Jewelry Judge

AUGUST 9, 2024

The song, Lennon explained, was inspired by his toddler's drawing. Lennon told the host, “My son came home with a drawing of a strange-looking woman flying around. I used to show Dad everything I’d built or painted at school, and this one sparked off the idea. Lennon was assassinated in 1980 at the age of 40.

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WorthPoint

JUNE 13, 2024

How’s a collector or reseller supposed to gauge the value of a drawing or painting if they don’t even know what they’re looking at? In my case, this thrifted drawing had a signature, a date, and a number scrawled in the corner. But dipping your toe into the art world can certainly feel like a daunting task.

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JUNE 25, 2025

Touch and technique are inextricably intertwined in textile and the mixed media works, encaustic painting and ceramic forms gaining in popularity. For some, this medium allows them to reconnect with age-old traditions of making in a conversation across time. Sold for $1,800 USD via Skinner (February 2013).

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The Art Newspaper

JUNE 20, 2025

© Martin Bailey In early 1945, just before the end of the Second World War, Vincent van Gogh’s nephew gave two of the artist’s drawings to the owner of a cheese business—in exchange for 35 packets of butter and a little meat. This suggests that the pair of Van Goghs would now be worth around £1m. 20,000 Dutch people died from starvation.

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Sarasota Antique Buyers

JULY 18, 2024

We understand that each piece’s value depends on various factors, such as age, quality, condition, rarity, period, and maker. Items frequently purchased: Paintings: Ranging from 18th to 19th-century art, encompassing oils, watercolors, drawings, lithographs, etchings, and prints.

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Antiques Dealer

MARCH 9, 2023

This can involve collecting works from emerging artists alongside established names and investing in a range of mediums, including painting, sculpture, and photography. When evaluating the condition of a work, it’s important to consider factors such as age, materials, and any restoration work that has been undertaken.

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Prime Appraisals

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

They can look at an old painting or a piece of jewelry and tell you how much it's worth. They look at what similar items are sold for and consider things like age, condition, and rarity. They check out its condition, age, and any marks or features that make it special. Appraisers really know their stuff.

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Invaluable

JUNE 19, 2024

Renaissance Revival palaces that draw influence from Roman and Greek architecture, grand Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian columns, ornate and elaborate Baroque designs, refined Neoclassical architecture, and Georgian approaches to city living have all contributed to a European architectural style that stretches across the continent, and beyond.

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Grays Antiques

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

As Valentine's Day draws near and the search for that perfect, heart-felt gift intensifies, we're taking a look at the timeless, and unusual, symbols of love in the decorative arts. Dating back to Ancient Greece, where lyric poetry associated the 'mad heart' with our strongest human emotions, this symbol has endured through the ages.

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The Art Newspaper

JUNE 28, 2024

An East Village fixture for a half-century, Van Dalen created stylised drawings, paintings, sculptures and performances documenting his surroundings

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Appraisal Group USA

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

It might be to the sexy harbors including Chronilogical age of the fresh Gods or Sweet Bonanza. Which calculation will tell you how a good or bad away from a package you may have in your hands, and that paints an obvious picture you to’s simple for one pro to learn.

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JULY 10, 2024

This venture spawned a revolutionary style of abstractionism that would come to be known as Color Field Painting. “We What is Color Field Painting? Color field painting represents a style of abstract painting that emerged during the 1950s and ‘60s in New York City. Sold for $84,165,000 via Christie’s (May 2014).

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MAY 8, 2024

Throughout history, millions of paintings have been created by some of the world’s most talented artists, yet only a fraction of them maintain long-lasting fame. This phenomenon sparks one of the art world’s most pressing questions: what does it take for a painting to capture the attention of worldwide audiences?

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Fine Art Estates

JANUARY 7, 2022

Over the years, I have spent a lot of time on the phone trying to help people determine if the painting they found in a garage sale is worth anything. I took no pleasure in having to explain that they had one of the many reproductions of the painting and their hopes of having won the art lottery was only a lovely dream.

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WorthPoint

APRIL 5, 2024

Bennett is known worldwide for his music, but in an upcoming auction at Julien’s , many of the items for sale will showcase Bennett’s artistic talent in painting, sketching, and artwork. From his childhood in Queens, New York, to duets with Lady Gaga and paintings on exhibit at the Smithsonian , Bennett was an artist in many ways.

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The Art Newspaper

JUNE 11, 2025

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Mark Hill

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The back was covered with aged and glue-stained pasted paper, with a roughly cut label reading ‘ Mr Nathaniel Hillier ‘ Who was he? A bit of judicious searching online revealed that Nathaniel Hillier (1707-83) was a Georgian collector of, and dealer in, prints and drawings. ” Impressive! ” Impressive!

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APRIL 14, 2024

Used as a device to catch the eye and create rhythm, repetition is a common technique in Minimalism, with paintings often emphasizing the flatness of the canvas. The main thing wrong with painting is that it is a rectangular plane placed flat against the wall.” Sol LeWitt, A Rectangle of Chicago Without a Rectangle.

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MIR Appraisal

DECEMBER 17, 2019

These hidden gems have even come out during the age of online retail, as a customer for an online bookseller recently opened a copy of Octavia E. Now more than ever booksellers need a wide pool of knowledge from which to draw when making their assessments of an individual item’s worth. Book collecting has caught up to the mainstream.

