Mark your calendars for Saturday, June 22, 2019!

The 9th Annual Trash or Treasure will be held at the Gateway Center in Collinsville, IL.

Learn more about our recently acquired vintage Campbell's Chicken with Rice Soup Can, Hand Initialed and Dated by Andy Warhol. The work was purchased by the original owner in 1964 from the Bianchini Gallery in New York, during "American Supermarket," the gallery's landmark exhibition of Pop Art work.

Learn more about our recently acquired signed paper bag Lithograph from one of the most important and influential American contemporary artists Keith Haring.

We are highlighting the stories behind two phenomenal women artists whose works we have in our inventory.

Learn more about American artist Cecil Bell (1906-1970)

Kodner Gallery owns and presents Trash or Treasure, an educational and informational fine art, antiques and collectibles evaluation event.  Attendees are invited to receive expert consultations from specialists in over 20 categories including fine art, books, stamps, coins, militaria, toys, rugs, porcelain, glass, and more.  This is a fun and educational event for all ages. 

Saturday, May 5, 2018

Global Art Market Up 12% to $63.7 Billion Says Renowned Cultural Economist

From Salvador Dali to Jeff Koons, a New Show Reveals the Artists Behind History’s Great Album Covers:

"Art & Vinyl" showcases a century of surprising collaborations between artists and musicians.

Over forty years ago Martin Kodner of St. Louis, Missouri began a love affair with the works of the great German/American artist, Charles Ferdinand (Carl) Wimar (1828-1862) and the great American artist and native St. Louisan, Oscar Edmund Berninghaus (1874-1952).  A member of the Appraisers Association of America as well as a listed expert on the artist, Kodner began the project of producing the first ever Charles Ferdinand Wimar and Oscar Edmund Berninghaus Cataloging Projects from the volumes of detailed information collected through the years.

Frank Stella does huge work — some of it 20 feet tall and twice as long — so he has a suitably supersized studio about an hour's drive north of New York City. With hundreds of artworks and tables strewn with ideas in progress, the studio is a museum in itself.

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