December 15th, 2011 
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Big changes are underway at the Philadelphia Antiques Show, among them a move to Center City and the Philadelphia Convention Center and a decision to allow some newer objects into the show. This afternoon I spent some time on the phone with the Show’s Chairperson, Gretchen Riley, who tells us more of what to expect [...]
December 13th, 2011 UAA Team 
Famed for its wide array of decorative pieces and furnishings, the Philadelphia Antiques Show and Mayor Michael A. Nutter announced the Show will move to a new home in Center City Philadelphia –The Pennsylvania Convention Center. The change in venue invites fantastic updates to the 2012 Show, including a larger floor plan and a fresh, new logo to bring [...]
Posted in Antiques, Show & Gallery 
Tags: Gretchen Riley, logo, Mayor, Michael A. Nutter, Penn Medicine, Philadelphia Antiques Show 
No Comments » December 12th, 2011 UAA Team 
Reports from Philadelphia today highlighted a move for the Philadelphia Antiques Show from the Navy Yard to the Philadelphia Convention Center. But that’s not all that’s brewing. According to local media reports, the show will allow dealer’s to display merchandise as new as 1970, as long as the creator isn’t living. I had to read that [...]
December 12th, 2011 UAA Team 
With discussions underway to establish an Antiques Week in the U.S., we thought it would make sense to reach across the pond of some feedback on how Antiques Week has worked in the U.K. The questions are answered by Gail McLeod of National Antiques Week U.K. If you would like to weigh in on when would [...]
December 12th, 2011 UAA Team 
A gelatin silver print of Robert Mapplethorpe’s sultry Shoe (Melody), 1987, was the top lot in Heritage Auctions’ Nov. 19 Vintage & Contemporary Photography Signature® Auction, easily beating its pre-auction estimate of $30,000+ to finish the auction with a final price realized of $47,800. The auction, which realized $521,588 on 213 lots, took place at [...]
December 9th, 2011 UAA Team 
The founders of AmericanaWeek.com, the website that bills itself as the “Gateway to Americana Week,” and a “guide to the shows, auctions and attractions of New York’s Americana Week,” announce plans to cover the major antiques weeks in the United States with destination websites. Currently, websites for three of the biggest weeks of 2012 are [...]
December 6th, 2011 ewmiller 
There’s a growing consortium of folks out there, dealers and promoters included, who say that antiques can be sold purely for their looks without reference to the intrinsic value. Buyers today, they say, don’t care what a thing is, only what it looks like. In that case, I ask, what’s so great about antiques? Take [...]
Posted in Antiques, Antiques Business, Auction Tags: Oxford Tub Chair, Restoration Hardware, Sotheby's 1 Comment » December 5th, 2011 ewmiller ![Eva Rinaldi [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.urbanartantiques.com/wp-content/uploads/342px-LadyGagaJuly2011-171x300.jpg "342px-LadyGagaJuly2011")
The debate over how to revive the antiques trade is ongoing. There’s a continual comparison to contemporary art. There’s also talk of how to gather up enough money for a celebrity, perhaps Betty White, perhaps Lady Gaga to come in and save the day. On the first topic, let me say antiques are not contemporary [...]
Posted in Antiques Business Tags: Antiques, betty White, celebrity endorsement, Gary Vaynerchuck, Green, Jeffrey Hayzlett, Lady Gaga, Social Media, Wine 20 Comments »
