There are Many Items on Ebay which are Called Original Japanese Woodblock Prints but finding One that is Described Accurately is Not always an Easy Task. I have Tried to Write an Over View of Japanese...
A Short Guide to Buying and Selling Antique Frames Antique, old, and vintage picture frames have become collectable and valuable pieces of art in there own right.Examples of 19th Century composition...
Science Cigarette Cards I've been collecting and selling early collectors cards and cigarette cards for over twenty years. Before you read this guide please subscribe to my card collecting newsletters for...
The rules for caution on payment remain the same as in my previous gude. Prints are great fun, the price has come down and the variety increased on e.bay. Simple rule of thumb is this....... Buy some...
Ceramic - Techniques Of Decoration - Dream Art Gallery The manner in which colours have been applied to a ceramic surface offers reliable clues to dating an item, clues which can be seen by the nacked eye...
CONTEMPORARY WOODBLOCK PRINTS - THE JAPANESE RENAISSANCE After the difficult times in the first half of the Twentieth Century in Japan there grew a slow renaissance in the art of Woodblock Prints: Many...
As a collector and researcher of Baxter Prints I have been constantly watching Ebay for many years. As a dealer in Baxter prints, apart from a few sales very early on in 2001, we have always restricted our...
20th CENTURY SHIN AND SOSAKA HANGA JAPANESE WOODBLOCKS WHAT WHY The Meiji Era, 1868 to 1912, was a very bad time for Woodblock Print Artists in Japan. The Established Order of Master and Student was...
KHOKHLOMA WARE The name: Khokhloma is a village in the Volga woodlands and was the centre of manufacture of the ware which takes its name. Khokhloma ware has also been known in the British antiques trade as...
As you all may know I have been addicted to Japanese art both military and civil for over forty years. During this period many changes have occured, the internet ebay have offered a vast new market and...