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The irrevocable bid format…
Auctioneers like Christie’s and Sotheby’s operate from a different perspective than any dealer or other auctioneer. A duopoly only includes two. Other auctioneers must try to copy the duopoly, if they can. Since the time they both in due course, adopted the buyer’s premium, they stacked the deck against both the buyer and seller. Now, their […]
The Mercer’s role in the silk industry….but a tidbit by Mary Helen McCoy
Today, I listened to a design story from a colleague about a lady who was concerned with finding the right fabrics for her antique American furniture seating in a beautiful historic home in Charleston, South Carolina. She was not satisfied with any of the local designer’s ability to select the correct document fabrics for her […]
NEWS – The Mary Tudor Pearl Unveiled at Masterpiece London for the first time…
This year, jewellery exhibitor Symbolic & Chase will be showcasing an extraordinary jewel from European Royal history– The Mary Tudor Pearl. The Renaissance pearl surfaced in 2004, having been lost since the late 16th century, and can be dated back to 1526. It measures 258.12 grains (64.5 carats, 69.8 carats with its diamond cap) making […]
The End of Decorating (With Antiques)? By Lewis Baer
There was a time when we (and may other fine dealers) would supply interior designers with phenomenal loads of great antiques and decorative furnishing for display at the Kips Bay Designer Show House. It was a showcase where interiors were created to inspire one to the finest in taste, style, and quality. None of those […]
NEWS – Bid for rise in Artist’s Resale Right threshold
Dear AAD Friends and Colleagues Please find below a note and a request from Art Dealer Niall Fairhead, concerning the Artist’s Resale Right threshold in the UK. Raising the threshold The “Fight for the threshold” has been quiet for a very long time. However it has not gone away and is about, we hope soon, […]
Museums “R” Us…by Maria Pascualy
I entered the museum field with the expectation of a glorious life working with objects. I knew the price to be paid for this vocational nirvana was an embarrassingly low salary, but the trade-off seemed worthwhile. What I’ve seen this last quarter century turned out to be a gradual erosion of the object-centered museum, as […]
You remember those pillars of ethics like Berny Madoff…by Tom Wester
Over the past week, some of us have discussed the type of person that gets into the Antique; Art and Decorating business. We have also talked about how to make inventory look refreshed in a bad or downward economy and how, in part, we can make silk out of a sow’s ear. This is all […]
Industrial Design…by Clinton Howell
“What is so wrong with industrial design?” I asked my chair the other morning. “Nothing at all and I sensed you would take my observation incorrectly. Industrial design refers to a style of designing, not to whether it is good or bad. What it means is that the designer solves a problem in an efficacious […]
WHY I “MUST” COLLECT STERLING MUSTARD SPOONS by Daniel O’Doul
The Addiction of the Sterling Mustard Spoon Collector I am delighted to be contributing to AAD for the first time. I guess my love affair with the sterling mustard spoon began innocently enough in 1981, or should I say, shortly thereafter, when my interest in mustard, or more correctly, Dijon mustard was first cultivated. I […]
May 23, 2013 by Editors
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