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What are your New Year's Resolutions?


I wish for peace, prosperity and love for all in 2011.

As we grow up, we learn that the one person who isn't supposed to let you down, probably will, and the one person that you never thought would be there for you, is. 


You're going to have fights with your friends, you're going to lose some of your friends, you may even fall in love with one of your friends. 


You will eventually lose someone you love and love someone you never thought you'd find. 


People are going to hate you, love you, love to hate you, and hate to love you, but the ones you mean the most to, will always be there for you in the end

Phillippians: 3:13-14

No, dear brothers and sisters, I am still not all i should be, but I am focusing all my energies on this one thing.  Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us up to heaven.

Happy New Year!!!!!

Insure your Art!

"The Scream" and "Madonna" both by Edward Munch were stolen in broad daylight from the Munch museum in Oslo,Norway.   The art was not insured against theft.    The reason for no theft insurance?   The belief that irreplaceable paintings need not be insured.    

Is it better though to be compensated five million dollars for your stolen art or nothing?      

The cost of insuring a museum's entire collection is prohibitive.    Entire collections are not  usually stolen and therefore  having "incident" insurance is an option.  

Photograph and document your art.     Insure your art for the amount it would take to replace it in the event that would be possible.  Keep in mind a portrait commissioned in 1995  for $10,000.00 might  cost $25,000.00 to replace by the same  or comparable calibre artist.  Don't forget how much you invested in the framing.   Expensive frames also go up in value and might cost twice what you paid ten years ago.

Many artists save  reference photos in case of fire, flood, or theft.

Understand your insurance policy    Theft/damage insurance for art usually costs $1-$2 annually per $1,000.00 of coverage.  

Your basic homeowners policy will not cover much in the way or artwork.   It is best to have specialty insurance through Chubb or Great American.

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