Ebay Art Buyers Beware !!!
June 20, 2026 Judd Tully of ArtNet chronicled an Ebay seller operating as dantegallery. Two works on paper were purchased for a Buy It Now price of $499 each. Thorough […]
Collector Savvy tips
Another Day in the Life of an Art Appraiser
Not a Navajo weaving Not an Arapaho basket Not hand-coiled or pit-fired pottery The textile had nothing to do with American Indian weavers. The basket was likely fashioned in Pakistan, […]
Bill Healey Interview by Mark Sublette December 2025 (available on YouTube)
William P. Healey: Accomplished Native American Art Collector – Epi. 376, Host Dr. Mark Sublette Over one hour Healey shares his gestation as first a collector of Western art, later […]
Follow up to Whitney’s 10% Indigenous artists
15 Artists are having the biggest moment at US museums. Almost half of Ben Davis’ quarterly list for ArtNet are indigenous. Roughly half are African Americans. Twelve of the fifteen […]
Fake Picasso 101
by physical inspection 1 Glance at canvas front 2 Study back of canvas 3 Judge numerals in painting’s date for fluidity 4 Compare canvas size to catalogue raisonne centimeters 5 […]
$1.5 million Winston Churchill painting
“An impressionistic painting of a Marrakech street by Winston Churchill (circa 1935), led the auction with a $1.5 million result, more than tripling its low estimate. This canvas drew ‘widespread media […]
A Chipped or Split Bid ?
Auctions begin with a start bid. Subsequent bids progress in set increments. These increments are identified in each sale’s instructions. Bid increments grow as bids grow in value. For instance, […]
Steps to Successful Auction Bidding
1 Register with Auction house, whether bidding online or by phone 2 Identify Buyer’s Fee. 27% fee means if you bid $1000, you are committing to $1270 3 Scrutinize auction […]
Progress with Auction Descriptions !!!
Watercolor on paper Image: 40.25 h x 28.75 w in (102 x 73 cm)Sheet: 41.5 h x 29.75 w in (105 x 76 cm) Signed and dated to lower right […]
Native Studio Art since the 1920’s The Healey Collection freshly published !
A chance to catch up with the gestation of American Indian art–20th century and beyond–in 230 gorgeous pages. America’s Native American plight articulated in their art. Several leading curators devised […]