tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post6608115816598530457..comments2024-03-29T10:03:42.946-04:00Comments on The Storialist: AppraisalHannah Stephensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15792203070774504501noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-87002638952520978862010-06-27T14:22:50.591-04:002010-06-27T14:22:50.591-04:00Part of the appeal of antiques, even ones we are n...Part of the appeal of antiques, even ones we are not particularly fond of, is the mystery of their origins and their creation. Who made them? When? What technique did they use? For what purpose was it made? For me, the aesthetic beauty wins out, but I love all antiques for the mystique. I love this poem, for all the different theories, but it is the object itself that piques the curiosity, and makes the appraiser want to own it, beyond its monetary value.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588164536314320479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-10403422611113685422010-06-23T11:32:16.307-04:002010-06-23T11:32:16.307-04:00Really insightful comment from WIlliam. Love this ...Really insightful comment from WIlliam. Love this line: things are knowledge and knowledge is a thing.La Belette Rougehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686717070120116918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-34793981397979190342010-06-23T10:04:45.756-04:002010-06-23T10:04:45.756-04:00You recently wrote "every purchase is a solut...You recently wrote "every purchase is a solution, however small." Here the desire to solve the puzzle turns into <em>Antiques Roadshow</em> run amok - acquisition of stuff and information becomes hopelessly blurred. <br /><br />You always remind us that things are knowledge and knowledge is a thing.WAShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10403669322174979974noreply@blogger.com