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How to Clean Tarnished Silver

When preparing to clean your silver, always keep in mind that your main goal is to preserve the silver surface of your antique sterling silver pieces.

How to Tell if Jade is Real

Jade stones are comprised of two separate minerals: jadeite (a sodium aluminum silicate) and nephrite (a calcium magnesium silicate).

Key Symbols of the Thangka

A thangka painting was traditionally a portable fabric scroll, kept unframed, and intended to be used either for personal meditation or in order to instruct other individuals in Buddhist teachings.

The Anatomy of a Work of Art

Get better acquainted with some of the most common fine art mediums available in the market today.

How to keep your mechanical watch in top condition

For many people, buying a mechanical watch is an investment – not so much in the traditional sense of the word.

How to Identify Slag Glass

Though it is known by several names, slag glass is a variety of pressed glass that is universally celebrated by collectors for its characteristically subtle variations in color and opacity.

These Collecting Categories are on the Rise

The auction world is fluid and ever-changing, offering new sales each season that can alter the global art market with the drop of a gavel.

Winning Strategies for Bidding on Online Auctions

Bidding in any online auction can be both exhilarating and overwhelming at the same time.

Antique clocks provide a satisfying combination of masterful mechanics and brilliant beauty, from striking antique mantel clocks to the gentle cluck emanating from a cuckoo clock.

Common Jewelry Marks

If you’re purchasing jewelry online, always ask for clear pictures of the jewelry marks from the seller to ensure the authenticity of a piece.

What Collectors Vintage Watch Should Look For

As a starting point, it’s helpful to introduce some parameters to guide you in determining what is or isn’t considered a vintage watch.

Jewelry Appraisals

This article outlines key considerations in the process, and the steps to make along the way

Buying for Investment or Passion

Wherever you end up buying art that you love, try to look for avenues that provide the artist’s story as well as details about the piece’s creation.

Things Collectors Should Know

As collectors increasingly manage their art collections from an investment perspective, they are increasingly open to art lending as a tool to re-deploy capital across their balance sheets.

What is a Mandala?

A mandala is a spiritual and ritual symbol in Asian cultures.

A Brief History of Roman Mosaics

The earliest forms of mosaics to appear in Greco-Roman art date back to the 5th century B.C., with examples found at the ancient cities of Corinth and Olynthus.

What is Folk Art?

Unlike other genres of art, which are often easily identified by a precise style or specific time period, folk art is a broad genre that can be difficult to define.

In the 1960s, a cerebral approach to art-making emerged.

About Art Deco Style

Born from the intersection of the ancient Egyptians and Aztecs and the industrial design of ships, trains and motor cars, Art Deco is a movement of symmetry, geometry, and modernity.

Indian art and its history

From early petroglyphs to a flourishing contemporary art scene, India’s vibrant artistic legacy is the result of a variety of cultural influences.

What You Should Know About Seascape Paintings?

Not all seascapes are created equal

Painting terms to know to buying paintings

Basic vocabulary regarding the art of painting

What is Surrealism?

Surrealism is a dream - it is not real, but also not surreal

Color science in art

Since mankind began using pigments, the effects of color on our psychological state have been closely examined

What is Art Restoration and Conservation?

There are many reasons as to why a painting might need to be repaired

Abstract art has been around for over a century

What is Romanticism?

Romantics viewed industrialization and cold reason as degrading to man’s transcendent, limitless capacity

The History and Meaning Behind the Color Blue in Art

The first blue color was produced by ancient Egyptians in 2200 B.C.

What is Neoclassicism?

What is the Difference Between Classicism and Neoclassicism?