Word: giftedness
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Says Mary Benjamin, a noted autograph scholar and dealer: "The field is governed in great part by emotion, the feelings that collectors have toward the individuals who have written."Nonetheless, villains too have autograph appeal. Papers signed by John Wilkes Booth sell for around $1,000, ten times as much...
Meanwhile, John Burns began building a Democratic Party coalition of labor, A.J.A.s and other minorities. In 1954 Burns and his Democrats swept the haole Republican-controlled state legislature. Over the years, the A.J.A.s broadened their political base and helped Burns win the Governor's residence three times. The community...
The analogy may be arguable, but the argument is stimulating. It may well be that Franz Liszt was the first performer to court-and then find himself victimized by-celebrity akin to that accorded a rock star. Adolescents swooning at his concerts; the rich, famous and equally gifted vying eagerly...
Although Sheed conveys very well the discomfort of being a white onlooker among Ali's retinue of sullen Black Muslims, he digs up almost nothing new or useful about his subject's past. In fact, he finds that the slick surface Ali now presents to the world is...
By the mid-'60s Smith was clearly one of the most gifted colorists on either side of the Atlantic. This was acknowledged (amid much protest from the French) when in 1967 he won the grand prize at the São Paulo Biennale. His use of color was radiant...