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Buying in the Boondocks
There’s a pleasant fantasy, held even by those who should...
Fake or Fortune
Almost forty years ago, working for Ira Spanierman...
What’s That on the Wall?
One of the now-normal occurrences of life in this Age of...
No Canary Here
Economists may not have caught on yet, but the art market...
Up in Smoke
I got the kind of call last month that no dealer,...
Something Wrong with the Mouth
John Singer Sargent famously said that a portrait is a...
Rags to Riches – or Not
Roberta and I were in the Metropolitan Museum of Art the...
A Pig in a Virtual Poke
“The art business is not something you can equate to any...
Size Does Matter
Any art dealer knows that the size of the painting he or...
Too Much and Not Enough
As part of a group from the Appraisers Association of...
You Can’t Take It With You
My two-year-old granddaughter, Veronica, was sitting at my...
The End of an Era
In 1981 I arrived in New York, jobless and with a wife and...