies

  
  Looting matters — Authority: 498
  Last week I commented on the seizure of two pots—an Apulian situla and an Attic pelike—in New York City (as reported by Art Daily ). The circulated picture of the situla seems to link it with the situla sold at auction in NYC in June this year for $40,000. The reports suggest that the two pots together are ...
  3 weeks ago

• Two Weeks and Counting!

  
  THE INTERNET REVIEW OF BOOKS — Authority: 125
  Be ready to read! The November Issue of The Internet Review of Books will cover, among other tomes, reviews of ...Just FoodBy James E. McWilliamsProvenanceBy Laney Salisbury and Aly Sujo That Bird Has My WingsBy Jarvis Jay MastersDreaming of BaghdadBy Haifa ZanganaAmerica’s ProphetBy Bruce FeilerDracula Is DeadBy ...
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• Certificate of Authenticity-when is it Necessary When Buying Works of Art?

  
  Art Journals — Authority: 145
  You wish to purchase a specific work of art…..but you want to make sure it is authentic. There are several important things to consider and facts to be aware of before purchasing art. It is to your benefit to know if the art was signed by the artist and where and when it was created. Without this information you ...
  4 weeks ago

• The “illicit” antiquities trade

  
  Coin Collecting News — Authority: 519
  By Wayne Sayles – Ancient Coin Collecting Blog For the past five years I have read a nauseating stream of blog posts, news articles, discussion list comments and convention presentation reports that condemn the “illicit” trade in antiquities. The fact that anyone might condemn illicit activity is not in ...
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• Nazi Loot Found at SMU

  
  Curator's Corner — Authority: 137
  Recently, more evidence has come to light about the looting of art owned by Jewish families during World War II. The ownership code on two paintings, estimated to be worth more than $10 million, indicates that they originally belonged to the Rothschilds, an old Jewish family with German origins that established ...
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• Bull Kelp of the South Swell

  
  Deep Craft — Authority: 122
  The seasonal south swell has returned to Doran Beach, piling up shapely waves along with lashings of Bull Kelp. Last year I was intent upon taming the kelp for a wild-crafted, bioregional chair. My dream remains intact but this year I’m more seduced by the waves. enormous tangles of kelp accumulate along the ...
  5 weeks ago

• The Meadows’ Nazi Art

  
  KERA Art&Seek Blog — Authority: 507
  Unfair Park has a very interesting, hot-off-the-presses-kind of story about Robert Edsel — the author of Rescuing Da Vinci and The Monuments Men, both books about the Allied efforts to retrieve artworks that the Nazis looted. Edsel declares he’s found a pair of stolen paintings — at SMU’s Meadows Museum. ...
  5 weeks ago

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