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Collectors often say that they only regret ‘the ones that got away’. That feeling of loss at having missed out on something is much the same whether one collects paintings, fossils, sculpture, ceramics or stamps. It only intensifies when the thing being collected is particularly hard to come by, but, conversely, can be relieved by the small triumph of acquiring something else that others have overlooked or not managed to secure. In my own case, these feelings are palpable in relation to (arguably) one of the most niche areas of collecting: bookplates. As a child, I was forever creating co...

New Orleans Museum of Art announces 3 big gifts in 1 month By Associated Press Share: 3 Photos This photo provided by the New Orleans Museum of Art shows "Peking University, Beijing, China," 1991, by Lois Conner. The print is a gift from Cherye R. and James F. Pierce to the museum. (Courtesy of New Orleans Museum of Art via AP) Photo Gallery NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Museum of Art has announced a major gift to its photography department – the third such announcement this month. Collectors Cherye R. and James F. Pierce have given the museum more than 260 import...

New Orleans Museum of Art announces 3 big gifts in 1 month | 2021/02/28

New Orleans Museum of Art announces extraordinary gift of photographs from Cherye and James Pierce Robert Capa (American, born Hungary, 1913-1954), The Falling Soldier, 1936. Gelatin silver print, image: 9 1/2 x 14 in. Gift of Cherye R. and James F. Pierce, 57.21. NEW ORLEANS, LA .- Distinguished collectors Cherye R. and James (Jim) F. Pierce have gifted more than 260 photographs by master art photographers, ranging from the nineteenth century to the present, to the New Orleans Museum of Art. The Pierces’ gift to NOMA is representative of their wide-ranging collecting interests. It includes ...

Blog Note: Damn'd Mice! I have mice. I've trapped two of the little buggers upstairs, but they leave telltale feces when they eat anything so you can tell if they've been there. It's a minor problem but I know they're there. I'm going to wait till the weather is warm to trap the little buggers and drive them out to the country. I know I'm being sentimental, but I have to be humane with anything that cute. The computer kind Oddly, I'm having another persistent mouse problem...with my computer mouses. (The plural of a flesh-and-bone mouse is mice, but I think if you have three computer mouses ...