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Invaluable

APRIL 24, 2024

Some of the most celebrated of the American folk artists include: Shaker Furniture: Simplicity and Functionality Rare Shaker Red-Painted Pine and Figured Maple Two-Drawer Work Table, Probably New Hampshire, c. Set of Seven Round Polychrome Painted Masonite Pennsylvania Dutch-style Hex Signs. Sold for $148 USD via Skinner (July 2010).

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APRIL 24, 2024

Some of the most celebrated of the American folk artists include: Shaker Furniture: Simplicity and Functionality Rare Shaker Red-Painted Pine and Figured Maple Two-Drawer Work Table, Probably New Hampshire, c. Set of Seven Round Polychrome Painted Masonite Pennsylvania Dutch-style Hex Signs. Sold for $148 USD via Skinner (July 2010).

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JUNE 3, 2024

Trailblazing Through History Born in rural Bordeaux in 1822, she moved to Paris with her family at age 7 and was immersed in the French capital’s cultural circles through her father, a landscape painter and art teacher. She would ask Bonheur to pick an animal to match every letter of the alphabet, then follow it up with a drawing.

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JANUARY 22, 2025

Driven by technological advances, cultural shifts, and various artistic movements, the Golden Age of Illustration ushered in a period of unprecedented creativity that elevated the craft of illustration into an artform that would leave a lasting legacy on the world of art and design. It was a transformative period in the history of art.

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JUNE 11, 2025

Drawing inspiration from French realists and impressionists, as well as Dutch and French art, The Glasgow Boys were artistic radicals. Drawing inspiration from French realists and impressionists, as well as Dutch and French art, The Glasgow Boys were artistic radicals. This is Scotland’s answer to Impressionism.

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Michael Rose Fine Art

OCTOBER 28, 2024

I wanted to send a card featuring a painting by a Renaissance woman; but it took a long time to find one. For blog post topics, the only restriction is that the artist be deceased—admittedly it is an arbitrary limitation, but Art Herstory is a one-person, volunteer operation and I had to draw the line somewhere.

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WorthPoint

MARCH 4, 2025

One of the auctions highlights is Lot 5124 , an oil-on-board painting, Taos New Mexico , by Ila Mae McAfee. Born in a Colorado ranching community, McAfee learned the ranching life from an early age and was surrounded by the rugged landscape of the American West, which inspired much of her work.

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WorthPoint

MARCH 24, 2025

What always draws me to decoys is the history and craftsmanshiptheyre more than just hunting tools; theyre art. This particular lot included three original draft scripts and one post-production script from the Academy Award-winning film, with some age-related wear that only adds to its authenticity.

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WorthPoint

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Luckily, these were in surprisingly good condition for their age. A David Hockney painting titled The Arrival of Spring in Worldgate, East Yorkshire sold for $215,900 at Rago Auctions. A David Hockney painting titled The Arrival of Spring in Worldgate, East Yorkshire sold for $215,900. Has Spring Sprung?

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FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The art of mosaic can become mesmeric, a fusion of precision and creativity, as tiny tesserae combine to paint rich patterns and narratives. These preparatory drawings were scaled to match the final work and provided a roadmap for arranging tesserae. Section from the Mosaic at the Villa Romana del Casale. Image via Wikimedia Commons.

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The Art Newspaper

JUNE 27, 2025

A film still of Anselm Kiefer, aged 18, sketching in Provence on the Van Gogh trail (1963) © SWR Kiefer’s love of Van Gogh began in 1963 when, as an 18-year-old student, he went on a pilgrimage to the sites where the Dutchman had lived and worked, sketching his own impressions of places and people. Photo: Charles Duprat.

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MARCH 5, 2025

This was Romanticism that pined for the purity and authenticity of pre-Renaissance art, and it did so by revitalizing romantic ideals within 19 th century painting with intense detail and vibrant color. Diverse in subject but filled with moral issues and purity, the paintings reflected challenges within society at the time.

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WorthPoint

APRIL 2, 2025

He would not create a full drawing before adding paint; instead,he chosed to begin from any point on the canvas and block in color. Then, he would use his fingers to scrape away excess paint and add definition. This almost 3D style of painting was more akin to sculpture. Frazettas technique was unusual, to say the least.

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DECEMBER 11, 2024

The Medieval Menu: Symbolic Spirituality Through Food Food in art continued to carry symbolic freight into the Middle Ages as its visual meaning expanded. Surviving scroll paintings from Chinas Song Dynasty (960-1279) reveal equally sumptuous banquet scenes often set in elaborate and expansive landscapes.

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APRIL 28, 2025

What started from the homes and studios of a radical group of artists and designers in 1860s England would prize beauty above all else as they sought to escape the ugliness and materialism of the Industrial Age. Whistler, Nocturne in Blue and Gold: Old Battersea Bridge, color lithograph, c. Frederic, Lord Leighton – The Bath of Psyche.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2024

This painting became the banner for the art movement, which absorbed and transformed foreign influences, and cannibalized them into something singularly Brazilian. Notable works in Brazilian Modernism Brasília Oscar Niemeyer – Untitled (drawing for Brasilia/Planalto Palace). It was a short lived, but prosperous partnership.

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APRIL 2, 2025

Dubbed the peoples painter by the British press, Jack Vettrianos nostalgic and sensuous paintings of femme fatales and enigmatic men resonated with an audience smitten with his glamorous sense of romance and lust. Jack Vettriano O.B.E. – The Man in a Navy Blue Suit. Sold for112,000 via Sotheby’s (April 2004).

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