Western Art Design Periods and Design Movements

I've decided to blog on some antiques topics.  I'll start with a) the important design movements and b) designers in Antiques, Fine ...

When opulence becomes decadence

I've been crazy busy, as is usual of late, so I suppose that by now everyone has seen last week's spate of  articles regarding prote...

Sotheby's did what?! That's no way to treat a gentleman.

Those of us who run modest antiques establishments take some small comfort when antiques professionals of note make mistakes.  It's not...

Fine Art doing well

So Fine Art and Antiques dealers keep talking about how well things are doing at the 'top end' of the market.  Paintings have been ...