It pleases me to see that for Frieze 2012 we will see Magnus Karlsson from Stockholm as usual in the main section of the fair. The “focus” section sees the inclusion of Elastic Gallery from Malmö. A more daring gallery and thereby perhaps also more challenging. As always it will be a fair to look… [Read more…]
In this age of 9 figure art sales, it surprises me that we still have occasional price resistance in our substantially less vaunted, but still respectable, sphere. Even our more astute clients will ask us, from time to time, if they’ll be able to get their money out of a purchase made from us. Of… [Read more…]
Gerald Stiebel, a highly respected fourth generation art dealer, wrote a blog the other day entitled, “The Spring Show–Another Art Fair”. His review of the fair was tepid although he noted several high lights. The ennui was evident just the same and his review would have cooled my ardor if I was thinking of attending… [Read more…]
Dear UK and International Colleagues Over the past 12 months we have been building www.art-antiques-design.com into what we hope you might consider to be an informative, and engaging, communication centre. Some of the objectives in this first year have been to raise awareness of various topics and important events, and to encourage dialogue between readers… [Read more…]
From the 10th to the 13th of May Palazzo della Permanente in Milano hosted the 6th edition of MINT, which, for the first time this year, was in conjunction with Collezioni d’arte. The evocative dressing of the space, with the reproduction of life-sized images of interiors of exclusive buildings produced by Masimo Listri, one of… [Read more…]
o- Is a business plan a must in a new or established Art and Antiques business, even if one cannot predict income?
Any family owned business run by the third generation, probably has had to evolve or have a format that is very predictable. I would be ignorant if I didn’t think luck and timing never hurt either. A fourth generation of family is lurking in my business; what must the possibilities of the decorative arts trade… [Read more…]
AN ENCORE SUCCESS:THE SECOND EDITION OF THE SPRING SHOW NYC REAPS MORE APPLAUSE AND SALES NEW YORK— It was a not-to-be-forgotten evening for art lovers. At the very same moment Munch’s Scream was bringing the highest price ever paid for a work of art, the Spring Show NYC brought their own impressive audience into the… [Read more…]
In reading Penepole Treadwell’s book on Johan Zoffany, the German painter who emigrated to England in 1760, I came across an interesting fact that pertains to one of the pieces in my inventory. Eighteenth century England, and Europe for that matter, was filling up fast with clubs. There were eating and drinking clubs, science clubs,… [Read more…]
I feel like a relic in the antiques industry; I was in it before the buyer’s premium and before the internet. The dollar was the mighty currency of the world and American dealers could buy with impunity anything in Europe. My, my, has the world changed! I would like to think that the industry is… [Read more…]
With some frequency, we’ll get calls from people wanting our counsel on the restoration of a furniture item. That’s actually an overstatement. If the queries could be boiled down to one simple inquiry, it is ‘Could you recommend a good restorer?’ The answer we provide, invariably, is an equivocal one- yes, we know lots of… [Read more…]
How better suited to this Blog than the appearance of a show that defines it’s very name: Art Antiques and Design! The confluence of these allied arts in one place illustrates how a marriage between them can be at once successful and engaging. What struck me as interesting was the quality of dealers represented and… [Read more…]
May 25, 2012 by Editors
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