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Edward Earle

Edward Earle

I’m not sure how I feel about this guy using my signature erotic pose while juggling. I also don’t like him borrowing my Sargent Pepper bathing suit collection. This entry…

The Children’s Wonderland

The Children’s Wonderland

“Cute” has never been a favorite adjective of mine. If something can possibly qualify as awwwdorable, I’m probably not going to want to have it anywhere near my house. And…

Dave the Slave, Thomas Chandler, W.T.B. Gordy, Crawford County pottery pieces to be sold May 28 in Jefferson, Ga.

Dave the Slave, Thomas Chandler, W.T.B. Gordy, Crawford County pottery pieces to be sold May 28 in Jefferson, Ga.

(JEFFERSON, Ga.) – Dozens of examples of highly collectible Southern pottery by such renowned artisans as Dave the Slave, Thomas Chandler, W.T.B. Gordy and others will be sold on Memorial…

Cirque d’Ete

Cirque d’Ete

It isn’t too often that we get a poster for an auction that makes me scrunch my brown, widen my eyes, and go “hold the phone….what?!” But about four months ago,…

Material Culture’s May 5 Auction Debut To Reflect ‘Borderless’ Approach To Art, Antiques

Material Culture’s May 5 Auction Debut To Reflect ‘Borderless’ Approach To Art, Antiques

A selection of decorative arts and collectables including a Samuel Robb cigar store Indian along with pieces by renowned world artists, such as American self-taught artists James Castle and Felipe…

Shaker items, early primitives, shaving mugs, perfume bottles and more will be sold April 28 in New Lebanon, N.Y.

Shaker items, early primitives, shaving mugs, perfume bottles and more will be sold April 28 in New Lebanon, N.Y.

(NEW LEBANON, N.Y.) – The estate of the late Albert “Al” Cassavant — a longtime and dedicated collector who owned two local antiques shops over the course of his long…

Red and white coral figural groupings, carved ivory pieces, more will be sold at Matheson’s Auctions in Fla., May 5-6

Red and white coral figural groupings, carved ivory pieces, more will be sold at Matheson’s Auctions in Fla., May 5-6

(MELBOURNE, Fla.) – The lifetime collection of the late James W. Pihos, formerly of Las Olas Isles, Fla., plus two prominent Miami estates, will be sold at auction the weekend…

Morphy’s To Auction Key Pieces From War Hero’s Toy Aircraft Collection May 11-12

Morphy’s To Auction Key Pieces From War Hero’s Toy Aircraft Collection May 11-12

flying boat monoplane with original box, a number of Hubley cast iron examples form the 1920s and prewar German tin planes including 2 unassembled prewar-era Dux constructor planes. …

Conservatoire Africain

Conservatoire Africain

Riffing on yesterday’s theme of the racially insensitive, I thought I’d share with you this poster promoting the strangest charitable tradition I’ve ever heard explained. I’d seen this poster a…

Sauvion’s

Sauvion’s

Don’t you just hate it when you’re dressed up like a cancer patient in maternity wear, and a rouge parrot swoops in to steal your booze? Happens to me every…