WriteAntiques

For the collector with a vivid imagination, autographs can be so appealing. No other collection gives its owner such a feeling of direct contact with figures from history.

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Español | Deutsche | Français | Italiano | Português Wright Crossley trade cardOriginally uploaded by Christopher Proudlove. by Christopher Proudlove© Perhaps it’s because as a junior reporter, I was indentured to a newspaper publisher who was also a jobbing printer.Perhaps it’s simply because my writing for this column gets turned into reading, so to speak [...]

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Español | Deutsche | Français | Italiano | Português By Christopher Proudlove© One day, I’ll write about the fortunes of a forgotten artist who will suddenly be rediscovered and lauded by art historians far cleverer than I’ll ever be. I’m not holding my breath! Longstanding readers will know how keen I am. In these pages [...]

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Español | Deutsche | Français | Italiano | Português By Christopher Proudlove©There was a time when the antiques trade with the United States was one-way: everything from valuable fine art and antiques to container loads of junk that was unwanted here at home were exiting our shores on a daily basis. To some extent that [...]

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Español | Deutsche | Français | Italiano | Português by Christopher Proudlove©Fate found me in New York the other week … looking at rocks. No, I wasn’t on a geology field trip – although the boulders and outcrops in Central Park looked fascinating from the back of my taxicab – I was there to attend [...]

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