Category : DISCOVERIES
Starting an art collection can be an immensely rewarding journey, but it can be difficult or even intimidating to know where to begin. So when Louis Vidal discovered just the piece he’d been looking for through Lofty, we wanted to hear how the collector met his perfect match: a print by German-born artist Peter Max.
Every family has its treasures, those special items that are passed down through the generations. But how much do we really know about these precious objects that fill our homes? For one California family, their family heirloom was a beloved watercolor painting. And they turned to Lofty to find out more. When this lovely painting
There’s a tradition when a man becomes a Catholic priest: Upon his ordination, he receives the tools necessary to celebrate Mass. Often, his parents or a sponsoring Catholic organization like the Knights of Columbus will give the new priest a chalice. When one seminarian neared his ordination after nine years of studies, he set out
When the owner of a blue and brown ceramic compote submitted pictures of the piece to Lofty earlier this year, she had a hunch she had something special on her hands but wasn’t certain of the value. She came to own the piece through her late aunt, who acquired it while she was working as
In 1979, a young couple just getting their start in New York City made what was for them an incredibly lavish purchase at ASAGE Art, the American State of the Arts Gallery Exchange. They were making about $18,000 a year at the time between the two of them, $425 of which went toward rent each
Last summer the owner of a bronze sculpture in a rural area of Ohio decided that he wanted to know more about the piece. Although he had owned it for close to 20 years after his grandfather had passed it down to him, he knew nothing about its history or value and didn’t want to
