On January 19, Sotheby's
will offer "Penn's Treaty with the Indians," by Edward Hicks,
estimated at $800/1,000,000.
Americana
Week in New York
Shows, Sales, Receptions and Seminars
Wednesday, January 15
Shows
The American Antiques Show Preview, Metropolitan Pavilion,
125th West 18th Street, 6:30 to 9 pm. Benefit for the American
Folk Art Museum; 45 exhibitors celebrate "The American Spirit."
Admission is $750 each or $2,500 for four, with unlimited show
readmission, or $350 each with two readmissions, or $200 each for
young collectors 40 and under; 212-977-7170 or
www.taas@folkartmuseum.org.
The New York Ceramics Fair Preview, National Academy of
Design, 1083 Fifth Avenue and 89th Street, 5 to 9 pm. Admission
$75. Caskey Lees presents 40 dealers through Sunday, January 18.
Loan exhibit sponsored by Historic Deerfield, "Tea Pots, Tygs and
Toasts: Ceramics from the Historic Deerfield Collection";
212-289-0496 or www.caskeylees.com.
Thursday, January 16
Shows
The Winter Antiques Show Preview, The Seventh Regiment
Armory, 67th Street and Park Avenue, 5 to 9 pm. Benefit for the
East Side House Settlement; 70 exhibitors presenting an eclectic
mix of American, English, European and Asian fine and decorative
arts. Admission: Philanthropists, $2,000 per person, includes
unlimited daily admission; Benefactors, $1,000 per person,
includes unlimited daily admission; Collectors, $500 per person,
includes six addition daily admissions; Patron, (6 to 9 pm) $350
per person, includes three additional daily admissions;
Supporter, (7:30 to 9 pm) $250 per person, includes one
additional daily admission; 718-292-7392 or
www.winterantiquesshow.com.
The Park Avenue Show, Wallace Hall, Park Avenue at 84th
Street, 3 to 7pm. Wendy Management presents 40 exhibitors through
January 19. Admission $10; 914-698-3442 or 212-288-3588 or
www.wendyantiquesshows. com.
Antiques Manhattan, The Altman Center, 135 West 18th
Street, between Sixth and Seventh Avenues, 1 to 8 pm. Presented
by Barry Cohen through January 18. Admission $10; 703-914-1268 or
646-230-9553 (show phone).
The New York Ceramics Fair, National Academy of Design,
1083 Fifth Avenue and 89th Street, 11am to 7pm. Admission $15.
The American Antiques Show, Metropolitan Pavilion, 125th
West 18th Street, 11am to 9 pm. Admission $15.
Auctions
Christie's, 20 Rockefeller Plaza, 212-636-2000 or
www.christies.com.
10 am: Silver, prints and scrimshaw from the Dr Joseph Fields,
Norman Flayderman and Barbara Johnson collections.
Sotheby's, 1334 York Avenue, 212-606-7000 or
www.sothebys.com.
10:15 am: Prints.
2 pm: Ceramics.
Seminars/Lectures
The New York Ceramics Fair Lecture Series, sponsored by
The Chipstone Foundation and "Ceramics in America." Lecture
tickets $10 per person per lecture plus show admission. Discounts
for multiple seminars, reservations required; 301-933-6994. Noon,
"English Ceramics in Eighteenth Century America" by Leslie
Brigsby, curator of ceramics and glass, Winterthur Museum; 2 pm,
"Revolution in Taste: Setting a Stylish Table" by Janine E.
Skerry, curator ceramics and glass, The Colonial Williamsburg
Foundation; 4 pm, "Worthy of Williamsburg: The Ceramics and Glass
at Abbey Aldrich Rockefeller's Bassett Hall" by Suzanne Findlen,
assistant curator, ceramics and glass, The Colonial Williamsburg
Foundation.
The American Antiques Show, Metropolitan Pavilion, 125th
West 18th Street, "In the Company of Experts," a walking tour of
the show, 9:30 to 11:30 am. Experts include Nancy Druckman of
Sotheby's, John Hayes of Christie's, Elizabeth Warren, museum
curator and author, and Lee Kogan Director of the museum's Folk
Art Institute. Admission $35, reservations required;
212-977-7170, ext 312.
