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Art and Science Collide: The Beauty of Scientific Instruments Through the Ages

Invaluable

From the intricate designs and beautiful functionality of ancient astrolabes to the ornate craftsmanship of Renaissance telescopes, and the sleek modernism of personal cameras, the evolution of scientific instruments has provided a fascinating meeting point between aesthetic and functional precision through the ages.

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T.M. Fowler's Bird's Eye Views

Antique Prints

Urban bird’s eye view of the nineteenth century are one of the most interesting type of American prints there are. Beginning after the Civil War, the bird’s eye view became one of the most popular of print genre, with these prints being made of thousands of American towns and cities from the late 1860s into the early twentieth century.

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Mr Nathaniel Hillier – A Georgian Engraving

Mark Hill

A framed etching of Mr Nathaniel Hillier, 9.5cm wide I’ve collected prints, from etchings to engravings and woodcuts to lithographs, since I was a schoolboy. The back was covered with aged and glue-stained pasted paper, with a roughly cut label reading ‘ Mr Nathaniel Hillier ‘ Who was he? ” Impressive!

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Mrs. Jane Loudon

Antique Prints

Orphaned and penniless at age 17, Jane decided to try to become a writer to support herself. Jane had taught herself to draw and these books were illustrated with her designs, beautifully rendered in hand-colored lithographs. Jane Wells Webb Loudon (1807-1858) was an accomplished English author and gardener. The work, The Mummy!

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This Week in Thrifting: Don’t Be Afraid of Buying Art

WorthPoint

How’s a collector or reseller supposed to gauge the value of a drawing or painting if they don’t even know what they’re looking at? In my case, this thrifted drawing had a signature, a date, and a number scrawled in the corner. But dipping your toe into the art world can certainly feel like a daunting task.

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In Plain Sight: The Book As A Work of Art

MIR Appraisal

Sometimes these books that are so easily overlooked are hiding wonders far greater than the words printed upon their pages. On the flip side of this coin, in early 2017 a woman sold a second printing of The Federalist Papers that her husband had dug out of a neighbor’s garbage can for over three thousand dollars. Photo by author.

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Mabel Dwight's American Scene

Michael Rose Fine Art

From the urban explorations of John Sloan or Edward Hopper to the more nuanced and human-focused prints of artists like Elizabeth Catlett or Sister Corita Kent, printmaking experienced something of a long golden age. Dwight’s sensibility for people is another through line in her prints.