By Leon Castner Wallace Nutting was a nationally known printmaker and furniture expert of the 1900-30’s era. His work is highly collectible and now recognized by most antique lovers. Decorators particularly love his simple and somewhat romantic view of the American Colonial era. Museums as well as collectors avidly seek his furniture, which copied early […]
The Brandywine River Art Museum in Chadds Ford, PA is set in the scenic Brandywine River Valley, housed in a converted 19th century grist mill on the banks of the river. It holds thousands of works of art and features the Wyeth family, spanning 3 generations of amazing talent. One of America’s foremost illustrators of […]
Four Score and Seven Years Ago someone printed copies of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and gave them away. Today people are selling them as the real thing. Now I’m not sure if it was 87 years ago, but there are a number of printed facsimiles of that most famous work floating around the country. It is […]
Americana: Is There Such a Thing? Each January, New York and other major cities vie for customers and big bucks at their annual Americana auctions. These are supposedly different from other auctions during the year in that they consist of specifically American made or consumed goods. That limits the field somewhat, since most of everything […]