The American Antiques Show, The America Eats Café upstairs
at Metropolitan Pavilion, 125th West 18th Street, "Lunch and
Learn: Digesting Antiques," box lunch and Americana lecture,
12:30 to 1:30 pm with either Eric Alberta, Cynthia Schaffner or
Stacy Hollander. Admission $40, lunch included, reservations
required; 212-977-7170, ext 312.
The American Antiques Show, The America Eats Café upstairs
at Metropolitan Pavilion, 125th West 18th Street, "Teatime
Talks," 3 to 4 pm, discussions topics such as furniture, toys,
textiles and garden accessories by either Ralph Esmerian, Chris
Madden or Lee Kogan. Admission $40, reservations required;
212-977-7170, ext 312.
The American Antiques Show, The America Eats Café upstairs
at Metropolitan Pavilion, 125th West 18th Street, "Cocktail
Conversations," 5:30 to 7:30 pm, stroll the aisles with cocktails
and hors d'oeuvres and hear one or more dealers present talks
from their booths. Admission $40, reservations required;
212-977-7170, ext 312.
Friday, January 17
Shows
The Winter Antiques Show, The Seventh Regiment Armory,
67th Street and Park Avenue, noon to 8:30 pm. Admission $16.
The New York Ceramics Fair, National Academy of Design,
1083 Fifth Avenue and 89th Street, 11 am to 7 pm. Admission $15.
The American Antiques Show, Metropolitan Pavilion, 125th
West 18th Street, 11 am to 9 pm. Admission $15.
The Park Avenue Antiques Show, Wallace Hall, Park Avenue
at 84th Street, 11 am to 7 pm. Admission $10.
Antiques Manhattan, The Altman Center, 135 West 18th
Street, 10 am to 7 pm. Admission $10.
Antiques at The Armory, The Armory, 26th Street and
Lexington Avenue, 11 am to 8 pm. Admission $12; 212-255-0020 or
www.stellashows.com.
Auctions
Sotheby's, 1334 York Avenue, 212-606-7000 or
www.sothebys.com.
10:15 am: Silver.
2 pm: American furniture and Pennsylvania folk art.
Christie's, 20 Rockefeller Plaza, 212-636-2000 or
www.christies.com.
10 am: American furniture, silver, scrimshaw and folk art.
2 pm: American furniture, silver, scrimshaw and folk art.
Seminars/Lectures
The Sotheby's Institute, 1334 York Avenue, "Victorian
Furniture Styles: The Rococo Revival," part of the American Art
Series Seminars presented by Cheryl Robertson at 10:30 am to
noon. Admission is $45, reservations required; 212-894-1111.
The American Antiques Show, The America Eats Café upstairs
at Metropolitan Pavilion, 125th West 18th Street, "Lunch and
Learn: Digesting Antiques," box lunch and Americana lecture,
12:30 to 1:30 pm with either Eric Alberta, Cynthia Schaffner or
Stacy Hollander. Admission $40, lunch included, reservations
required; 212-977-7170, ext 312.
The American Antiques Show, The America Eats Café upstairs
at Metropolitan Pavilion, 125th West 18th Street, "Teatime
Talks," 3 to 4 pm, discussions topics such as furniture, toys,
textiles and garden accessories by either Ralph Esmerian, Chris
Madden or Lee Kogan. Admission $40, reservations required;
212-977-7170, ext 312.
The American Antiques Show, The America Eats Café upstairs
at Metropolitan Pavilion, 125th West 18th Street, "Cocktail
Conversations," 5:30 to 7:30 pm, stroll the aisles with cocktails
and hors d'oeuvres and hear one or more dealers present talks
from their booths. Admission $40, reservations required;
212-977-7170, ext 312.
The New York Ceramics Fair Lecture Series, Sponsored by
The Chipstone Foundation and "Ceramics in America." Lecture
tickets $10 per person per lecture plus show admission. Discounts
for multiple seminars, reservations required, 301-933-6994. Noon,
"One Bowl More and Then: Punch Drinking in Colonial America," by
Donald Friary, director emeritus and senior research fellow,
Historic Deerfield; 2 pm, "Posset Pots, Punch Bowls and Puzzle
Jugs: Ceramics at Historic Deerfield," by Amanda Lange, associate
curator, Historic Deerfield; 4 pm, "An Evolving Collection: The
Hodroff Collection and Other Chinese Export Porcelain Rarities at
Winterthur" by Ron Fuchs, assistant curator of ceramics for the
Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection at Winterthur.
