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The decorative appeal of globe stands:<\/strong>\u00a0Glazer adds that the \u201cmore elaborate stands were made for more exclusive clients\u201d and that present-day buyers can generally see the difference.\u00a0 This was demonstrated by a pair of globes\u201427 inches in diameter\u2014 from the fabled antiques collection of Lily and Edmond Safra.<\/p>\n

How restoration affects values:<\/strong>\u00a0 Many people who acquire globes tend not to be purists in the way that coin or stamp collectors are and take structural restorations in stride, as long as they\u2019re invisible. \u201cSometimes,\u201d observes Glazer, \u201csomeone will put a globe in the stand carelessly and punch a hole through Antarctica, but the hole gets filled in\u201d and it does not greatly affect the value.<\/p>\n

Pocket globe collectors are a breed apart from other globe collectors:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Made by the same skilled craftsmen and with the same care as their library cousins, pocket globes are generally not larger than three inches in diameter and come encased in a shaped fish-skin box. In the 18th and 19th centuries pocket globes were favorite gentlemen\u2019s toys, portable status symbols connoting curiosity about world affairs as well as a significant disposable income….<\/p>\n

While buyers of library globes are often content with specimens that are visually impeccable rather than wholly original, when it comes to pocket globes, \u201cpeople are very picky,\u201d says Glazer. \u201cThey won\u2019t buy anything that\u2019s been restored.\u201d\u00a0 In fact, pocket globes break almost every precept, representing an entirely separate collecting category.\u00a0 They are also carried by fewer dealers, since they are considered antique scientific instruments, rather than furniture.<\/p>\n

Buyers of pocket globes are fastidious about condition because they are building a collection and their mind-set is more curatorial than decorative. \u201cJust as the collector of decoys wants an Elmer Crowell and a John Dawson, the pocket-globe collector wants all the important names … and to be comprehensive,” says Glazer. By comprehensive, he means a representation of the various small sizes; different eras; and diverse styles….<\/p>\n

Opportunities in library-globe collecting:<\/strong>\u00a0 Glazer believes the lack of such comprehensiveness in library-globe collecting represents a significant opportunity for someone eager to venture into unknown territory. \u201cThere\u2019s nobody focused on globes as a market in the way that people are focused on contemporary art,\u201d he notes. \u201cFor two or three million dollars, a fraction of the price of a Warhol, you could build a museum-quality collection of worldwide importance. What other collecting area can you can say that about?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Art + Auction<\/strong>
\n“Commanding the Cosmos”
\nby Jonathon Keats
\nNovember 1, 2008<\/p>\n

This article explored how, in the words of the author, \u201c[m]ajestic globes reveal old worlds while offering new frontiers for collecting.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 George Glazer was among the international experts quoted.<\/p>\n

Below are excerpts from the article, also quoting a few of George\u2019s observations on the subject:<\/p>\n

Who buys antique globes:<\/strong>\u00a0Although few globes command even a tenth that price\u2014and many fine Victorian sets are priced under $10,000\u2014their appeal as decorative objects of aristocratic lineage ensures perennial demand in auctions and showrooms. \u201cMost globes sell to people with antique furniture,\u201d notes George Glazer, a New York dealer who specializes in antiquarian globes. \u201cBuyers tend not to be systematic, as they are with atlases. They purchase a pair, and they\u2019re finished.\u201d<\/p>\n

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