2008 - Additions and Comment

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Friday

Annual Review for 2008

The 2008 year was another interesting one for miniature portrait collectors. Although, very much a niche area of collecting, it seems to be ...

Saturday

December, Additions to the collection

There have been three additions to the collection at the end of the 2008 year. One each from America, Britain, and Europe. The earliest is a...

Tuesday

December - The market - fake and genuine miniatures

As a little test, albeit unscientific, I recently did a search on eBay in the Art category, using the two words; "ivory" and ...

Monday

November - more from the market, fake and genuine

Fakes at auction I recently mentioned two fake miniatures of George Washington offered at auction by a well known Dallas auction house, whic...

Two Additions

An American Addition and a British Addition The first addition is rather special. This American miniature portrait on ivory dating from 1820...

November - "Blog following" and the market place

Blog Following Regular visitors may notice an extra widget on the right hand side of the Home page titled Followers. This is a new Blogger f...

Friday

Miniatures of George Washington - fake and genuine.

George Washington - More Miniature Portraits Regularly I seem to need to comment on fake miniature portraits of George Washington. Normally ...

Wednesday

November - Art of Mourning

For some time I have been meaning to write a little about mourning portraits and add several mourning items which have been in a drawer for ...

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About Me

Don Shelton: The term "historical detective" may sound a little strange, but is the easiest way to express the intent of this research. Seeking information to expand historical knowledge and finding, surprisingly often, "conventional wisdom" needs revision

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