The Wethersfield Antiques Show went ⁶ery well,†according to reports from the Wethersfield Historical Society, the sponsoring group, with attendance up by just over 100 visitors and a nice crowd of 125-plus patrons at the preview party on Friday evening, November 16, at Pitkin Community Center. The show continued through Saturday, with 40 dealers showing in two rooms.

We had a serious decision to make on November 8: gather up the chain saws and rakes to clear away the remains of several trees that Sandy left in her wake, or to head to the 49th annual Delaware Antiques Show. Actually, it was an easy decision to make †the antiques show.

Fate seemed to conspire against the Salon Art + Design fair, which made its debut at the Park Avenue Armory November 8‱2, between Hurricane Sandy, a presidential election and a major drop in the Dow a mere day before the show opened †but in the end, the show was set up on time, looked gorgeous and attracted a contingent of what smiling dealers called ⁴he right people. 

What if you took the choice holdings of three internationally renowned museums, put them in a giant jar, shook them up and spilled them out? That is what is happening in the seaside city of San Diego, Calif., although with considerable less happenstance. The exhibition ⁂ehold America! Art of the United States from Three San Diego Museums†brings together and mixes up the collections of three museums to trace the history of American art. The fusion of the three major collections has resulted in a far grander exhibition than that afforded by a single institution. On view at the San Diego Museum of Art, the Timken Museum of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego through February 10, ⁂ehold America!†explicates the multifaceted nature of American art since colonial days. As such, the exhibition considers the myriad of Americas and Americans that have emerged over the course of the republic.

Robert H. Camara died November 5 after a sudden illness. He was co-owner of Bloomin†Antiques in Fitzwilliam for more than 35 years.

Although the state of Maine was spared from the devastation that much of lower New England was subjected to from the downgraded hurricane, but still deadly, ⁓uperstorm†Sandy, Thomaston Place Auction Galleries suffered the effects of the storm nonetheless during its three-day auction, November 3‵.

The sentencing earlier this month of Jason Savedoff to a year and a day in prison closes another chapter in the sordid story of stolen manuscripts and paper items from historical societies up and down the East Coast. The Connecticut Historical Society was pleased to get back several dozen stolen items recently.

Opening December 7 and on view through April 14, the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art will present an exhibition of the work of Paolo Veronese (1528‱588), a master of Venetian Renaissance painting. ⁐aolo Veronese: A Master and His Workshop in Renaissance Venice†brings together more than 50 of the artist⁳ finest paintings and drawings from North American museums and private collections.

Rago Arts and Auction Center⁳ Twentieth/Twenty-First Century design sale totaled $6.6 million on October 26′8, where a Frederick Hurten Rhead University City Peacock tile sold for a record $637,500.

On November 11, Clars Auction Gallery featured a fine art sale that drew highly competitive offers from collectors and galleries around the world. Impressive works from American and European artists, contemporary to Old Masters, drove record bidding, resulting in three new world records.