The Appraiser Coach

MAY 2, 2023

The principle I’m going to share today may not be earth-shattering for you, but it has proven useful for me in my work time and time again.

Provenance 78

Provenance Appraiser/appraisal Appraisal Education Quality 78

JB Jewels

MAY 4, 2023

When it comes to jewelry, we all have those pieces that we just don't wear anymore. They sit in our jewelry box with the thought that we will wear them someday, but never do. That's where jewelry redesign comes in. Recently, one of my clients came to me with some gold items and pins that she no longer wore. We tried to sell them as finished pieces, but unfortunately we didn't have any buyers.

Jewelry 52

Jewelry Collectibles 52

Mark Hill

MAY 3, 2023

I do love a bonkers thing, but not as much as I love a good story. A chance find of a richly-coloured oil on canvas that made me smile last weekend fulfills both. ‘Dolls & Tureen’, oil on canvas, by Lilian de Glehn Thibaut, painted between 1924 and 1935. At first I thought they were people, then I saw the tureen and shell, realised the scale, and saw that they were dolls.

Maker/Artist 52

Maker/Artist Antiques and Decorative Arts Paintings Research 52