Posts tagged "Collect"


Art preservation for posterity

Monday, June 25th, 2018 , Comments

Image: Sarah Melching conserving Geographical Map of Great Ming, Japan, 1681, gift of Wesley and Linda Brown. © Denver Art Museum. At the […]


Japanese whiskey: A neat primer

Thursday, June 21st, 2018 , Comments

At a time when consumers are seeking out artisanal well-crafted spirits, Japanese whiskey has risen to celebrity among discerning collectors. […]


Collector watches: A tale of two timepieces

Thursday, May 3rd, 2018 Comments

When Paul Newman’s Rolex Daytona wristwatch sold for $17.8 million in 2017, it became the most expensive watch ever sold […]


Distributing the cookies, wine and art

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018 , , , , Comments

Where do you begin when planning for the legacy of your collection? Part I of this series covered the important […]


Managing the cookie jar: a parable about art and estate planning

Monday, April 2nd, 2018 , , , , Comments

Imagine a big ceramic cookie jar filled with options: chocolate-chip, snickerdoodle, macadamia-cranberry, even gluten-free macarons. You think it has something […]


Whose painting is this? Tracking the ancestry of art

Thursday, February 8th, 2018 , , Comments

In the world of film, questions of provenance are having a moment in both documentaries and fiction. In the 2015 […]