Two Americans in Paris. And North Carolina.
"That the General Assembly of North Carolina does solemnly declare that all peoples of the earth should now be united in a commonwealth of nations »
Country French in Translation
As we all take a well-deserved recovery period from our recent preoccupation with minimalism, we can breathe a sigh of relief that French style has been »
Contextualizing Contemporary Japanese Woodblock Prints
At first glance, the selection of 20th century Japanese woodblock prints in our July Gallery Auction is simply a natural extension of their artistic heritage - »
Fine Jewelry at Leland Little Auctions
The human fascination with things that sparkle and gleam speaks to a deep awe of the beauty that the earth can produce. Each of the remarkable »
Tramp Art Comes Home: What to Know About The Folksy Decorative Art
The category "tramp art" loosely defines decorative accessories crafted by notch-carving or edge-carving bits of layered scrap wood into elaborate mirrors, boxes, and sometimes »
Highlights from the Estate of the late Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans
The Duke family were cut from the cloth of the great patrons of the arts throughout history. The late Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans and her »
Racing to the Streets
Cars and racing, racing and cars. Ever since the very first auto engine revved, we've been scheming about how to make cars go faster, and then »
Rare Coins at Leland Little Auctions
For some 2,600 years coins have been efficient commercial vehicles. But they are also miniature works of art and historical documents in their own right. »
The Artistic Legacy of the Qing Dynasty
The remarkable reign of the Qing, China's last imperial dynasty, from 1644- 1912, was characterized in all regards by a constant tension between external and internal, »
Stitzel-Weller in the Van Winkle Days
None of us are immune to nostalgia, even (or maybe especially?) when the object of our reminiscence happened well before the advent of our own lives. »
The Roots of Cool: The Stars of the Hammond B-3 Organ
As any kid who ever slogged through his scales knows, learning to play an instrument is just plain hard. Even for the Beethovens and Bob Dylans »
Are You Memphis?
One dark and stormy night* in 1980, a group of designers decided they'd had enough of the world's preoccupation with austerity, and the Memphis school was »