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JUNE 24, 2025

The earliest hair combs date back to the Stone Age and were made of animal bones, shells, and wood. In ancient Egypt and Persia, combs were used for practical purposes and decoration, while in ancient China, they were used as ornaments that held high status and artistic value. This 1930s Japanese kushi/hair comb sold for $400 in 2021.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Such lavishly stitched works grew significantly in popularity during the Middle Ages, when the functional applications of a warm covering were paired with elegant artistry. In the 17th century, Japanese makers cultivated the sashiko quilting technique that evolved from simply caretaking worn fabrics into elegantly stitched designs.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Embodying complex human experiences and themes, artists have drawn upon dark folk tales, scenes from ancient mythology, and imagined scenarios to immortalize gods, monsters, and heroes that continue to inspire wonder and reflection in modern audiences. Sold for $3,350 via Artemis Gallery (June 2021).

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APRIL 3, 2024

While age might leave artifacts fragile or damaged, time has also embellished Chinese works of art with enduring beauty and relevancy. Sold for $650,000 HKD via Bonhams (Dec 2021). Much like the majority of artwork, a Chinese painting’s monetary value will align with its time period, rarity and condition – and of course, the artist.

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MIR Appraisal

MAY 5, 2021

Unfortunately, Vicente was murdered in 1968 at the age of 35, but the workshop persisted with the diablitos, and the genre is still a signature of Ocumicho ceramics today. The artists then push small, colorful glass beads into the wax, meticulously working to create bright, complex patterns. link] Accessed 3 May 2021.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Preservation and Legacy Long after the abolition of the samurai class (a hereditary class in the Japanese social hierarchy until the Meiji era), the legacy of samurai armor and weaponry is still celebrated in pop culture, museum collections, historical reenactments, and modern interpretations by artists inspired by Japan’s martial heritage.

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AUGUST 19, 2024

More certainty comes with the role of religious statues by the time of the Bronze Age when major cultural centers from ancient Sumer to ancient Egypt exhibited richly complex pantheons of deities and devotional practice. Sold for £7,000 GBP via TimeLine Auctions (September 2021). Roman Marble Head of Mercury. 7th Century.

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MAY 21, 2024

Sold for $17,500 via Swann Auction Galleries (February 2021). The ability to distil the adventure, star presence, and drama of a film into an engaging visual reference has ensured the art of movie poster design has endured through the years from Hollywood’s golden age to today’s modern blockbusters. The Sin of Nora Moran, 1933.

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Jewelry Judge

APRIL 12, 2024

Today, introspective indie artist Briston Maroney sings about achieving his life-long dream of dating a girl with "eyes of gold" and then comes to the realization that he still feels empty in his 2017 release, "June. Maroney released his album Paradise in 2021 and followed it up with Ultrapure in 2023.

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The Art Newspaper

JUNE 20, 2025

Published on Fridays, stories range from newsy items about this most intriguing artist, to scholarly pieces based on meticulous investigations and discoveries. Intriguingly, the 1945 swap was arranged with the help of Charley Toorop, an artist who is currently the subject of an exhibition at Otterlo’s Kröller-Müller Museum.

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What Is It Worth?

JUNE 15, 2022

At the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, curators are spotlighting artists’ takes on windows, from which we peered during quarantine. Grocery delivery contraptions and homemade art projects are also in the collection, along with an artistic appreciation of toilet paper, that once-hoarded necessity.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Breuer s dream, however, was to put his architectural designs into practice so in 1928, aged 26, he left to establish his own office in Berlin, supported by royalties from the sale of his chairs. Sold for 3,250 EUR via Marques dos Santos (July 2021). Gavina also produced the Cesca. Marcel Breuer – Six Cesca Chairs.

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OCTOBER 28, 2024

Origins of the Arts and Crafts Movement and its American Migration In the closing years of the Victorian age, art and design in 19th-century England underwent rapid transformation. These ideas were soon absorbed by American makers to great excitement. Sold for $1,600 USD via Material Culture (May 2021).

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MAY 29, 2024

Following his death, his work was displayed in his museum in Sussex, England, but after it closed in the 1970s some of his collection found its way to auction in 2003, where it generated considerable interest, most notably from postmodern artist Damien Hirst , who is renowned for his own interpretation of taxidermy.

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JULY 10, 2024

As the 1940s came to a close, a number of artists were looking for something new. During the style’s second wave, artists including Helen Frankenthaler , Morris Louis , Kenneth Noland and Jules Olitski also harnessed the spirit of non-figurative painting but embraced the idea of form as more important than any mythical content.

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APRIL 24, 2024

From self-taught artists to delightful wood carvings and intricate quilting and textile makers, American folk art encapsulates the spirit of a nation and the legacies handed down across its history. Beyond wood and clay, some folk artists rely on natural dyes for their wool or thread. Sold for $431.25 USD via Jeffrey S.

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APRIL 24, 2024

From self-taught artists to delightful wood carvings and intricate quilting and textile makers, American folk art encapsulates the spirit of a nation and the legacies handed down across its history. Beyond wood and clay, some folk artists rely on natural dyes for their wool or thread. Sold for $431.25 USD via Jeffrey S.

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WorthPoint

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Miller & Miller has sold numerous pieces of this stoneware in the past few years, including another horse jug that fetched over $16,000 in 2021. Artist Richard Howard Hunt (1935-2023) was recognized as one of the foremost African-American abstract sculptors of the 20th century. Eldred’s, estimate: $4,000-$6,000.

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WorthPoint

JULY 23, 2024

He recently passed at the age of 94, leaving behind a legacy of humor instantly recognizable by millions. Newhart also won a third Grammy for Best New Artist, completing his hat trick of three Grammy Awards in the same year. This signed album went for nearly $200 in 2021. The album that started it all. If there’s a Funko Pop!

