It’s looking good and we are at our best ever so let’s hope it works, preview in ten minutes Best wishes, Didier www.didierantiques.com www.tefaf.com We have had the warmest welcome here so far by the organizing committee and fellow dealers alike. Very well organized and definitely looking after us , body and soul. Very impressed… [Read more…]
16-25 MARCH 2012 Helvoirt, February 29, 2012. A unique free application will help visitors get the most out of their visit to TEFAF Maastricht as the Fair… [Read more…]
I was advised that my bashing the Duopoly auctioneers is a bit overdone. Perhaps is it, but looking at the state of divergence between the decorative and fine arts markets, these auctioneers realize which one has reduced maintenance and storage costs which tend to be pretty high and fixed, for an easier way. Now is… [Read more…]
Mallett has moved galleries only three times in its distinguished history. Firstly from Bath to New Bond Street in 1910 when it took a long lease on No 40 and subsequently across Bond Street to the old Olympic Airways building at 141 New Bond Street in 1991 which we have now vacated for splendid galleries… [Read more…]
For nearly a month, the art world’s been abuzz with word of the purchase by the Qatari royal family of one of the five renditions of Cezanne’s Card Players for what is reported to be in excess of $250 million. This at least doubles the known record price for the purchase of a work of… [Read more…]
An international line-up of experts, including investment and tax specialists, academics, a leading museum curator and a private collector will take part in a symposium on the art market, to be held on 16 March 2012 as one of… [Read more…]
THE SABLON SQUARE (“De Zavel or “Le Sablon) The Sablon is one of the most prestigious and attractive areas in Brussels. In recent years it has become the center of the antiques shops and art galleries. The name of this area refers to the time when it was still situated outside of the city walls… [Read more…]
TEFAF Maastricht is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2012! Visitors will be greeted by a spectacular new entrance hall designed specially for the Fair’s Silver Jubilee containing a stunning light installation. There will be a number of initiatives celebrating an extraordinary 25 years which have seen TEFAF transformed from a relatively small-scale event into the… [Read more…]
The South African Antique Dealers’ Association held its annual Cape fair at Kirstenbosch, from Friday evening 10th Feb through to Sunday 12th Feb. Just before closing on Sunday afternoon at 15:30 two men entered the hall. After wandering around and pretending to shop they targeted one of our members and stole 8 gold rings –… [Read more…]
On Monday, transiting through the fabled Silicon Valley just to the south, a young man passed us on the motorway in a new silver Porsche. One of my occasional Gestalt moments caused me to say to Keith ‘That’s what the tech types spend their money on.’ Not the deepest of insights, granted, but it’s nonetheless… [Read more…]
I recently travelled to New York to serve on the vetting committee for The Winter Antiques Show. I had received a “good deal” on a four star, tower style hotel in mid-town and was given quite a spacious room on a high floor. What struck me, in particular, about the room was the “minimalist” decor.… [Read more…]
It is sometime in the late 1950s and Cecil Beaton comes knocking at the door, or rather in those days, just walking right in. He probably was here to hopefully do the sets for a Broadway show or for whatever! He knew Newel and loved being there to play. And so it was at Newel… [Read more…]
March 15, 2012 by Editors
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