Saturday January 18
Shows
The Winter Antiques Show, The Seventh Regiment Armory,
67th Street and Park Avenue, noon to 8:30 pm. Admission $16.
The New York Ceramics Fair, National Academy of Design,
1083 Fifth Avenue and 89th Street, 11 am to 7 pm. Admission $15.
At the Winter Show, Olde Hope Antiques will feature this triple
portrait by Matthew Prior, of "Mary Ellen, Frederick and
Harriet Sweetser of Chelsea, Massachusetts," signed on the
reverse and dated June 1853.
The American Antiques Show, Metropolitan Pavilion, 125th
West 18th Street, 11 am to 8 pm. Admission $15.
The Park Avenue Antiques Show, Wallace Hall, Park Avenue
at 84th Street, 11 am to 7 pm. Admission $10.
Antiques Manhattan, The Altman Center, 135 West 18th
street, 10 am to 5 pm. Admission $10.
Antiques at the Armory, The Armory, 26th Street and
Lexington Avenue, 11 am to 8 pm. Admission $12.
Antiques at the Pier, Passenger Ship Terminals, 12th
Avenue and 55th Street, 10 am to 5 pm. Stella Management presents
300 dealers. Admission $12; 212-255-0020 or www.stellashows.com.
Auctions
Christie's, 20 Rockefeller Plaza, 212-636-2000 or
www.christies.com.
10 am and 2 pm: The Aitken Collection of Waterfowl Decoys
conducted in association with Guyette and Schmidt.
Sotheby's, 1334 York Avenue, 212-606-7000 or
www.sothebys.com.
10:15 am: Americana from a Private American Collector.
11:30am: Americana from Sinking Springs Farms: The Appell Family
Collection.
Seminars/Lectures
The American Antiques Show, Metropolitan Pavilion, 125th
West 18th Street, "In the Company of Experts," a walking tour of
the show, 9:30 to 11:30 am. Experts include Nancy Druckman of
Sotheby's, John Hayes of Christie's, Elizabeth Warren, museum
curator and author, and Lee Kogan director of the museum's Folk
Art Institute. Admission $35, reservations required;
212-977-7170, ext. 312.
The American Antiques Show, The America Eats Café upstairs
at Metropolitan Pavilion, 125th West 18th Street, "Lunch and
Learn: Digesting Antiques," box lunch and Americana lecture,
12:30 to 1:30 pm with either Eric Alberta, Cynthia Schaffner or
Stacy Hollander. Admission $40, lunch included, reservations
required. 212-977-7170, ext 312.
The American Antiques Show, The America Eats Café upstairs
at Metropolitan Pavilion, 125th West 18th Street, "Teatime
Talks," 3 to 4 pm, discussions topics such as furniture, toys,
textiles and garden accessories by either Ralph Esmerian, Chris
Madden or Lee Kogan. Admission $40, reservations required;
212-977-7170, ext 312.
The American Antiques Show, The America Eats Café upstairs
at Metropolitan Pavilion, 125th West 18th Street, "Cocktail
Conversations," 5:30 to 7:30 pm, stroll the aisles with cocktails
and hors d'oeuvres and hear one or more dealers present talks
from their booths. Admission $40, reservations required;
212-977-7170, ext 312.
The New York Ceramics Fair Lecture Series, sponsored by
The Chipstone Foundation and "Ceramics in America." Lecture
tickets $10 per person per lecture plus show admission. Discounts
for multiple seminars, reservations required; 301-933-6994. 11:30
am, "Ruth Duckworth, Ceramic Artist of the Modern Movement," by
Jo Lauria, independent curator and museum consultant; 1 pm, "A
Passion for Sandwich Glass; The Adventures of Pioneer Collector
Albert E. Shaw," by Kirk Nelson, executive director, The Glass
Art Center; 2:30 pm, "The Anxious Ceramics of Robert Arneson," by
Glen Adamson, curator at The Chipstone Foundation; 4 pm. "North
Carolina Stoneware: Long Traditions/New Work," by Eileen Denker,
museum consultant and writer.
