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5 Finds to Preview From 2019's AADLA Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show in NYC, Oct. 31-Nov. 4
ArtfixDaily / September 26th, 2019
{{image}} The Art & Antique Dealers League of America (AADLA) will present their third annual Fine Art & Antiques Show—with 24 dealers—for a 5-day run starting Thursday October 31st at the St. Ignatius Loyola Church in Wallace Hall, 980 Park Avenue on New York’s Upper East Side. ...
New Showroom Launches for Antiques and Design Businesses in Philadelphia
Business of Home / January 22nd, 2019
Joe Holahan and Jeff Kamal of Kamelot Auctions have founded an antiques center that offers dealers the chance to house booths and showrooms in New York’s unofficial sixth borough, Philadelphia, reports Business of Home. “What’s happening in our industry is that good locations ...
Museum Featuring Westervelt CEO Jack Warner's Collection Will Close, and More Art Sold
ArtfixDaily / August 23rd, 2018
The Tuscaloosa Museum of Art in Alabama, housing the renowned collection of 17th-20th century American and Asian fine art, furniture and decorative arts formed by the late Westervelt Company CEO Jack Warner, will close on Aug. 31. In a statement the museum noted: "While The Westervelt Company ...
Gerry Lenfest, Philadelphia Philanthropist and Arts Patron, Remembered
ArtfixDaily / August 6th, 2018
H.F. "Gerry" Lenfest, 88, passed away on Aug. 5, reported the Philadelphia Inquirer. A leading philanthropist and driver of civic causes and the arts for the city of Philadelphia and the surrounding region, Lenfest gave away over $1.3 billion in just two decades. After building a fortune in ...
Art Dealer Graham Arader Lists His Antiques-Filled Hudson River Estate
Bloomberg / March 30th, 2018
New York-based antique map, book, and print specialist W. Graham Arader has listed his 1850s Italianate Victorian residence in Nyack, New York, one of several of his historic residences. “I own the seventh-oldest house in San Francisco,” he told Bloomberg, “I own the only pristine beaux-arts ...
$20 Online Find Soars to $806,000 at UK Auction
ArtfixDaily / March 2nd, 2018
A speculative £15 ($20) bid in an online antiques sale turned out to be a major discovery, ending up as a star lot at auction last month when the early porcelain teapot soared to 575,000 pounds with fees (about $806,000) as the winning bid for an American museum. The 2016 web ...
George Washington's Diamond Eagle Medal On Display With Newly-Discovered 7-Foot Watercolor in Philadelphia Exhibition
ArtfixDaily / December 6th, 2017
The Diamond Eagle — an exquisite jewel-encrusted medal owned and worn by George Washington — is now on display in Philadelphia for the first time since it was presented to Washington in the city 233 years ago, and it will be shown this winter with a rare, newly-found Revolutionary War-era ...
Holt Printing of Declaration of Independence Fetches Record Price at Auction
Watertown Daily Times / November 12th, 2017
One of five known 1776 copies of the Declaration of Independence printed in New York by John Holt sold for a record price to a California collector at auction on Saturday. Blanchard's in Potsdam, New York, sold the newly-discovered document for $1.5 million, setting a world record for any New ...
Newly Found Copy of Declaration of Independence at Auction in Nov.
New York Times / October 8th, 2017
A trove of historical documents belonging to a descendant of early British settlers in Long Island will emerge for the first time on the auction market next month, reports the New York Times. The star lot of the consignment is a copy of the Declaration of Independence--a rare and newly ...
Resident Curator at the White House Will Leave His 'Dream Job' in June
ArtfixDaily / May 11th, 2017
White House curator William G. Allman will retire on June 1, as first reported by CNN and announced officially on Tuesday in a White House statement issued from the East Wing. The curator is among the White House resident staff positions that are considered non-political. First lady ...
From Trump Plates to Chippendale Chairs, A Range of Works in Antiques Week 2017
Antiques and the Arts Weekly / January 18th, 2017
Americana collectors and "best of the best" object seekers will head to events during Antiques Week 2017 underway now in New York City. Antiques and the Arts Weekly (aka "The Bee") has published this guide to the week's events, exhibitions, shows, lectures, auctions and more. (The action ...
Hamilton Musical Set Designer Installs Display for Sotheby's Americana Week
ArtfixDaily / January 11th, 2017
David Korins, set designer for the Broadway hit Hamilton, served as creative director for Sotheby's installation of Americana Week in New York. Previews opened Wednesday for the blockbuster sales series, from Jan. 18 to 21, with art and objects that span centuries of American craftsmanship. ...
Items From 'Modernist Icon' The Four Seasons Restaurant at Auction
Dezeen / June 15th, 2016
The Philip Johnson-designed The Four Seasons restaurant in New York is considered by many as "one of the rarest phenomena in Modernism." The restuarant is an unusual intact example of the International Style shown through its architecture and every element of decor. Wright will auction off ...
Frank Lloyd Wright Sturges House Withdrawn From Auction, Its Contents Snapped Up
ArtfixDaily / February 23rd, 2016
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) withdrew the George D. Sturges Residence, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1939, from its February 21 sale of Modern Art & Design. The cantilevered redwood-and-brick residence, the only Californian example of Wright's Usonian housing, carried a ...
Sotheby's Loses $12 Million on Taubman Sale, But Wins Top Auction Price For Americana Week
ArtfixDaily / January 25th, 2016
Sotheby’s secured an overall total of $18.9 million for its Americana Week auctions ending Sunday. The news came after Friday's announcement that the auction house had an estimated $12 million loss in the fourth quarter of 2015 as a result of the A. Alfred Taubman sale, featuring ...
Quirky to Classic Americana Served Up at Sotheby's
Sotheby's / January 21st, 2016
Cornelius Vanderbilt's gold cigar case. A New Orleans Voodoo Clock. And "one of the greatest collections of Americana ever assembled" are what Sotheby's says are on offer this week as part of Americana Week in New York. City-wide auctions, shows, exhibitions and events kicked off on ...
San Francisco Fall Antiques Show Highlights Something Old, Something New Aesthetic
ArtfixDaily / October 22nd, 2015
Rooted in Victorian times and infused with the energy of today's tech industry, San Francisco is a place where old and new, tradition and innovation, blend seamlessly. West Coast art collectors and designers just as easily mix styles and periods, and flock ...
Public Re-Opening of Gracie Mansion will Showcase Art Additions
ArtfixDaily / October 14th, 2015
Gracie Mansion, the official residence of the Mayor of New York City, has once again been transformed. Built in 1799, the stately Federal style mansion (East End Ave and 88th St.) underwent a $7-million restoration in 2002, and when first occupied in 2014 by Mayor Bill de ...
Adirondack Museum's Antiques Show and Sale Opens This Weekend
ArtfixDaily / September 13th, 2015
On the heels of its popular Rustic Furniture Fair last weekend, the Adirondack Museum will host the country's top dealers in art, antiques and vintage pieces embodying the mountain "Great Camp" style this Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 19 and 20, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Ablaze in ...
On the Market: Landscape Architect Lockwood de Forest's Santa Barbara Home
ArtfixDaily / September 9th, 2015
Lockwood de Forest III (1896-1949) was an astute painter of poetic landscapes like his father, the renowned artist-designer Lockwood de Forest Jr. (1850-1932). Yet the younger de Forest (known professionally at Lockwood de Forest Jr.) chose instead to design landscapes, ...