One day each November we are urged to celebrate Buy Nothing Day, which exists as a protest against consumerism. As a lifestyle, minimalism, which philosophically requires little, has come into vogue with personalities like Marie Kondo urging us to toss things that don't spark joy. Dallas radio host Krys Boyd told listeners to a recent … Continue reading When Nothing Isn’t Everything
The Show and Sale of Early Texas Art will be back at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center August 8-9, 2014. Now run by Vintage Promotions, LLC the show was produced for more than a decade of production by the Collectors of Fort Worth Art. The Texas Art Collector Show and Sale of Early Texas … Continue reading Texas Art Collector On Tap for August
Some people do still collect, in fact the number of collectors may be more than ever. Insurer AXA Art recently released a survey revealing a rapidly expanded art market over the last decade as well as notable numbers of new collectors in advancing economies. The survey of 1,000 international collectors revealed four distinct categories of … Continue reading Insurer Probes the Who and What of Collecting
The antiques business has undergone a plethora of change over the past couple decades and we had the opportunity to discuss some of them with Bob James of Armacost Antiques Shows. The discussion starts with the influence of Jacqueline Kennedy on the industry and traces it through the present day when boomers trying to dispose … Continue reading The Past, Present and Future of Antiques Collecting, A Conversation with Bob James
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