Sunday, January 19
Shows
The Winter Antiques Show, The Seventh Regiment Armory,
67th Street and Park Avenue, noon to 6 pm. Admission $16.
The American Antiques Show, 125th West 18th Street, noon
to 5pm. Admission $15.
The New York Ceramics Fair, National Academy of Design,
1083 Fifth Avenue and 89th Street, noon to 6 pm. $15 admission.
The Park Avenue Show, Wallace Hall, Park Avenue at 84th
Street, 11 am to 6 pm. Admission $10.
Antiques at The Armory, The Armory, 26th Street and
Lexington Avenue, 11 am to 5 pm. Admission $12.
Antiques at the Pier, Passenger Ship Terminals, 12th
Avenue and 55th Street, 10 am to 5 pm. Admission $12.
Auctions
Sotheby's, 1334 York Avenue, 212-606-7000 or
www.sothebys.com.
10:15 am: Folk art
Noon: A Call To Arms, Militia Accoutrements from the Private
Collection of William Guthman.
Seminars/Lectures
The New York Ceramics Fair Lecture Series, sponsored by
The Chipstone Foundation and "Ceramics in America." Lecture
tickets $10 per person per lecture plus show admission. Discounts
for multiple seminars, reservations required; 301-933-6994. 1 pm,
"From the Kilns of Denmark: Contemporary Danish Ceramics," by
Wendy Tarlow Kaplan and Hope Barkan co-organizers and curators of
the travelling exhibit by the same name; 3 pm, "Polychrome Export
Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty," by Daniel Nadler, author.
The American Antiques Show, The America Eats Café upstairs
at Metropolitan Pavilion, 125th West 18th Street, "Lunch and
Learn: Digesting Antiques," box lunch and Americana lecture,
12:30 to 1:30 pm with either Eric Alberta, Cynthia Schaffner or
Stacy Hollander. Admission $40, lunch included, reservations
required; 212-977-7170, ext 312.
The American Antiques Show, The America Eats Café upstairs
at Metropolitan Pavilion, 125th West 18th Street, "Teatime
Talks," 3 to 4 pm, discussions topics such as furniture, toys,
textiles and garden accessories by either Ralph Esmerian, Chris
Madden or Lee Kogan. Admission $40, reservations required;
212-977-7170, ext 312.
The American Antiques Show, The America Eats Café upstairs
at Metropolitan Pavilion, 125th West 18th Street, "Cocktail
Conversations," 5:30 to 7:30 pm, stroll the aisles with cocktails
and hors d'oeuvres and hear one or more dealers present talks
from their booths. Admission $40, reservations required;
212-977-7170, ext 312.
American Folk Art Museum, 45 West 53rd Street, 10 to 10:45
am, "American Anthem: Private Exhibition Tour." A private tour of
the "American Anthem" exhibition with Museum Director Gerard
Wertkin and Senior Curator Stacy Hallander. Admission $35,
reservations required; 212-977-7170, ext 312.
Monday, January 20
Shows
The Winter Antiques Show, The Seventh Regiment Armory,
67th Street and Park Avenue, noon to 8:30 pm. Admission $16.
Tuesday, January 21
Shows
The Winter Antiques Show, The Seventh Regiment Armory,
67th Street and Park Avenue, noon to 8:30 pm. Admission $16.
Auctions
Christie's, 20 Rockefeller Plaza, 212-636-2000 or
www.christies.com.
10 am and 2 pm: British Ceramics, Chinese Export and Maritime
Art.
Sotheby's, 1334 York Ave, 212-606-7000 or
www.sothebys.com.
10:15 am and 2 pm: Old Master Drawings.
Wednesday, January 22
Shows
The Winter Antiques Show, The Seventh Regiment Armory,
67th Street and Park Avenue, noon to 8:30 pm. Admission $16.
