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Insights on Auction Sales: Mickey Mantle, Beer Can, Snow White

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For perspective, this same card previously sold for $192,000 in 2020, before the market for high-end vintage cards surged. Both cans are among the rarest known, with the White Cap can being one of only two high-quality examples identified. also shows that there were opportunities for more modest collectors to get involved.

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Introducing Julia Day, the Frick’s new chief conservator

The Art Newspaper

And that is one of the great qualities of a leader in conservation.” Day returned this spring to take over the position upon the retirement of Joseph Godla, a furniture expert who had held the title since 2005. There is nothing impulsive about Julia,” says the Frick curator Aimee Ng. Day has a signature steadiness, Ng says.

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Design Miami announces 2025 international events and exhibitions programme

The Art Newspaper

The collectible design fair, which focuses on museum-quality 20th and 21st century furniture, lighting, and objets d’art, is celebrating its 20th anniversary with the new initiative, dubbed Design Miami.In The fair’s theme will be Make.

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How to Collect Pfaltzgraff Pottery in an Uncertain Market

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The company relied on the area’s abundant blue and red clay for its high-quality stoneware and bone china dinnerware. ” • They check not only a product’s maker mark but also examine its weight and glaze finish to help determine age and value. By 1889, two of Pfaltzgraff’s sons, Henry and George, opened H.B. &

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WorthPoint Indices: Lobby Cards

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Detailed Index Trend Components of Monthly Total Volume Sold and Total Prices Paid for Lobby Cards between January 1, 2020, and May 31, 2024. Values depend on age, artwork, quality, and popularity of the movies or actors they depict. million in sales since 2020. percent increase in transactions from 2020 through 2023.

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Types of Chinese Art: A Guide to Valuing & Collecting Chinese Art

Invaluable

While age might leave artifacts fragile or damaged, time has also embellished Chinese works of art with enduring beauty and relevancy. An artform of ancient origin, archeologists discovered the oldest-known example of Chinese sculptural art in Henan Province in 2020 – a miniature bird figurine dating back 13,500 years. June 2020).

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Grandpacore: Embracing the Style of Our Elders

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It will] bring eccentric and expressive elements for the ages to their wardrobes.” As seen by the overabundance of fashion “cores” that have come and gone since 2020, Gen Z can blow through dozens of different styles in months, which may make collectors and resellers hesitant to buy into yet another fashion trend.