Call Him an Early Adopter: Thomas Child, a 19th-Century Photographer in China
His work captured scenes from the Qing dynasty that will be in an exhibition at the Sidney Mishkin Gallery at Baruch College in Manhattan.
View ArticleChains, Whips and Misery: Studying and Preserving Old ‘Lunatic’ Asylums
Several exhibitions and books, including “Bedlam: The Asylum and Beyond” at the Wellcome Collection in London, document the terrors experienced by patients.
View ArticleCollectors Still Savor Shirley Temple Black Memorabilia
The plucky child star turned diplomat remains an indelible pop culture figure, and her costumes and other possessions are in demand.
View ArticleTwain and Stowe Homes Being Renovated for Historical Accuracy
Harriet Beecher Stowe had a shopping problem, but managed to keep her house. Mark Twain made bad investments and had to rent out his home next door.
View ArticlePicking Apart 18th-Century French Furniture to Detect Forgery
Modern fakes identified in the 18th-century French furniture market have led to criminal charges — and scientific studies to help in detection.
View ArticleMoonlit Landscapes From a Tormented Painter’s Lucid Moments
Ralph Albert Blakelock spent two decades in mental hospitals, starting around 1900. At the same time, he created, and often destroyed, his now-sought-after works.
View ArticleUnlocking the Secrets of Boxwood Miniatures
An exhibition of centuries-old beads, spheres and pendants, with elaborately carved tableaus, will travel from Toronto to New York to Amsterdam.
View ArticleA Wriggle in Time: Historical Artifacts of Belly Dancing
A New York teacher is keeping alive his mother’s collection of costumes, ornaments and other objects.
View ArticleApollo Missions to the Moon: The Memorabilia Stage
The group Space Center Houston is helping restore the 1960s appearance of the operations room of the Mission Control Center in Houston during Apollo moon missions.
View ArticleMagnificent Obsessions: Pursuits of a Lifetime
The highlights of eight years of writing about collectors and their obsessions as well as the makers at the source.
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