Art & Antiques
Art, antiques, collectibles, buying guides, galleries, artist profiles written and compiled by our team with more than 25 years professional experience.
Are Collectible Japanese Netsuke valuable?
Although netsuke were originally made as a dress accessory, their lively and intricate carvings have been accepted as art objects in the West for...
How to Clean Pearls ° Cultured Pearl Types Explained
The value of pearls is judged on six factors: color, size, shape, surface, luster, and the thickness of the nacre, a natural substance that...
What are the world’s largest and famous gold nuggets?
The largest gold nuggets ever discovered are remarkable not only for their size but also for their rarity and value. Gold nuggets are highly...
What to collect in Barbershop Memorabilia
During the period of 1880 to 1925, there was one place in every town that was the principal gathering place for men from all...
Fake Paintings Sell in Online & Offline Auctions
A gallery and auction house owner, and eBay seller trading under the tag sambuca914, defrauded dozens of people in sales of bogus artworks, according to a...
Glossary of photography terms for auction & collectors – with examples.
FEATURE Series: Collecting Old, Antique and Vintage Photography Albumen print Prints made on a paper coated with an egg white and salt solution, then sensitized with...
Ceramics & Pottery from around the World
Pottery & Ceramics explained with descriptions including some well known factories.
FEATURE: Collecting Old & Vintage Photographs
The invention of photography in the 1830s opened up new vistas, a new way of seeing that has forever changed the way we view...
A True History of Vegemite, Manna from Heaven
On a cold winters night in Paris missing home, I wrote The True History of Vegemite >>
The Block at Redfern, Sydney, site of the 2004 Redfern riots
A famous Aboriginal flag mural overlooked the 'The Block', Redfern, an enclave of Indigenous people in Redfern, inner-city Sydney. The Block was the scene of the...