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Currently, many categories of antiques and vintage objects are either low-priced or donât sell at all. That isnât the case when it comes to early folk art and âoutsider art.â Though largely unappreciated before the 1940s, this category can go for high prices in recent decades. When the folk art collection of Bud and Judy Newman came to the recent Pook & Pook auction, estimates were high. Outsider art has made its way to big city galleries. Museums are adding it to their collections. Surprisingly, many people may have examples of valuable folk art and donât even know it. Basically, folk art is something made by hand by a non-professionally trained artisan. This covers a lot of ground and many of the objects have their own categories. For example, some paintings, crocks with hand-painted motifs and whirligigs also have their own categories. ....
Currently, many categories of antiques and vintage objects are either low-priced or donât sell at all. That isnât the case when it comes to early folk art and âoutsider art.â Though largely unappreciated before the 1940s, this category can go for high prices in recent decades. When the folk art collection of Bud and Judy Newman came to the recent Pook & Pook auction, estimates were high. Outsider art has made its way to big city galleries. Museums are adding it to their collections. Surprisingly, many people may have examples of valuable folk art and donât even know it. Basically, folk art is something made by hand by a non-professionally trained artisan. This covers a lot of ground and many of the objects have their own categories. For example, some paintings, crocks with hand-painted motifs and whirligigs also have their own categories. ....
The Daily Heller: Booty for Neo-Victorian Gamers (Batteries Not Necessary) It takes a lot of mental muscle, unerring passion and physical space to preserve American ephemeral pop culture. Chief among the experts is Noel Barrett. He is a fixture in the world of antique mass culture and one of the leading toy and game collectors in the nation. “Barrett is an active collector of optical and pre-cinema toys, lithographed paper and comic character toys, as well as salesman samples and advertising icons. He has written numerous articles for various collector publications, particularly Antique Toy World, and currently he serves as president of the Antique Toy Collectors of America,” reads an impressive bio on the website for “ ....
Print article PORT ANGELES, Wash. The crash of a small plane in waters near Port Angeles, Washington, in late January that killed one person happened after the plane apparently ran out of fuel, the National Transportation Safety Board said. The agency said in a report of preliminary findings Thursday that the Cessna 170A with one man aboard left Kodiak on Jan. 25 and that on Jan. 26, he refueled and departed Ketchikan. The man texted his mother that afternoon saying a severe headwind was causing concern about whether he had enough fuel to complete the flight, according to the report. He tried to make it to Port Angeles but broadcast a mayday call close to the city saying he was “ditching” near a boat that was towing a barge. ....