While I’m a professional coin geek, I have plenty of amateur interests, including a small but growing collection of illustration art. My search for quality illustrations on a bachelor’s budget led me to a famous name in many collecting circles: Edgar Church. Mr. Church’s vast collection preserved some of the rarest Golden Age comic books in […]
Shagreen and Art Deco’s “Great Gatsby” moment
With the anticipation that built up to the release of Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby this year, Art Deco is having a revival moment – not that it ever really goes out of style. It seems that the stores are filled with beaded frocks with drop-waists, perfect for your evening jaunt to your local juice joint […]
The Coin Geek: a Potentially Staggering Loss in the Art World
(A mother’s act of love in defending the crime of her child? Or an even worse crime than the one she was trying to cover? Those are the questions that hit me, and likely millions of others, when news of this crime in Romania broke. What a gut punch on a Friday morning. These are […]
