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Print or Poster?

MIR Appraisal

Images printed on paper. They're everywhere; printed images adorn our surroundings and broadcast information. But the word itself, "print," is vague and overarching. The word is self-explanatory by nature of its verb-form:"a print is what you get when you *print* a marking substance onto a surface."

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A Barrel of Monkees: Collecting The Monkees’ Albums

WorthPoint

They feature high-quality analog cuts of the original stereo mixes, beautifully presented in gatefold covers. Known for its high-quality reissues and compilations, Rhino has given The Monkees the royal treatment, even releasing three volumes of Missing Links , a collection of previously unreleased tracks.

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Gold-Tone Vintage Costume Jewelry: Buy It or Leave it?

WorthPoint

For instance, sometimes you’ll find Victorian designs made of materials like pinchbeck or rolled gold. You can learn more about how to recognize pinchbeck, rolled gold, and a bevy of other materials used during the Victorian era by reading all about them in the Worthpoint Dictionary. Others, however, you’d still be wise to avoid.

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

Invaluable

Not merely ingenious tools of precision and accuracy, these instruments are also celebrated for their artistic qualities. The fine craftsmanship and artistic qualities of an orrery weren’t lost on Alexander Calder , whose interpretation took form and function into the realms of high art and sold for $2,434,500 at Christie’s in 2010.

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Blame it on Audubon. Or how I became a fine art appraiser, Part Two.

Art Services 2000

1921 ) draws much of her material directly from Audubon's "Orinthological Biography, Or an Account of the Habits of the Birds of the United States of America" that was published in Edinburgh between 1832 and 1839. The large game bird was printed by William Lizars in Edinburgh in 1826 on Double Elephant Folio size (39.5"

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Italian Mosaic Jewelry: Buy It or Leave It?

WorthPoint

Depending on its materials, this type of adornment can be classified as fine jewelry or costume jewelry. Mosaics are made by taking little pieces of gemstones or glass and setting them into another material or a frame to create a pattern or picture. Flowers or foliage are the most common design motifs.

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“We Have to Question Everything We’re Doing” – Veteran Art Dealer Richard Solomon on Bringing Galleries Into the 21st Century

Art Dealers Association of America

Courtesy Pace Prints, New York. Some collectors want to put art on their walls, live with it, love it, and learn from it,” says Richard Solomon, President of Pace Prints. In addition to print galleries on 57th Street and in Chelsea, Pace Prints has a printmaking facility in Manhattan and a papermaking print workshop in Brooklyn.

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