COLLECTORS

Collectors

Articles of interest to art quilt collectors


Articles organized by:

 

 The Art of Collecting Art Quilts


The Hendricks Collection and Alegre Retreat (pdf file)
by Sandra Sider
reprinted from the SAQA Journal, Fall 2012

The McMinn Collection of Contemporary Art (pdf file)
by Sandra Sider
reprinted from the SAQA Journal, Fall 2011

Mary Anhaltzer and Her Life in Quilts (pdf file)
by Sandra Sider
reprinted from the SAQA Journal, Spring 2011

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

Caring for Your Collection:
Conservation, Insurance, Appraisals, and
Donations


Practicing Textile Conservation (pdf file)
by Mary Juillet-Paonessa
reprinted from the SAQA Journal, Summer 2010


Care and conservation
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

 

Insuring Quilts
by Bill Lyle
(PDF file)
reprinted from The Professional Quilter


The Art of Appraisals:
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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