Exuberant Grotesques: Renaissance Maiolica from the Fontana Workshop is the latest in a critically acclaimed series of dossier presentations organized by the Frick. The project takes a rare focused look at this family workshop by presenting several outstanding and innovative examples of sixteenth-century Italian maiolica dating between 1565 and 1575 Each object features the distinctive combination of a central narrative istoriato scene surrounded by delicate grotesques on a white ground. ... Read The Full Story

Professional Restorers International has launched its new searchable web site directories allowing visitors to find qualified professional repair and restoration experts in over 40 categories. The range of services available from PRI members is astounding. Many PRI members offer very high end services and museum quality work that requires specialized skills and equipment. Other members specialize in on site repairs for retail furniture stores antique shops and the transit industry. ... Read The Full Story

THE extraordinary furniture and fittings of the home of `Time Lord’, Severin Wunderman, who built up the Gucci watch franchise and owned the Swiss watch brand Corum, will go on sale at Bonhams on September 30th. The magnificent eight-bedroom Chelsea home was his UK base until his untimely death last year at the age of 69. Mr Wunderman also owned a French Chateau in the Cote d`Azur and a penthouse in Los Angeles; but the four-storey Chelsea house was an extension of the man in its ... Read The Full Story

Aug. 30, 2009 — Pauline Pfeiffer was Ernest Hemingway’s second wife. During the 1930s the barn at Pfeiffer’s parents’ home in Piggott, Ark., was converted into a studio and sleeping quarters so that Hemingway could write in solitude while visiting his in-laws. The Hemingways visited the Pfeiffer home for the first time as the couple awaited the birth of their first of two sons. Hemingway returned frequently during the 13 year marriage to stay, hunt quail, and write. The ... Read The Full Story

Over 700 lots of fine art, period furniture, decorative accessories and more – most of it fresh-to-the-market merchandise from prominent local estates and collections – will be sold Saturday, Sept. 19, at 9 a.m. by Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd. It is just the second major auction to be held in the firm’s new gallery, at 620 Cornerstone Court in Hillsborough. Featured will be the estate collection of the late W. Samuel Tarlton, a nationally known art dealer and ... Read The Full Story