American Indian Jewelry Webinar includes Prices/ Values
Monday, April 2nd, 2012 | Collector Savvy tips, General | No Comments
Sunday April 8 2 pm – 4 pm Mountain Standard Time
Corinne Cain, ASA, Accredited Senior Appraiser credentialed in both Fine Arts & American Indian Arts for decades presents an informative webinar for just $20.
Yes, you will be spoon fed the development, influences and meaningful qualities of American Indian jewelry, – - -
but perhaps even more compelling, valuations and dates for all pictured examples are shared.
Vintage as well as contemporary examples are explored.
The PDF Powerpoint you can download and print is included to aid with that onerous chore known as “taking notes”.
The initial presentation of this webinar resulted in the following comments:
“Your webinar has elevated my connoiseurship substantially. Thank you SO MUCH for sharing your knowledge with us today. I will be interested in ANY other webinars you may offer.”
“This was a fantastic presentation, and I learned quite a bit !!!”
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I look forward to your sitting in on this nifty shortcut to learning more about American Indian jewelry !!!
Heard Museum Appraisal Day ! Sat. 10 March
Thursday, March 8th, 2012 | Collector Savvy tips, General | No Comments
Come on down!!!!
Appraisers of American Indian pottery, baskets, textiles, jewelry and art will assemble this Saturday at the Heard Museum between 10 am and 2 pm.
Information & values provided will not suffice for insurance companies to grant insurance coverage. You will learn whether you do or do not want to grab the item if your house is on fire.
Culture, age of the item, materials used in its making and value will be identified.
Cost (all monies to go to the museum, not the appraisers) is $30 for the first item, $25 for the second and $20 for the third. Heard Museum members save $5 per item.
Perhaps I will see you there, as I am donating my time to this event.
Corinne Cain, ASA Accredited Senior Appraiser, Personal Property/ Fine Arts as well as American Indian Arts
Assisted-Living Quarters May NOT be Healthy for your Art!
Saturday, March 3rd, 2012 | Collector Savvy tips, General | No Comments
Having visited a perfectly upscale assisted-living facility in Scottsdale, evidence of art abuse was witnessed !!!
No one intended to damage the American Indian baskets, kachina dolls or pottery. Nevertheless, in some cases 90% of the value had been sacrificed due to mishandling on the part of well-intended cleaning crews.
Seriously valuable kachinas need to be homed in a glass or Plexiglas case to prevent broken elements or the accumulation of dust, which can degrade feathers to the degree, they may need to be replaced.
Pottery when turned against drywall when being dusted can scar the pot’s exterior walls to the degree they shift from valuable clay art to once-valuable clay art.
Baskets must be gripped with both hands to avoid rim damage or worse.
Perhaps it is best to gift non-contained or non-framed items to family and friends ahead of moving into communal living.
Besides isn’t it wonderful to learn someone you like appreciates your taste in art–enough to want to be its custodian for the next twenty plus years?
Corinne Cain, ASA www.SavvyCollector.com
Hefty $250 million Card Players by Cezanne
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012 | General | No Comments
Feeling like your next purchase at SavvyCollector.com is a bit out of reach ????
Try $250,000,000 for one of a series of five card player subjects by the 20th century master Paul Cezanne ! A private sale made public, this price is roughly twice the highest price achieved for a work of art at auction.
This painting was acquired by a museum collection in Qatar in 2011. Vanity Fair magazine has an in-depth article about its purchase.
Corinne Cain of www.SavvyCollector.com
Double Dan !!!
Monday, February 6th, 2012 | Exhibition news | No Comments
Not only is Dan Namingha‘s work on display at the Heard Museum opening February 25, but this Hopi master is this year’s Heard Museum’s Indian Fair & Market Signature Artist !!!
Order your tickets online for the Heard Fair March 3 & 4, 2012 at www.heard.org/fair
Dan’s talented sons Arlo and Michael will also share the limelight for this exhibition opening February 25. Exhibition is titled “Namingha Family: Landscape, Form and Light“.
Stand back to experience paintings on canvas and paper as well as sculpture by the Namingha men.
To purchase work by Dan, check out Supai Dancer
Hot Tip! Order your Heard Fair tickets online and you won’t have to wait in line on the day you attend.
