Category Archives: Antiques

A Useful Skill

Spirit of Transportation Close Up

In 2017 my wife and I visited the Bullocks Wilshire building in Los Angeles, California. This magnificent Art Deco building, completed in 1929 was originally a luxury department store but is now owned by the Southwestern Law School. The porte-cochère (or car port) is really what this article is about. On the ceiling exists a […]

Cataloging Artifacts and Fossils

This week we had the chance to take out our new handheld laser scanner and explore an auction house here in Los Angeles. The plan was to see how easy it would be to scan and catalog part of their inventory. We chose this location because it specializes mainly in Chinese art so they would […]