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Prices Do Not Always go UP

Prices Do Not Always go UP

A recent antiquities sale at Christie’s New York  Live Auction 21709 ANTIQUITIES LOT 161 was for “A GREEK AMETHYST RINGSTONE WITH A BUST OF A GODDESS”    It was interesting for a couple of reasons. First, it has a certain familiarity because it was chosen to be the...

Coin Impressions by Tassie

Coin Impressions by Tassie

Are these Tassie coin impressions? I think so. Let me tell you why. (If you would like to skip all the background noise and jump straight to the, what we now call "Tim Medhurst" Tassie coin impressions, CLICK HERE)James (1735-1799) and William (1777-1860) Tassie were...

Two Pounds of Tassies for Shelley

Two Pounds of Tassies for Shelley

Awhile back the "Inataglio Blog" on our other site, "MyIntaglios.com" had a post entitled, “Tassie, Seals, and Keats” discussing the fondness of the poet Keats for Tassie seals.  Recently, we came across a reference to the poet Shelley’s (1792-1822) similar sentiment...

Gilt-edged paper wrap – A lost craft.

Gilt-edged paper wrap – A lost craft.

Did you ever notice the gilded frame that surrounds so many of the antique plaster or sulfur impressions of intaglios and other engraved gems?  It is the gilt-edged paper that usually wraps them.  If you collect or deal in the impressions from the Grand Tour era, it’s...