Corinne Cain www.SavvyCollector.com
Abundant Vintage & Newer American Indian-Made Jewelry !!!
Friday, February 3rd, 2012 | Exhibition news | No Comments
A bountiful trunk show featuring thousands of primarily older AI jewelry can be viewed and purchased at River Trading Post in Scottsdale, AZ Friday Feb 3 and Saturday Feb 4 from 11 am – 5 pm.
Visit their location at 7033 East Main Street in Scottsdale, AZ, where two generations of AI jewelry resellers, Steve and Chad Westergom have laid out countless examples of jewelry items by American Indian artists. No less than 500 bracelets array multiple tables. Most are silver, while a few are copper. Often turquoise enhances their decoration, also petrified wood, coral, mother of pearl and jet. Hand-made silver chains are available for those who have a pendant without a partner chain on which to hang. A bevy of sterling Navajo made pill boxes and table boxes can be purchased, as can older sterling silver Navajo-made spoons. No fewer than 200 bola ties adorn one wall of this luscious gallery! Another wall hosts a couple of hundred necklaces. Earrings number close to 1,000 to choose from.
The best news to sprinkle on top is that prices are entirely reasonable. In the trade we refer to “Santa Fe prices”, meaning rather generous pricing. The Westergom’s have avoided Santa Fe pricing, as does SavvyCollector.com, which is why we are happy to announce the presence of this more palatable pricing being offered Friday and Saturday here in Arizona.
Another note . . if grabbing a kid sitter is problematic, bring your children with you. Kathi Ouellet of River Trading Post is genuine in her willingness to host children accompanied by their parents. Should they want to touch something in the gallery, Kathi has instigated a “one finger rule”, where with one finger, a child can touch a work of art with care. Kathi is truly helping to groom the next generation of collectors who may grow up feeling welcome to visit art galleries.
It is just this weekend, even though River Trading routinely has a good selection of American Indian jewelry, pottery, textiles, sculpture and more !
Sorry to sound like a commercial, but this is truly a superb opportunity for AI jewelry lovers.
Corinne Cain of www.SavvyCollector.com
SavvyCollector.com Toolbar!
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 | General | No Comments
Peruse SavvyCollector.com’s gallery, get quick links to your favorite art sites and more—all on SavvyCollector.com’s easy-to-use toolbar!
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Soaring Voices Clay Sculpture by Japanese Women
Saturday, January 28th, 2012 | Exhibition news | No Comments
of immense talent, sensitivity, power ! I only need to post a few images to inspire visitation to Arizona State University’s Ceramic Research Center–a uniquely focused facility revealing ceramic artists from all countries.
Corinne Cain of www.SavvyCollector.com urges you to experience this exhibit. It has traveled throughout the world with reverence expressed by all who have seen it.
High Noon 2012 Show & Auction Mesa AZ
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012 | Exhibition news | No Comments
Sat & Sun Jan 29- 30 at the Mesa Convention Center (237 N. Center Street, Mesa, AZ 85201)
9 am – 4:30 pm (Sat), 9:30 am – 3 pm (Sun)
Vintage and new cowboy related items as well as mostly vintage American Indian items, everything from killer (qualitatively) to cute !
Dealers harken from the Southwest and way beyond (Pennsylvania, Idaho, Michigan, Massachusetts, Kansas and Missouri).
It is just plain fun, as many arrive “in costume” wearing extravagant boots and crusty mustaches.
When you visit their website, you can obtain a $5 off coupon for their weekend pass. www.HighNoon.com
Cost to attend Show is $10 per day or $15 weekend pass, unless you achieve the $5 off coupon.
See you there!
Corinne Cain www.SavvyCollector.com
Learn about the Art World (Book Shortcut) !
Sunday, January 22nd, 2012 | Collector Savvy tips | No Comments
READ THIS BOOK and catch up about the inner workings of auction houses as revealed through Lacey Yeager (a fictional character) and her friend , Daniel, the art critic (another fictional character).
Actually I am listening to the audio version, but either way, you get a fun dose of how things function in the art world, where art boils down to value and of course, money in conjunction with connoisseurship.
Corinne Cain of www.SavvyCollector.com
Yes, Steve Martin the well-known actor, comedian and astute art collector wrote it !
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