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2024 Moving into 2025 Design Trends Likely to Affect Value of Personal Property

International Society of Appraisers

In the past, furniture companies and named designers' ideas were the only ideas showcased on the printed or digital page. Scandinavian furniture continues to be popular with its fresh-washed colors, clean lines, and good quality, especially in this era focused on sustainability. By, Lisa Duke, ISA CAPP

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Insights on Auction Sales: Van Cleef & Arpel Jewels, Karl Springer Tables

WorthPoint

These sculptural pieces featured amorphic, seamless brass bases topped with thick 0.75″ reverse-painted black glass, giving off that unmistakable Springer blend of glamour and bold design. Despite minor condition issues like paint loss on the glass and tarnish on the brass, the trio sold for a relatively modest $22,680.

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Insights on Auction Sales: A Corvette, Rare Titanic Postcard

WorthPoint

Painted in Monza Red and showing just over 58,000 miles, this car was one of only sixty-six made that year with this configuration, making it an incredibly rare find. It was painted around 1950–1955 and is catalogued in the Edouard Cortes Virtual Catalogue Raisonné.

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Mechanical engineer develops AI-generated digital masks to restore damaged paintings

The Art Newspaper

Kachkine is an avid collector and a self-taught restorer of paintings who combined their two seemingly disparate interests to create a disruptive new approach to art restoration in the form of digital masks. “I I enjoy the concept of rescuing paintings that have been neglected and abused over the years,” Kachkine says.

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Coastal Chic: Vintage Decor for Beach Cottages

WorthPoint

This time away from the house naturally breeds new decoration notions, whether moving a few paintings around or skipping the throw rugs this summer. Contemporary artists make furniture and signs out of driftwood, and there is nothing more show-stopping than a giant taxidermy fish to hang over the hearth.

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LAPADA showcases world-class dealers

Antique Collecting

The LAPADA Berkeley Square Fair has confirmed a diverse range of world-class dealers and galleries set to take part in The post LAPADA showcases world-class dealers appeared first on Antique Collecting.

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A century of Robert Rauschenberg: Blurring Boundaries, Redefining Art

Invaluable

Painting relates to both art and life. Regarded as a predecessor of Pop artists, his Combines series, together with his White Paintings , and Erased de Kooning Drawing all helped to make Rauschenberg one of the most influential American artists.