When I first began to collect Native art in the early 1980s I did so in an encyclopedic fashion. If I saw three pieces of pottery or four baskets, for example, and couldn’t decide which was the best among them I would simply buy them all since prices were affordable. Fortunately, the works were all […]
Monthly Archives: April 2014
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The Rockwell Museum in Corning, NY seems a bit of an out of the way place to find some amazing Pueblo and Tribal pottery. However, their new exhibition, “On Fire!“, which features primarily pieces from the Cameros Collection, has some breathtaking pieces. The original installation and collection was documented in the book, “Crafted to Perfection”. […]
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Acquiring art for my collection has been an enjoyable process, except for figuring out how to pay for it. Usually, that has been solved with payment plans. In almost thirty years of collecting I’ve purchased pieces for my collection from shops, galleries, trading posts and directly from artists. Often, art was collected while traveling and, […]