Isadore Chait
Two years after he started selling Chinese antiques from his living room in 1967, Isadore Chait opened his first gallery of Asian Art. Isadore Chait is also a Member of the Appraisers Association of America, having served as a panel member regarding fakes and forgeries in Asian art and also as a consultant specializing in Asian Art. He is also the President of the Appraisers Association of America. You can read more about Isadore Chait at Chait.com
Articles by this Author
Tips on Collecting Asian Art Materials
- By Isadore Chait
- Published 10/21/2008
- Arts and Crafts
- Unrated
In my nearly 40 years as a dealer and appraiser, I have seen any number of reasons, some personal but all valid, for embarking on the quest for Asian art Some do it because they love the idea of perhaps discovering an unknown treasure that can be bought for $2,000 and sold for $20,000 or even $200,000
Collecting Asian Art: Jade
- By Isadore Chait
- Published 10/10/2008
- Arts and Crafts
- Unrated
The article explains you the facts about collecting Jade as art material & how you can determine the value of a particular Jade object The article has been written by a passionate art collector himself, Isadore Chait who is now the owner of an Asian Art Gallery in California
Collecting Asian Art: “Porcelain”
- By Isadore Chait
- Published 10/8/2008
- Arts and Crafts
- Unrated
Porcelain is an integral thread of the fabric of Chinese culture In the 14th century, while Europeans were still eating from low-fired earthenware or wooden dishes, the Chinese had developed the first underglazed porcelain
Collecting Asian Art
- By Isadore Chait
- Published 10/4/2008
- Arts and Crafts
- Unrated
Getting Started
I give beginning collectors the following formula for roughly determining the value of an art object:
Value = Materials + Age + Workmanship
What this means and how you apply it could mean the difference between acquiring a collection that is merely pretty and one that has investment potential, or will be a much-appreciated inheritance