On October 28th, Christie’s presented their 19th Century works of art in New York.  Now I was a bit surprised when I received 2 catalogs in the mail – one for the morning session and another for the afternoon.  Since … More…

This month I am going to touch on something I consider a pretty serious condition issue — those bare spots on the canvas, or what is commonly referred to as ‘skinning’, ‘over cleaning’, or ‘abrasion’. To begin with, we need … More…

One of the rarest modern-day baseball cards just sold on eBay – a 1996 Select Certified Mirror Gold #100 Derek Jeter Rookie Card…wow that was really a mouthful! There were just 30 copies of this card produced and I believe … More…

On October 22nd, Sotheby’s presented their mid-level 19th-century works of art (their BIG sale will take place in January) and the overall results were encouraging.  Do keep in mind that there were no ‘blockbuster’ works being offered, and $30-$50K was the … More…

Same old story – a beautiful little Chinese vase makes a really great price at auction! Sotheby’s just finished its autumn auction week in Hong Kong with some wonderful results. Overall, the sales generated $426M…not too bad considering all that’s … More…

Salvator Mundi is back in the news.  The big Leonardo exhibition is about to open at the Louvre and the curators are still waiting to see if the owner of “Salvator Mundi” will loan it. Controversy about the authorship of … More…

Published this week on Forbes.com, an article by Natasha Gural on the gallery’s discovery of an early and important work by the 20th-century French artist Paul Aizpiri. Source: Discovery Of Rare Early Work By Influential Parisian Painter Paul Aizpiri ‘Wows’ … More…