The performance artist Gage Spex has amassed a collection of over 200 carefully styled toys.
Category: Collectors and Collections
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Oh, This Old, Tattered, Moth-Eaten Thing?
So-called thrashed clothes — garments resembling something closer to rags — are coveted by vintage fanatics.
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Why Allison Janae Hamilton Turned Her Studio Into a Family Archive
More than a thousand ancestral records and photographs surround Allison Janae Hamilton while she works.
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Postal Worker Stole Sports Memorabilia Worth $100,000, U.S. Says
A former sorting clerk at a post office in New Jersey later sold the items, including valuable Michael Jordan and Mickey Mantle trading cards, prosecutors said.
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Bob Dylan’s Draft of Lyrics, Once Tossed in Trash, Sells for $500,000
Two pages of lyrics, written in the kitchen of a pioneering rock ‘n’ roll journalist, offer glimpses into the Nobel Prize-winning musician’s writing process.
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The Artist Dennis Maher’s Dollhouse-Filled Home in Buffalo, N.Y.
The artist Dennis Maher — who rescued his Buffalo, N.Y., home from the brink of destruction — has always treasured what others have overlooked.
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House Tour | Dennis Maher
The artist’s Victorian home in Buffalo, N.Y., is filled with found objects, including over 100 dollhouses.
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Andrew Solomon on Collecting Christmas Gnomes
The writer Andrew Solomon recounts his enduring love for the cheerful little heroes of Swedish folklore, handed down from his late mother.
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Ruby Slippers From ‘Wizard of Oz’ Sell for $28 Million at Auction
The slippers worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz” were stolen from the museum that bears her name in 2005 before investigators recovered them in 2018.
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The Gems of the Mughals
A dagger with a jewel-covered gold hilt and scabbard is a highlight of an exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
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Without Drama or Banana, Art Auctions Struggle
Beyond the headline-grabbing sales of the fall auction season, the market tries to soar beyond its two-year slump.