The Appraiser Coach

JULY 5, 2022

A couple years ago, I was out skiing with my boys, something I try to do once a week during the winter. We had a great time, but at one. Read More.

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A Matter of Brilliance

JULY 7, 2022

It’s the most expensive colored gemstone, with a hardness second only to a diamond. The ruby birthstone combines rarity with hardness and beauty; high-quality stones are even scarcer than fine diamonds! In ancient India, it was called “ ratnaraj ,” the “king of precious stones.” They believed rubies symbolized the sun and provided energy and vitality to those who wore it.

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Penrose Appraisals

JULY 5, 2022

Pulling up to the auction site in Greenville, PA, I was a little discouraged that I had made the drive. The porch was crumbling on the old house, the front entrance was taped over, the paint was peeling, and bushes were grown up all around it. It looked like one of those houses you see on the edge of a field, seemingly abandoned and likely filled with rat turds and cobwebs.

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Michael Rose Fine Art

JULY 4, 2022

While New Englanders enjoy a culturally rich region, there are always precious few opportunities for local artists to see their work exhibited in high quality spaces. Nearby Gallery in Newton, Massachusetts, was founded during the pandemic to share the work of emerging and mid-career art-makers in their community. On view through July 13, 2022, the gallery’s current exhibition Into the Ether is the product of an open curatorial call hosted by the space.

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Mark Hill

JULY 4, 2022

Ron Hitchins in front of one of his sculptures. Ron Hitchins (1926-2019) was a British born artist, sculptor, and flamenco dancer whose life and soul was rooted in Hackney, East London from age 13. He was born to a Lithuanian prostitute working in a Soho opium den, and a Chinese father. Although largely self-taught, he studied as a toolmaker and engineer before WWII, and took further education courses in various art techniques at Isleworth Polytechnic (now Thames College), and at the Sir John Ca

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What Is It Worth?

JULY 7, 2022

Selling antique firearms is more complicated than most other categories of antiques because you have to take federal and state laws into account both for the actual sale and for shipping considerations. However, you may be surprised to learn that the regulations for buying and selling antique firearms online are not nearly as stringent as the regulations for buying and selling modern firearms.

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