January 15, 2008 - Antiques And The Arts Weekly

  • Rare Audubon Watercolors Open At NYHS February 8
    January 15, 2008

    More than 40 original Audubon watercolors depicting birds that once flourished but are now gone forever or are threatened with extinction †along with species that have come back from the brink †will go on display as part of ⁁udubon⁳ Aviary: Portraits of Endangered Species,†the fourth installment of the New-York Historical Society⁳ five-year Audubon exhibition series.

  • World Record For A Leica
    January 15, 2008

    On November 17, the 12th WestLicht Photographica Auction ended with a sensation †the most spectacular lot of the auction, an 0-series Leica no. 107, which was sold for $492,500, the highest sum ever achieved at an auction for a 35 millimeter camera or Leica.

  • Americana Week In New York
    January 15, 2008

    Americana Week in New York City offers a full slate of auctions, shows, exhibitions, seminars and special events.

  • Rare Hemingway Proof Of or Whom The Bell TollsSells For 96,000
    January 15, 2008

    Swann Galleries’ November 29 auction of art, press and illustrated books, and Nineteenth and Twentieth Century literature featured many standouts, including a signed advance-proof copy of Ernest Hemingway⁳ For Whom the Bell Tolls that attained $96,000.

  • Calvin Black Possum Trot Doll Gavels For 92,000 At Slotin Folk Art Sale
    January 15, 2008

    A carved and painted possum trot doll executed by the renowned folk artist Calvin Black (1903‱972) and mounted on a stand with a homemade tag reading ⁍iss Sherion Rose Possum Trot,†sold for $92,000 at a folk art sale November 10 by Slotin Auction.

  • Holiday Antiques Show Glows For 26th Anniversary Edition
    January 15, 2008

    The Holiday Antiques Show on Thanksgiving Weekend, November 23′5, had record numbers for attendance and exhibiting dealers at its 26th meeting.

  • Robert Smith Collection Renaissance Statuettes At National Gallery Jan 27
    January 15, 2008

    A collection of Renaissance statuettes will go on view at the National Gallery of Art, in ⁂ronze and Boxwood: Masterpieces from the Robert H. Smith Collection,†January 27⁍ay 4.

  • Lawrence Weiner & Florian Pumhsl Exhibitions At Lisson Gallery, London
    January 15, 2008

    Lisson Gallery is presenting an exhibition of new work by Lawrence Weiner, one of the most significant and influential artists of his generation, February 6⁍arch 15, as well as Austrian artist Florian Pumhösl⁳ first major solo exhibition in London.

  • New Location Same Great Merch At The East Coast Fine Arms Show
    January 15, 2008

    ⁔he New Year is here, come celebrate the best†proclaimed promoters Newman Chittenden and Martin Fasack in regard to their popular East Coast Fine Arms Show. Close to 100 exhibitors packed the exhibition area over the weekend of January 4‶.

  • Shoppers Buzz Cord Stocking Stuffers Show
    January 15, 2008

    Antique smalls of all shapes and media caught the eye at Cord Shows Ltd⁳ 22nd annual Antique Stocking Stuffers Show and Sale at the Greenwich Civic Center on December 9.



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