Geo | January 29, 2010
The International Poster Center will offer more than 400 original vintage posters from the latter half of the 20th century in its second Modern Poster Auction. Featuring posters from around the world, this show explores the unbridled creativity that defined graphic advertising from the 1950s onward. All items are on view February 1 – February [...]
Geo | January 28, 2010
While convention may have it that American furniture isn’t the hot item it used to be, dealers at the premiere of Antiques in Charlottesville January 22-24 reported a high volume of furniture sales. “If I had one word for what moved out the doors of the Holiday Inn last weekend it would be mahogany,” said [...]
Melody | January 28, 2010
If you have never been inside The National Academy Museum it stood as a stately backdrop for the annual New York Ceramics Fair produced by Caskey Lees Inc. of Topanga, California. With the spiral staircase winding around to bring the attendees to the rare and valuable pieces above it more than fulfilled its purpose. The [...]
Sun | January 28, 2010
Fifty-three-year-old Ma Weidu (or Weidu Ma in western tradition as Ma is his surname) began his collection in the 1980s. At that time, people rarely collected antiques and he just called what he bought “small old items”. The first antique he collected is a porcelain hanging panel, for which he spent 1,600 yuan, or over [...]
Geo | January 26, 2010
It took a while, but I finally was able to visit the Winter Antiques Show. The $20 admission cost seems like a lot to dish out, especially when re-entry costs another $20. I’ve been to a number of high-end shows, among them the Armory Show and the Philadelphia Antiques Show and I expected something similar [...]
UAA Team | January 25, 2010
The Right Angle: Fun first, passion second. Regardless of the economy, the prospects for the antiques business would not look bright without extending its customer base to younger generations. But is there a sure-fire approach? First of all, I strongly disagree that younger generations would not develop interests in antiques until they grow older. Most [...]
Sophie Fuller | January 25, 2010
I’ve just returned from visiting several of the antique shows during Antiques Week in NY, where I was pleasantly surprised by the American Antiques Show at the Metropolitan Pavilion (see photo at link below). Having believed for some time that the ability to attract a new generation of collectors lies in adapting more modern merchandising [...]
Hui | January 23, 2010
On the second day of Antiques in Charlottesville strong sales of furniture were noted. This seemed to be a a very welcome and unexpected event. Some visitors came from yesterday’s NBC Channel 29 news. Here is a slide show of our photo coverage from the exhibition. With the generous help from the dealers in Antiques [...]
Geo | January 23, 2010
A Chalmers Catawba wine bitters bottle graded 9.8 for condition and considered one of the top five western bitters known, sold for $ 19,600 in an Internet and catalog auction that ended Jan. 18 by American Bottle Auctions (www.AmericanBottle.com). The bottle was the top lot in a sale that saw around 325 rare and vintage [...]
Hui | January 23, 2010
Below are some highlights from the show “Antiques in Charlottesville” which is going on now at Holiday Inn University Area. Visit the website for more information.
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