An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 245 August 7, 2023Clinton HowellI made my first visit to Barcelona this summer as the Annual General Meeting of CINOA (Confederation Internationale des Negociants en Oeuvres d'Art), the international federation of dealer groups of...
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 244 July 31, 2023Clinton HowellThe ability, or even the desire, to see the other side of a story--it's actually not a binary choice as there are many sides to most stories--is part of the...
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 243 July 24, 2023Clinton HowellThe sunrise one day last spring was streaked with red reminding me of two of my favorite epithets from "The Odyssey", "the rosy fingered dawn", and "the wine dark sea",...
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 242 July 17, 2023Clinton HowellLast week, I wrote that people buying and selling have what I would call a moral obligation to treat each other fairly. This is where human nature runs into a...
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 241 July 10, 2023Clinton HowellValue is a topic that comes up in the world of antiques all the time. It is not only problematic, it is THE problem facing all sellers of used stuff--how...
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 240 July 3, 2023Clinton HowellThe artist is occasionally revered and sometimes maligned in literature. And they are often maligned in the press as I remember how Picasso was vilified for his arrogance when I...
