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A First Look At The Winter Show

Jan 31,2020 By Laura Beach + Antiques and The Arts Weekly

NEW YORK CITY – Diversity has long been the watchword of the Winter Show, which this year signaled its inclusiveness in ever more ways. The fair, which previewed on January 23 and continues at the Park Avenue Armory through February 2, has always favored quality over quantity, seeking to offer the b... Read More

Morphy Sells American Furniture With A Bang

Jan 31,2020 By Madelia Hickman Ring + Antiques and The Arts Weekly

DENVER, PENN. – A single-owner collection of American furniture, guns and powder horns and decorative arts representing material culture from the Susquehanna Valley crossed the block at Morphy Auctions on Thursday, January 16. Assembled over more than 40 years by an anonymous collector who has decid... Read More

Structure & Ornament Studio Jewelry 1900 to the Pr...

Jan 29,2020 By Rago/Wright

Rago/Wright has announced a follow up to the landmark 1984 exhibition at Fifty/50 Gallery of American modernist studio jewelry, Structure and Ornament, curated by Mark McDonald, who organized the original show at Fifty/50. This auction expands the narrative of jewelry in the twentieth century—its ... Read More

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Georg Jensen’s Legacy Forges On: Q&A with Greg Pepin

BY Jessica Helen Weinberg

It’s not at all common for an artisan to successfully shape and influence the aesthetics that come to represent an entire century - nonetheless a whole country. Each creative movement is accompanied by a talented roster of makers whom, in retrospect, either sparked the fire or achieved the pinnacle of that movements’ intentions - and they’re usually rebels. One such craftsman who achieved remark...Read More

Pook & Pook Sale Exceeds High Est...

By Madelia Hickman Ring + Antiques and The Arts Weekly

DOWNINGTOWN, PENN. – As a snowstorm headed towards the mid-Atlantic, Pook & Pook, Inc, proceeded as scheduled with its January 17-18 Americana and International Auction. The storm did not deter buyers and the sale achieved a total of $1.5 million ham... Read More

Alex Cooper to Auction Important ...

By Alex Cooper

TOWSON, MD — Baltimore-based Auctioneer Alex Cooper will host a two-day Gallery Auction on Thursday, December 12th and Saturday, December 14th, featuring an expansive collection of modern and contemporary art, fine jewelry, sterling silver, currency,... Read More

Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers, Altere...

By Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers

CRANSTON, R.I. – Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers, Altered Reality Entertainment and Travis Landry, Bruneau & Co.’s Director of Pop Culture, are combining forces to hold a Winter Comic Book & Toy auction extravaganza on Saturday, December 14th, online and i... Read More