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Reagan Upshaw Fine Art

AUGUST 26, 2024

Greg, now middle-aged, long ago put his baseball cards aside and now collects illustrations and other collectibles from popular culture. Top dollar in Greg’s case is very much below top dollar for works by important contemporary artists, but collecting principles should remain the same. He has a particular fondness for Batman.

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APRIL 14, 2024

Challenging traditional notions of artistic expression, Minimalism pushed the boundaries of what art can be – and its concentrated form of beauty would leave a lasting legacy. Kelly wanted to eliminate any trace of the artist so that his works were, as he put it, “objects, unsigned, anonymous”.

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JUNE 12, 2024

Immortalized by artists for centuries, the streets of Paris have provided the perfect canvas for some of some of the world’s most renowned artists, who have re-shaped and re-imagined the eternal muse through the perspectives and styles of The Grand Tradition, Impressionism, Modernism, and Surrealism to capture the city’s timeless allure.

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MARCH 4, 2024

Unorthodox and anti-establishment, the adherents of bohemian culture despised convention and rejected bourgeois values, as artists like Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Vincent van Gogh embraced a new-found artistic freedom. A s much a state of mind as it was an artistic movement, being Bohemian was a reflection of oneself and society.

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MARCH 24, 2025

Read on as we chart the history of frames as they responded to artistic trends and technological innovations. Makers elsewhere in Europe like the Dutch Republic also began to incorporate elements like tortoisesh ell or ebonized wood inlays and veneers to replace the elegant golden profiles of other frames.

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DECEMBER 9, 2024

From fanciful flappers to infectious musical riffs that electrified speakeasies across the country, the Jazz Age, also known as the Roaring Twenties, was a period of decadent Art Deco design. In this article we jump into the splendors of the Jazz Age to explore these captivating creations.

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WorthPoint

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Signed by the artist on the underside, its in excellent condition and presents exactly as Zynsky intended. While the rising prices could be attributed to her passing in 2019 at the young age of 64, it’s clear that her work is gaining even more attention. These blocks are a trend to watch, and they show no signs of slowing down.

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WorthPoint

JANUARY 31, 2025

In today’s age of online streaming, we have access to the entire history of music at our fingertips. Any record bearing the autograph of an artist will rise in value. The autographs of legendary artists can be worth thousandsfor example, a copy of The Velvet Rope signed by Janet Jackson sold for nearly $4000 in 2023.

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WorthPoint

APRIL 4, 2025

Celebrated San Ildefonso artist Tony Da (1940-2008) revolutionized Pueblo pottery with his innovative techniques and designs. Collectors avidly seek his work not only for its artistry but also its scarcity: his career was tragically cut short at age 42 after a motorcycle accident left him badly injured.

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WorthPoint

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

He is widely regarded as one of the best luthiers, or string instrument makers, in history. A 1910 violin made by Carlo Giuseppe Oddone, modeled after Stradivari, sold for around $90,000 in 2021. A 1936 Stradivarius copy sold for just over $1500 in 2021. There are countless theories as to why this is.

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WorthPoint

MARCH 3, 2025

These #1 issues, while showing their age, have huge appeal for collectors, especially with their iconic status in the Marvel universe. Beautiful Work This painting by the late Parisian artist Antoine Blanchard sold for $5,002.50 While these four paintings were sold separately, their combined value topped just over $16,000.

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MARCH 19, 2025

Emphasizing simplicity, clean lines, and the use of modern materials, the International Style was not only one of the most influential movements in modern architecture and design, but its aesthetic was also mirrored by revolutionary artists. Sold for$26,122,500 via Christie’s (May 2021). Space and light and order.

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WorthPoint

DECEMBER 31, 2024

These early cigarette cards spanned a range of themes, from castles of England to popular musicians of the day, but British cigarette maker Thomas Ogden was a notable early pioneer of sports cards. The cards were ubiquitous in their day, so despite their age, they can often be acquired for surprisingly low costs.

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The Art Newspaper

JULY 3, 2025

© Mark Lyon The high-profile French artist and curator Jean-Marc Bustamante will launch a foundation in Arles in the south of France in summer next year. “My These appointments are to be announced. Bustamante subsequently criticised the French culture ministry for lack of support.

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The Art Newspaper

JUNE 27, 2025

Published on Fridays, stories range from newsy items about this most intriguing artist, to scholarly pieces based on meticulous investigations and discoveries. © Martin Bailey Kiefer/Van Gogh (28 June-26 October) at London’s Royal Academy of Arts (RA) presents works by the German artist that are modest in number but enormous in size.

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The Art Newspaper

JUNE 9, 2025

The manuscript was completed by other wealthy patrons and talented artists some 70 years later, and contains 131 full-page illuminations. A Book of Hours is a book that you can personalise more than others,” says Deldicque, explaining how illuminated manuscripts became a laboratory for artistic innovation in the late Middle Ages.

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JANUARY 13, 2025

At a January 2021 auction at Blackwell Auctions LLC , the sale of a rare Hummel Signs of Spring figure (below) yielded $5,500. Sold for $5,500 via Blackwell Auctions LLC (January 2021). Berta Hummel died in 1946 following the end of World War II , succumbing to tuberculosis at the young age of 37.

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The Art Newspaper

JUNE 20, 2025

Participants, aged 18 to 30, were asked to submit images of up to three works from a list of 14 collections, ranging from mosaics and frescoes to artefacts from Ancient Egypt. The aim, it added, was to “actively involve the public in communication campaigns” and “give visibility to the work of young artists and creatives”.

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