Two vol. set $20 Last week I got a call from a world class professional model maker who was closing his studio. The market and its fashions had changed, he told me, and rich guys were no longer commissioning his beautiful models. He might still make a few things to sell in ship model galleries, […] More >>
Archives for April 2015
On the Transparency of Markets
item #7 – “Etchings of a Whaling Cruise” Before I got married my girlfriend and I adopted a darling little tabby kitten named Nanny. The girlfriend departed and, for logistical reasons, I was granted custody of the kitty. Nanny and I set up housekeeping, and she soon grew up to be not a graceful mommycat, […] More >>
Glub
In the week leading up to this year’s New York International Antiquarian Book Fair, and its two “shadow” fairs, I’d been in a state of preternatural excitement. Two promoters – Marvin Getman of Impact Events Group and John and Tina Bruno of Flamingo Eventz – were going head to head for supremacy in the satellite […] More >>
That’s Why I Love My Job…
Okay. Hang on to your hats. Here comes the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair, presented by the ABAA. This is the Big Leagues, baby. The World Series of Book. From Thursday night through Sunday afternoon at the Park Avenue Armory, we’ll be keeping company with some of the world’s finest books and manuscripts – […] More >>