Comments on: Antique Maps + 290,000 Page Views from 158 Countries & Territories…

By: carol

carol — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 05:18:02 +0000

hi! you shouldn’t be surprised for having such number of readers! i love your site! it gives me great dining ideas with my man:P

thanks! keep it up:)

By: aniohevetsofia

aniohevetsofia — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 19:05:07 +0000

Shalom from Haifa, Israel! I discovered your blog just recently..(4-5days ago?) am gonna be an avid reader :) cool map collection!

By: juls

juls — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 07:53:14 +0000

hi mm,

i love antique maps and love collecting if budget permits. my greatest finds are my 2 atlas the filipinas where i got online for only $35 and $70… they’re really nice to look at the the smell of old paper is intoxicating!

By: Cumin

Cumin — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:38:51 +0000

Brilliant! I, too, love antique maps, though the closest I came to owning one was a t-shirt from Spice Islands (sayang the shop closed down) with an old map of the Philippines.

By: Apicio

Apicio — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:20:55 +0000

This is all about the exciting discoveries that MarketMan wants to share with us and is never ever what we choose to say about them. Besides I said â€œthe likes ofâ€ and in the most recent biography of Duveen a certain number of paintings were actually attributed by Berenson (some experts suspect spuriously) before being peddled by Duveen. J.P.Morgan actually sent out his own agents throughout Europe.

By: millety

millety — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 23:53:44 +0000

this is neat!

By: Marketman

Marketman — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 22:31:05 +0000

Patricia, yes, thank you for that link, here is the live link for readers who are curious raremaps.com

By: leylagencer

leylagencer — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 19:04:14 +0000

oops my bad seems like jp acquire stuff from the duveens (albeit the older duveen).

makes me want to go visit the met today.

By: Patricia

Patricia — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 19:00:50 +0000

Hi Marketman! I really love your website. I’ve been a lurker, who has posted once and tells everyone about your blog. I will keep on shading the Notheastern part of North America on your google map.:)

I was just reading my mommy magazine, Cookie Magazine and discovered this website, raremaps.com that might interest you or your readers. They have a collection of old Philippine maps, etc… for sale. They aren’t cheap! Hold on to yours and your Kid will gladly inherit from you! I happened to find a 1960s road map of Manila in an antique store in Milford, NY. It doesn’t cost much, compared to your find, but it is something that made me proud of to own. Maybe I’ll be able to find a better “treasure” map when I go antiquing again.

By: leylagencer

leylagencer — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 18:59:54 +0000

J. P. Morgan, Andrew Frick or the Mellons

JP Morgan never relied on Duveen. He was collecting a generation before Henry Clay Frick or Andrew Mellon.

Berenson was Isabella Stewart Gardner’s advisor and liason.

Duveen counted Benjamin Altman, the Wideners (father and son) and Andrew Mellon.

Heh, you wrote beautifully on collecting tho. It is a strong point for me (wish they had more art categories on Jeopardy.) I studied art history at NYU.