How to Sell Your Adored Collection: Free Webinar!

Perhaps you are downsizing your collection of miniatures or looking to make room for more miniatures (who knew little things take up so much space?!); Maybe you have want to ensure that your collection will be ushered into the best hands after you’ve moved on to a bigger and better mini world beyond. Join my free webinar on Saturday, March 5 at 10am ET about your options for selling your miniatures collection and finding new happy homes for your tiny treasures. I'll also tell you about the services I provide which will help ease your mind and ease your heart at the same time if you're looking to transition your collection to happy new homes.

I'm a passionate miniaturist with a deep love for this hobby, this craft and this art form. I've been involved miniatures for as long as I can remember...my dad built me my first dollhouse when I was just 8 years old. This was not something a young boy growing up in Brooklyn asked his staunchly conservative father back in the 1970s to do...but I just had to have one (you know the feeling) and I have the same energy and passion for "the tiny" today that I had back then.

While I collect and craft miniatures as a hobby, I mostly promote and sell tiny treasures through D. Thomas Fine Miniatures, the company I founded in 2014. Over the years I've developed a keen ability to connect collectors with buyers who share the same understanding of the love, dedication and hard work it takes to curate a personal collection of miniatures.

I also have an extensive background in marketing, having served for more than two decades as a brand executive for the Revlon Corp., and use that experience to raise awareness of miniatures as the art form it deserves. I'd be happy to talk about your options when making the important decision to sell or transition your collection to a new place.

In addition to my marketing and selling services, the greatest value I provide if you decide to work with me is that I am able to best able to join sellers with enthusiasts who share a common appreciation for the joy, respect and care that miniatures deserve. I’m often called a “Miniatures Empath” or the "Dollhouse Whisperer” as was talked about in my feature in the March 2021 issue of Dolls House and Miniature Scene magazine.

Feel free to browse through some of my most recent estate auctions:

THE BUCKALTER ESTATE SALE

The Buckalters of Suffern, New York curated an assortment of some of the most beautiful miniatures crafted by some of the most iconic miniaturist in the world including Michael Walton, Greg Wannacott and Neil Bateson.

JAN LEE ESTATE SALE/January 2022

A charming assortment of miniatures from the collection of a New England enthusiast arrived on the market earlier in 2021 by some well known miniaturists such as Roger Gutheil, Betty Valentine and Pete Acquisto.

THE DONNA KABBAS AUCTION

This estate sale was filled with a large assortment of mini food treasures centered around the most important holidays of the year including Valentine's Day, Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas!

I look forward to hosting this event and answering any of the questions you might have should you be interested in selling your collection.

Until Next Time: #LiveYourBestMiniLife

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2021 The Year in Miniatures....

It was another banner year for miniatures and the mini world! A combination of main-stream media stories about miniatures, folks restricted at home due to the Covid-19 pandemic while discovering new things to do and the rise of the miniatures influencer has created an explosion of awareness and interest in the hobby and more folks than ever are becoming makers, collectors, and all-around enthusiasts!

There has been a rise in mainstream publication and media stories about miniatures this past from global sources including The Wall Street Journal, People Magazine, House Beautiful Magazine, The Observer, and The Washington Post, among others. In April 2021, L.A. based miniaturist Chris Toledo from www.christoledominiatures.com was featured in Architectural Digest with a terrific story about his amazing 1/12 scale structures inspired by classic architectural design found in Southern California and, specifically, Old Hollywood, which demonstrated the breadth and depth of dollhouse design and art to the delight of readers.

We saw the long-awaited launch of Little Canada, a new attraction located in Ontario, Canada which presents a small-scale version of this awesome country where guests can walk through and see the sights and feel like a giant! We also saw miniatures on the U.S. program Small Fortune on NBC-TV (inspired by the hit tv show from the UK of the same name), and the launch of Dopl at its flagship SoHo location in New York City which shrinks participants down in small scale and creates a 3D color printed version to help capture special moments in time, or to mark a special occasion or just because it’s fun!

The Covid-19 Pandemic forced miniaturists to look for alternative ways to showcase their work and share it with the world. The Little Free Art Gallery in Seattle Washington began the trend and shared miniatures in a tiny outdoor gallery, inviting viewers to share a piece of mini art or to take a piece from the gallery. A number of artists began creating work and hiding it around their neighborhoods and towns where they live including “SAM” (Instagram: @streetartminiature) on Instagram and Steve Wasterval, (AKA That Greenpoint Artist” IG @stevewasterval) who creates urban art miniatures replicating landmark storefronts and homes in his native Brooklyn, New York.

The last year has seen an incremental rise in the number of social media accounts showcasing miniatures with some account owners elevated to become miniatures influencers in our mini world. Some are makers and some are collectors, and some are both! In addition to my own Meet the Miniaturist series on YouTube, Becky Gannon (IG: @MadAboutMiniatures) has created a podcast Mad About Miniatures and Antavia Cherry (IG: @MyMiniatureLoves) conducts Instagram Live events featuring Mini Conversations with folks from the community. Some of the popular makers have created a whole new contemporary look and assortment of miniatures to the delight of collectors and hobbyists. (Photo below: Marina Neff from IG @Deck_to_Farm_Charm)

The excitement around miniatures this year was most evident at the recent Philadelphia Miniaturia show held last November where we saw the of the mini-influencer, the new popular makers and fans and enthusiasts coming together for a shared social experience filled with delight and excitement and fueling a modern miniatures movement!

It’s been such a great year in miniatures – there has been so many terrific things happening and I’m so excited to see what’s ahead for the mini world!

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Until Next Time Thank you for being a part of the

D. Thomas Miniatures Community!

#LiveYourBestMiniLife

Rare Behind the Scenes Look: The Thorne Rooms at Knoxville Museum of Art

D. Thomas Fine Miniatures is excited to announce a very special livestream event from the Knoxville Museum of Art in Knoxville, Tennessee on Sunday, December 5 at 4pm ET when viewers will be taken on a virtual tour of the museum's collection of Thorne Rooms decorated for the holiday season along with a rare glimpse of the inner workings of the gallery which houses the collection and a close up view of the miniature rooms.

Several rooms have been decorated for the holidays!

Collector, maker and miniatures enthusiast, Jolie Gaston, has been decorating the rooms for several years now and will treat viewers to a look at the famed rooms inside the gallery created specifically for the rooms at the museum. We'll learn all about the history behind these extraordinary miniatures created by Narcissa Niblack Thorne originally exhibited at the Worlds Fair in New York City in 1939.

Viewers will also get a rare behind the scenes look at the space located behind the gallery walls that houses the built-in structures for a look at the inner workings of the rooms and an even more rare close up look at the tiny objects occupying these iconic miniature rooms.

Mrs. James Ward Thorne (Vincennes, Indiana 1882-1966 Chicago)

Thorne Miniature Rooms

Knoxville Museum of Art, 1962 gift of the IBM Corporation

This will be super! Register here to join the livestream:

Miss the event live? Watch the replay and all of the previous Meet the Miniaturist livestreams here.

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Until Next Time Thank you for being a part

of the D. Thomas Miniatures Community!

#LiveYourBestMiniLife