An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 249 September 4, 2023Clinton HowellThe desire to look more deeply into any subject is not for everyone. Understanding and appreciating are two different things and you would think that the desire to understand would...
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 248 August 28, 2023Clinton HowellIt is always a delight to partake of an art form that you aren't really all that familiar with as it requires close attention to be able to grasp not...
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 247 August 21, 2023Clinton HowellMass manufacture certainly changed the world of craft, but did it make it better? This is an age old question. When you think about the time saving a simple planer...
An Antiquarian''S Tale, Issue 246 August 14, 2023Clinton HowellOpening up to an aesthetic that you may not understand at first glance is one method for educating an eye for details in things that you already like. It sounds...
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...