Morphy Auctions Merges with James D. Julia, Inc.

Jan 28, 2018 | Press Releases

Morphy Auctions has Merged with James D. Julia to be International Leader in Multiple Collecting Categories Denver, Pennsylvania: Effective December 14th, 2017, Dan Morphy of Morphy Auctions, proudly announced that he has successfully merged with the renowned...

This Month in Collecting – January 2018

Jan 1, 2018 | This Month in Collecting

January 1, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing only the slaves in the southern states that were at war with the Union. Of the 48 copies created and signed, 26 are still known to exist. In 2009, one copy was sold by Robert A....

Publishers Message: It’s New Year’s, Have a Ball!

Dec 27, 2017 | Publisher's Message

We accidentally came across this bit of New Year’s history: the Times Square ball drop is 110 years old this year. According to the “official” Times Square website (if it is print and on the internet, it must be true) the first “drop” occurred in 1907 and the...

Fakes I’ve Known by Lew Larason

Dec 27, 2017 | Editorial

An antiques dealer friend generally buys and sells “mid-century” furniture, which doesn’t interest me very much since I was making furniture “back then.” However, she finds some interesting items. Recently, she asked me to re-glue two chairs she had gotten. She told...

The Pâte de Verre of G. Argy-Rousseau

Dec 1, 2017 | Press Releases

One of the more recognizable and influential pâte de verre artists of the Art Nouveau period is G. Argy-Rousseau. Born in France in 1885 to a family of simple farmers, Joseph-Gabriel Rousseau would evolve into an inquisitive engineer, inventor and artist, applying for...