When Seattle art dealer John Braseth saw an iconic George Tsutakawa fountain sculpture listed for sale for $1 million on eBay — and then mysteriously removed from the site — he set to work trying to find the seller. He eventually bought the damaged work for a much...
READ ARTICLEYale debuts free online collection database
by Erin Fossum | May 16, 2011 | News
13 May 2011 – by ArtfixDaily Staff Yale University has launched a massive online database with records on over 250,000 objects from its museums, archives and libraries. Providing unprecedented, unlimited access to the Ivy League school’s varied collections, including...
READ ARTICLEChihuly Inc. – Inside The Glass Empire
by Erin Fossum | Mar 11, 2011 | News
By SHEILA FARR and SUSAN KELLEHER, The Seattle Times If we measure an artist’s importance by the number of museum exhibitions, books, articles and television appearances he has, Seattle glass guru Dale Chihuly is right up there with the greats. His work is in the...
READ ARTICLEGuy Anderson Embodied Northwest Point Of View
by Erin Fossum | Mar 11, 2011 | News
By ROBIN UPDIKE, The Seattle Times Guy Anderson was born in Edmonds 91 years ago. He died Thursday in La Conner of pneumonia. In the years between he rarely traveled far from Western Washington, finding all the natural beauty, artistic inspiration and human...
READ ARTICLEWhat has art got to do with beauty these days?
by Erin Fossum | Mar 9, 2011 | News
By ROGER SCRUTON, The Sunday Times When the study of beauty first attracted the attention of modern philosophers, it was at the beginning of the 18th century and during the height of the scientific revolution. For philosophers of the Enlightenment nature was not the...
READ ARTICLEErin G. Fossum, MA
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Erin specializes in appraising fine art, antiques & residential contents. She offers appraisals for a variety of purposes, including insurance, estates, donations and divorce.
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