This was a whirligig and a half! It included a man chopping wood, a woman washing clothes in a bucket, two men riding mules and two small planes. They don't come much more elaborate or colorful tha...
Show Stopper: Watercolors
A rare pair of watercolors on paper showing a child with her nanny. Signed by Mary W. Hammond, 1862. They were in Joan Brownstein’s booth at the Hospital Show (where she sold them.)
Duluth, in northern Minnesota, was the origin of this remarkable folk art mirror and stand, almost certainly carved by a Scandinavian immigrant. Tim Hill took me on a guided tour of the carving, po...
The Chinese may take credit for originating the art of paper cutwork. It crossed Asia into Europe, where the Swiss, Dutch, and Polish took it up. Even the Great Dane himself, Hans Christian Anderse...