THE COLLECTOR’S SUMMER READING LIST

The Coin Collector’s Survival Manual Tribal Art

By Scott A. Travers By Judith Miller

An insider’s guide to the coin world— whether you’re perusing your pocket change for a rarity or playing the multimillion dollar auction game. Tips on everything from the subtleties of grading to signs of counterfeit coins to how to play the gold market.

A Portrait of Baseball Photography

By Marshall Fogel, Khyber Oser and Henry Yee

Vintage photography is one of the hottest areas of baseball collecting, and this compact but comprehensive guide traces the history and evolution of baseball photography, highlighting its key news agencies and photographers. Great connoisseurship tips.

The Société Anonyme: Modernism for America

Edited by Jennifer R. Gross

Well-illustrated exhibition catalogue of the Société Anonyme’s important collection: an avantgarde “who’s who,” from Kandinsky and Klee to Schwitters and Stella. Founded in 1920 by the artists Katherine Dreier, Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray, the Société’s primary mission was to showcase contemporary art selected by artists, rather than curators, critics or art historians.

Tribal Art

By Judith Miller

From Yoruba twin figures to Zuni pottery to Maori tikis, this lushly illustrated reference book on tribal art from Africa, Oceania and the Americas includes everything from historical information to collecting advice, and covers material ranging from inexpensive collectibles to museum-quality ancient treasures.

Eva Hesse: Sculpture

By Elisabeth Sussman and FredWasserman

This summer the Jewish Museum will provide the first major New York City museum show in thirty years of work by Eva Hesse, one of the most influential artists of the 1960s. The exhibition and this accompanying book will focus on the artist’s large-scale fiberglass and latex sculptures and contexualize her work with never-seen-before family documents and photographs.

New Hope for American Art

By James M. Alterman

A revelation. With over 1,000 color plates, dealer Jim Alterman’s tome is a spectacular twentypound tribute to the group of plein-air artists who worked between 1900 and 1960 in and around New Hope, Pennsylvania and were known as the New Hope School or Pennsylvania Impressionists.

Antiquing Weekends

By Gladys Montgomery

This unique travel guide explores more than 52 prime antiquing regions throughout America and provides avid antiquers with in-depth information on everything from where to shop to what shows to attend to which museums to visit. It even suggests which historic lodgings to stay in.

Modernism : Designing a New World

Edited by Christopher Wilk

In this book, written to accompany his major exhibition at the Victoria & Albert, curator and editor Christopher Wilk explores the international concept of modernism and the profound ways in which it has shaped today’s built world— from fine art and manufactured products to the furniture we sit on and the architecture we inhabit. This multi-disciplinary study highlights the incredible impact of fine art on contemporary visual culture and also draws attention to the period’s emphasis on the unity and interrelated nature of art and design.

— Marina Thompson