Collectors
Articles of interest to art quilt collectors
- The Art of Collecting Art Quilts
- History
- Caring for Your Collection: Conservation, Insurance, Appraisals, and Donations
Caring for Your Collection:
The Art of Collecting Art Quilts
Suggestions for Collectors
Adapted from Contemporary Quilt Art: An Introduction and Guide
by Kate Lenkowsky
PDF version
This book is available from the SAQA Store
The First Quilt
by Lynne Davis
reprinted from the SAQA Journal, Vol. 17, No. 3, Summer 2007
What Makes a Great Collection? An interview with Cliff Einstein
by Barbara Isenberg, from Time Magazine (4/9/07).
Collector's Eye: Art Quilts
Missy Sullivan, Editor
(PDF File)
reprinted from The Forbes Collector, February 2005, vol. 3, no. 2
note: this is the complete issue; the article begins on the bottom of page 1
Top 100 Collectors: John M Walsh III
reprinted from Art & Antiques, March 2006
(PDF file)
Frequently Asked Questions:
Two Collectors Respond
Warren and Nancy Brakensiek
reprinted from the SAQA Journal, Vol. 11, No. 4, Fall 2001
How I Became a Quilt Collector
by Necia Wallace
reprinted from the SAQA Journal, Vol. 16, No. 3, Fall 2006
(PDF file)
John M. Walsh III: Passionate Patron of the Art Quilt
by Robert Shaw
originally published in Quilter's Newsletter Magazine, January-February 2006
An Interview with Peter Brooks, Art Quilt Collector
by Linda MacDonald
reprinted from the SAQA Journal, Vol. 12, No. 2, 2002
Opinion: A Collector's View
by John M. Walsh, III
reprinted from the SAQA Journal, Vol. 15, No. 1, Winter/Spring 2005
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History
by Robert Shaw
reprinted from www.roberteshaw.com/Quilts.html
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Conservation, Insurance, Appraisals, and
Donations
For information on art quilt care and other conservation issues, visit the Resource section of the International Quilt Study Center's web site: www.quiltstudy.org/about_us/questions_answers/care.html
Everything You Wanted to Know about Getting Your Quilt Appraised
by Eileen Doughty
(PDF file)
reprinted from The Professional Quilter
Leaving a Legacy: Donating Quilts to Museums
by Andi Reynolds
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