World renowned antiques expert Judith Miller will open the National Fine Art and Antiques Fair which is returning to the NEC from 20th to 24th January 2010. Judith, the co-founder of the internationally acclaimed Miller’s Antiques Price Guide and BBC Antiques Roadshow expert, is supporting the UK’s most prestigious antiques event outside [Read More]
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After 40 years of trading at the top end of the business, legendary English antique dealership, Sampson and Horne, are to sell their entire stock, comprising nearly 800 lots, and attracting a pre-sale estimate of £1,000,000, at Bonhams on 28th April 2010. Widely considered as the leading dealer in British pottery and [Read More]
The University of Virginia Art Museum is the final venue of a two-year tour of “Treasures Rediscovered: Chinese Stone Sculpture from the Sackler Collections at Columbia University,” an exhibition organized by the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery of Columbia University. Touted as “eye-opening” by Roberta Smith, art critic at the [Read More]
Cheekwood Museum of Art has been selected to house the Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation Collection, among the world’s most significant compilation of Fabergé pieces. The exhibition will open in February 2007. Harold H. “Spook” Stream, a long-time Nashvillian, has arranged for the Collection to be on loan to Cheekwood. Mr. Stream is [Read More]
The unexpected variety of medieval glass vessels will be explored in an exhibition of objects for daily use and display at The Corning Museum of Glass beginning on May 15, 2010 and running through January 3, 2011. The exhibition “Medieval Glass for Popes, Princes, and Peasants” will follow the evolution of glass [Read More]
The first ever retrospective about André-Charles Boulle, the most illustrious cabinetmaker of all time, opened on October 28. With a scenography by Juan Pablo Molyneux, it takes place in the Museum of Decorative Arts of Frankfurt, the emblematic building created by Richard Meier. It was conceived by two French art historians, Jean [Read More]
REA Auction Preview: 1909-1911 T206 Honus Wagner – “The Connecticut Wagner” Every T206 Wagner naturally has a great story, sharing the Wagner legend that is now part of classic American folklore, and every Wagner also has an additional story relating to its provenance. Collectors have always been fascinated with all aspects of [Read More]
Two estate sales comprising over 1,000 mostly fresh-to-the-market lots will be held Jan. 23 and Feb. 20 by Stevens Auction Company, at the firm’s gallery facility located at 609 No. Meridian Street in Aberdeen. The Jan. 23 sale will be a strictly in-house event, with no online bidding component. Internet bidding for [Read More]
The Deland Florida M-T Bottle Collectors Club presents their 40th Anniversary Antique Bottle & Insulator Show. Location is SR44 & I-4 at the Volusia County Fairgrounds (exit118) Deland, Florida. March 19th & 20 , 2010. Dealer set up is from 2-4 PM Friday. Fee for early buyers Friday 3-7 PM and Before [Read More]
I.M. Chait’s January 24th Asian & International Fine Arts Auction has something for everyone – collectors, decorators and art lovers. The marquee collection of Chinese ritual pottery, primarily from the Han and Tang Dynasties, is matched in desirability by a stellar collection of fine jewelry and a remarkable collection of ivory and [Read More]
The quietly uber-wealthy Gulf Coast enclave of Naples, Fla., is replete with homes whose contents reflect the refined tastes of well-traveled individuals. When antiques or artworks from the region’s many collectors come to the marketplace, it is often with the assistance of a local firm that casts a wide net internationally – [Read More]
Baltimore – The Stephen W. Fisher collection of Japanese cloisonné enamels is one of the finest in the world. Comprised largely of pieces created during Japan’s “golden age” of decorative art production, the special exhibition, Japanese Cloisonné Enamels from the Stephen W. Fisher Collection, will feature many intricately adorned vases, boxes and [Read More]
(WAYNE, Pa.) – A large and important wall-mounted mirror clock made by the New England clockmaker Joseph Ives (Bristol, Conn., 1782-1862) sold for $9,200 at a two-part auction that featured nearly 250 lots of vintage clocks and horology-related items. The auction was held Dec. 29 at the Italian-American Club in Wayne, Pa., [Read More]
Historian Dr David Starkey today made a passionate plea for funds to save the Staffordshire Hoard for the West Midlands Dr Starkey is amongst a host of prominent public figures supporting the campaign, launched today by The Art Fund charity, to raise the £3.3m needed by 17 April to save this awe-inspiring [Read More]