During the 70's and 80's both of us worked in high pressure environments: Michael in aerospace and Diana in the music industry. By 1990, we had each reached a crossroads in our lives and decided to hold hands with the maxim of 'now or never' and together, we jumped into the unknown. We left behind our careers with not much more than a hope that we could turn our private passion of collecting Americana and folk art into a livelihood.

We look behind the road that we have traveled and we wonder where 18 years have gone? They seem to have flown by in the blink of an eye, with much of the passing of that time owing to the fact that this been less work than a labor of love.  

When we began all those years ago, we didn't know much about transforming a love of collecting into a viable business, but we knew that if we put educating a client ahead of just selling them some item and if we gave them the opportunity to buy the best and finest quality that they could afford, whatever their budgets, they would return again and again. Indeed they have done just that.

Much has changed in this business over the years but one thing has remained constant throughout our experience: we have built our lives, our reputation and the very fabric of our business, day in and day out, on the premise that honesty, forthrightness and intelligence trumps all. Our motto has always been to buy what we love in the absolute best condition possible with no apologies, knowing that if we were moved by a piece, we rightly felt that someone else would see the merits of it and soon it would find a new home.

That credo has served us well. Our clients continue to amaze and reward us with their confidence and trust to help them build world class collections. More so, they inspire us, as they are willing to wait and pay for the exceptional and the unusual.  

We have been featured in Architectural Digest, Country Home, Country Living, In Style and Rolling Stone and have also appeared numerous times on HGTV in segments featuring Americana and folk art.

In addition to our gallery and website, we provide auction representation services, estate planning and disbursement as well as brokering, with all transactions kept strictly confidential.

Our website is but a small representation of our ever changing inventory here in our Los Angeles gallery. If you do not find what you are looking for here, give us a call or send us an email and let us know what is on your wish list.  

We look forward to working with and building a great relationship with you.

Diana Douglas                                                                                     Michael J. Ogle