The contents of the antique shop O. F. Wilson, a Fulham Road landmark, are to be sold by Bonhams as part of its Period Design sale on 7 June at the auction house’s Knightsbridge salerooms. The collection includes 18th and 19th century French, Italian and English furniture, early works of art, chimney [Read More]
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Kensington Gardens provides the dazzling backdrop to one of the most exciting and glamorous art and antiques fairs ever held in London. Open June 9th until June 15th, 2011. Art Antiques London incorporating the legendary International Ceramics Fair & Seminar is held in a beautiful custom built pavillion opposite the Royal Albert [Read More]
The Stapleford Park Country House Hotel & Sporting Estate is the impressive setting for the second Luxury Antiques Weekend at Stapleford Park, organised by The Antiques Dealers Fair Limited from Friday 16 until Sunday 18 September 2011, near Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire LE14 2EF. Surrounded by 500 acres of magnificent Capability Brown landscaped [Read More]
Following an eminently successful first year, the Wayside Inn Antiques show is now destined to be an annual event drawing antique dealers and antique lovers from all over the Northeast, Midwest and this year, from across the Atlantic. Nearly 50 premier antique dealers will converge upon grounds of the inn, 72 Wayside [Read More]
A rare and valuable piece of 16th Century Wirral history is to be sold at Bonhams in Chester next Thursday 12thMay, in the form of four oak ‘Romayne’ panels whose provenance can be traced back to Elizabethan times. It is extremely rare to find sets of such panels, especially where the identity [Read More]
Sotheby’s Paris sale of Important European Silver, Gold Boxes & Objects Vertu on May 17 will include an exceptional silver drinking cup made around 1180, probably in France (estimate €300,000–400,000*). No public or private collection holds a piece of such age and with this specific iconography. Silver cup circa 1180, probably France. [Read More]
The 38th Annual Gateway Antique Auto Club Auto Show will be held Sunday, May 1st at Taylor Farm on Beach Road in Norwalk, Connecticut. Gates open at 8:00 a.m. and prizes are awarded at 3:00 p.m.. Rain date for the event is Sunday, May 8th. First organized in 1974 as an Antique [Read More]
The Newport Antiques Show celebrates its fifth year at St. George’s School in Middletown, RI, August 12 through August 14, 2011. One of the nation’s premier antiques venues, the annual show presents a superb selection of important antiques. William Vareika Fine Arts, Ltd. returns as Presenting Sponsor, and Preview Party Sponsor Brown [Read More]
Sotheby’s London is to auction Chioma di Berenice (Berenice’s Tresses) by Ambrogio Borghi (Italian, 1849-1887) comes to the market from a Private Belgian Collection, and will spearhead Sotheby’s sale of 19th and 20th Century Sculpture on Tuesday, 17 May 2011. Estimated at £300,000-400,000, Berenice stands at just under three metres tall on [Read More]
Sotheby’s spring sale of Important Watches, to be staged at the Hôtel Beau-Rivage in Geneva on Sunday 15 May 2011, will embark world collectors on a journey through five centuries of watch history, from 1580 to the present day. The sale will include iconic pieces from each era, from a 16th century [Read More]
The Columbus Museum presents Precious Metal: Southern Silver an exhibition on view une 26, 2011. For prosperous early American families, everyday life included contact with silver. Silver coins were used as currency, and objects of personal adornment, drinking, dining and tea wares, as well as gifts of recognition were crafted in this [Read More]
The 2011 Philadelphia Antiques Show will take place April 9-12, 2011. Special Events are held daily. The Show is held at Philadelphia Cruise Terminal at Pier One of the Philadelphia Naval Business Center in a renovated naval iron plating factory built in 1874. It is a sunlit space and fully air conditioned [Read More]
Recycle with style at the 14th annual antique show in Neenah, Wisconsin. Show hours are 10am-5pm on Saturday, April 9 and 11am-4pm on Sunday, April 10. Exhibitors participating in the show are professional antique dealers. With 50 dealers, this is also one of Wisconsin’s largest antique shows. For a complete list of [Read More]
Taking a bold approach to the conventional design of art and antique fairs, Lars Bolander, one of America’s leading interior designers and tastemakers, will create a visual tour de force for the inaugural Spring Show NYC, organized by the Art & Antique Dealers League of America (AADLA). The five-day fair opens with [Read More]