The Outsider Art Fair Preview, The Puck Building, Houston
and Lafayette Streets, 5:30 to 9:30 pm. A Sanford Smith show to
benefit for The American Folk Art Museum. Admission $750 at 5:30
pm, $350 at 6pm, $150 at 6:30 pm; 212-777-5218 or
www.sanfordsmith. com.
Auctions
Doyles, 175 East 87th Street.
10 am: English and Continental furniture and accessories.
Christie's, 20 Rockefeller Plaza, 212-636-2000 or
www.christies.com.
10 am: Old Master Paintings
2 pm: The Benjamin Edwards III Collection of Chinese Export
Seminars/Lectures
The Sotheby's Institute, 1334 York Avenue, Winslow Homer,
part of the American Art Series Seminars presented by H. Barbara
Weinberg at 10 am to 1 pm. Admission is $45; 212-894-1111.
Thursday, January 23
Shows
The Winter Antiques Show, The Seventh Regiment Armory,
67th Street and Park Avenue, noon to 6 pm. Admission $16.
The Outsider Art Fair, The Puck Building, Houston and
Lafayette Streets, noon to 8 pm. Admission $15.
Auctions
Swann, 104 East 25th Street, 212-254-4710
10:30 am: Old Master Drawings
Sotheby's, 1334 York Avenue, 212-606-7000 or
www.sothebys.com.
10:15 am and 2 pm: Old Masters Paintings including European Works
of Art.
Seminars/Lectures
The Sotheby's Institute, 1334 York Avenue, Gothic Revival,
part of the American Art Series Seminars presented by Robert
Trent, MA, at 10 am to 12 pm. Admission is $45, reservations
required; 212-894-1111.
Friday, January 24
Shows
The Winter Antiques Show, The Seventh Regiment Armory,
67th Street and Park Avenue, noon to 8:30 pm. Admission $16.
The Outsider Art Fair, The Puck Building, Houston and
Lafayette Streets, noon to 8 pm. Admission $15.
The Book Fair, The Armory at 26th Street and Lexington
Avenue, 4 to 9 pm. Admission $10; 215-862-5828 or
www.quiltfest.com.
Auctions
Christie's, 20 Rockefeller Plaza, 212-636-2000 or
www.christies.com.
10 am: Old Master Paintings
Seminars/Lectures
The Sotheby's Institute, 1334 York Avenue, "Victorian
Furniture Styles; The Renaissance Revival and Exotic Influences,"
presented by Cheryl Robertson at 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm. Admission is
$45, reservations required. 212-894-1111.
The Sotheby's Institute, 1334 York Avenue, Luxury,
Imitation and Innovation, American Glass, 1840-1940, presented by
Mary Cheek Mills at 11 am to 1 pm. Admission is $45, reservations
required. 212-894-1111.
Saturday, January 25
Shows
The Winter Antiques Show, The Seventh Regiment Armory,
67th Street and Park Avenue, noon to 8:30 pm. Admission $16.
The Book Fair, The Armory at 26th Street and Lexington
Avenue, 11 am to 5 pm. Admission $10.
Also exhibiting at the Winter Antiques Show will be Leigh Keno
American Antiques with this Chippendale carved mahogany
compass-seat roundabout chair, Boston, Mass., 1750-75.
The Outsider Art Fair, The Puck Building, Houston and
Lafayette Streets, 11 am to 7 pm. Admission $15.
Antiques at the Pier, Passenger Ship Terminals, 12th
Avenue and 55th Street, 10 am to 5 pm. Stella Management presents
300 dealers. Admission $12; 212-255-0020 or www.stellashows.com.
Sunday, January 26
Shows
The Winter Antiques Show, The Seventh Regiment Armory,
67th Street and Park Avenue, noon to 6 pm. Admission $16.
The Outsider Art Fair, The Puck Building, Houston and
Lafayette Streets, 11 am to 6 pm. Admission $15.
Antiques At The Pier, Passenger Ship Terminals, 12th
Avenue and 55th Street, 10 am to 5 pm. Admission $12.
Monday, January 27
Auctions
Christie's, 20 Rockefeller Plaza, 212-636-2000 or
www.christies.com.
2 pm: Twentieth Century Self Taught and Outsider Art featuring
Works from the Collection of Robert Greenberg.
