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A Client's Guide For How to Take Photographs of Art and Antiques to Send to An Appraiser

Artifactual History Appraisal

GLASS DECORATIVE ITEMS AND TABLEWARE/BARWARE: A. How to photograph so an expert can see: Cut glass versus pressed – hard to see in photos. Shoot a close up of bottom, there, look for these features: Pontil mark, which is where the glass blower would have attached his blow rod. Look for a fraction or number.

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Insights on Auction Sales: A Tobacco Can, a Russian Painting

WorthPoint

Short of Remarkable This early 1900s Erie Tobacco lithographed tin can sold for an amazing $46,924.82 Leading the day at Miller & Miller Auctions was a true showstopper: an early 1900s Erie Tobacco lithographed tin can , boldly decorated with a baseball batter in full period uniform and the “E T Co.” averaging $59.56

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So You Found A John George Brown Painting?

Harrison Appraisals

By the age of 14, he was apprenticed to a glass factory at Newcastle-on-Tyne where his father hoped he would learn the trade of glass-cutter. While working at the glass factory, Brown studied nights at the School of Design in Newcastle. Robert Harrison 3/28/23 1 “Jobs in a 19 th Century Glass Factory”, Corning Museum of Glass.

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Discovering the Value of Antique Art Prints and Lithographs

Sarasota Antique Buyers

Please prepare your magnifying glass and detective hat as we are about to explore the fascinating world of antique art prints and lithographs. The Art of Identification: Intaglio vs. Lithographs Let’s discuss how to tell the difference between intaglio prints and lithographs. So there you have it, folks.

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The Birth of Bohemian Culture

Invaluable

Degas’ Absinthe Drinker depicts Ellen Andree, his muse, with a glass of absinthe in the Parisian Café de la Nouvelle Athenes. His signature crachis, or spatter method of splattering ink onto a lithographic stone was used in his poster designs for the Moulin Rouge and other salons.

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5 Hot Lots Coming to Auction in December

WorthPoint

Champenois Imprimeur-Editeur color lithograph with gold gilding, advertises Ferdinand Champenois of Paris, Muchas primary printer. He designed jewelry for only 10 years before moving on to glass-making, but in that short time, he gifted the world with the most enigmatic and extraordinary jewels that are avidly pursued by collectors.

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Insights on Auction Sales: LeBron James, Winchester Cartridge Board

WorthPoint

I had written just last week about Winchester cartridge advertising boardsthose gloriously detailed lithographed showcases of ammo historyand mentioned an 1897 example that fetched $57,500 at Milestone. Not bad for a sheet of paper under glass. And with that, its time to call it a day!

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