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and Pat Johnson Palm BeachCounty History Museum.Notable guests at Saturday’s

show included Donald Trumpand Rudy Giuliani. The formerNew York City mayor and hiswife returned to the show asecond time after their visit onSaturday and commented, “Weenjoyed the show very much.There is an excellent group ofart and antique dealers thatexhibit here each year.” Giu-liani reported finding “some-thing for our new apartment.”An elegant event, the Palm

Beach show is laid out in afairly straightforward man-ner, which luckily provides fora good sense of direction in thecavernous, 19-acre hall.Despite the show’s enormity, itis a warm and inviting place toshop. The white carpet lends adistinctive air to the show.Jewelry and art are among

the most prevalent items seenacross the floor, followed byaccessories of all sorts. Thoselooking for furnishings willfind a limited, but premiumand varied, selection. Mer-chandise seen around the floorthis year ranged fromBouguereau paintings to acarousel horse, and from a Fif-teenth Century larger-than-life-sized figural temple carv-ing to a “Cage-Bed withScreen,” a Pop Art-style bed byartist Max Ernst.Dealers were conducting

business right from the start,and virtually everyone wespoke with had a positive atti-tude in regard to the show,both before and after. “I waspleasantly surprised with thechange in mindset among buy-ers from last year to this year,”said Charles Washburne ofCharles L. WashburneAntiques, Solebury, Penn.“People were buying even onthe last day.”An important Minton majoli-

ca tortoise was among theitems sold by the dealer, whichhad an asking price of$36,750. Another item of notewas a rare life-sized Mintonmajolica seated dog that satattentively at the forefront ofthe stand.“We had strong sales

throughout the entire showthat spanned every category ofthe items we exhibited, includ-ing clocks, bronzes, wrist-watches and KPM plaques,”said exhibitor Larry Dalton ofScarsdale, N.Y. “Things are onthe upswing.”“People are definitely start-

ing to spend comfortably onart again,” said Ron Cavalierof Cavalier Galleries, Inc,Greenwich, Conn. “We sold anumber of works by the Amer-

A Charles Dudouyt desk at Valerio Antiques, Coral Gables,Fla.

Santos, New York City

Gallery Afrodit, Ankara, Turkey

“Blue Nude” and “Red Nude” by David Bromley at RebeccaHossack Art Gallery, London.

Paintings by Antonio Jacobsen, Samuel Coleman and LeviPrentiss at The Caldwell Gallery, Manlius, N.Y.

The William Bouguereau oil, “Marchande de grenades” wasoffered at Rehs Galleries, New York City.

The Edgar Brandt consolewas at Valerio Antiques,Coral Gables, Fla.

Randall Davey, left, and I. Tudgay paintings offered by BlueHeron Fine Art, Cohasset, Mass.

The Federico Del Campo oil “The Doge’s Palace… TheGrand Canal, Venice,” right, was $475,000 at Haynes FineArt of Broadway, United Kingdom.

William Cooke, Wiltshire, UK

The iconic Gorham masterpiece, the “Iceberg” ice bowl andtongs that was made to celebrate the 1867 purchase of theAlaskan Territory from Russia at Spencer Marks,Southampton, Mass.

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PALM BEACH, FLA. —Experiencing what manage-ment termed the “most suc-cessful preview in the event’shistory,” the Seventh AnnualPalm Beach Jewelry, Art &Antique Show opened on Sat-urday, February 13, to thou-sands of enthusiastic art con-noisseurs, private collectors,museum curators and high-end interior designers. Man-agement reported more than50,000 making their waythrough the doors of the showover the course of the three-day event.Indeed, as the show prepared

to open for Friday evening’spreview party, traffic jamswere once again witnessed aspatrons attempting to gainaccess to the valet parking lotscaused congestion throughoutthe area by backing up themain thoroughfare, Okee-chobee Boulevard.Management reported more

than 6,000 on hand for thegala preview party, a benefitfor the Historical Society ofPalm Beach County, onceagain breaking previous atten-dance records. With a stag-gered opening, Palm BeachHistorical Society supporters

hit the floor at 5 pm, followedby a huge crowd of regularpatrons at 7 pm.The Palm Beach Group show

manager, Kris Charamonde,stated that the event was a“tremendous success, with nosigns of a recession. A majorityof our exhibitors reportedstrong sales and wereextremely happy with thenumber of serious buyers thatwere in attendance each day.”Palm Beach is a megaevent

with a quality level unsur-passed in shows of this size.Paintings, jewelry, furnishingsand even folk art can be foundat this event, with merchan-dise ranging in price fromseven figures to just a fewhundred dollars.How is it that such large

crowds are in attendance?Part of the answer is, “Theygive us all of the free passesthat we ask for. We send themout to our clients and theycome to the show. It is a win-win situation for everyone,”stated one jubilant dealerwhose booth was crowded withpatrons shortly after the showopened to public on previewnight.Funds raised from the

evening benefit educationalprogramming at the Richard

The Max Ernst bed was one of the show’s highlights in thebooth of DB Fine Art, Harrington Park, N.J. Originallyscheduled for a production run of 100 pieces, only a hand-ful were completed before Ernst died.

Hyland Granby, Hyannis, Mass.

Tiffany lighting ranged from candlesticks to leaded glasslamps at Macklowe Gallery, New York City.

Carlson & Stevenson Antiques and Art, Manchester, Vt.

China Square Gallery, New York City

A painting by Dan Greene was featured atCavalier Gallery, Greenwich, Conn. Worksby the American sculptor Jim Rennert werepopular, with several sold.

The Robert Laurent limestone sculpture“Lamentation” was offered at Tom VeilleuxGallery, Portland, Maine.

A life-sized rare Minton majolica seated dogwas at Charles L. Washburne Antiques,Solebury, Penn.

Review and Photos by

Antiques and The Arts Weekly

David S. Smith, Managing Editor

Earl Vandekar of Knightsbridge, New York City.

The Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antiques Show

Thurston Nichols, Breinigsville, Penn.

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Great Canes, Dorset, UK,saw a lot of interest in its col-lection of antique walkingsticks — many of which havebeen used in Hollywood pro-ductions, such as SherlockHolmes and a number ofAgatha Christie movies. Thedealer reported a great deal ofinterest from the public, withmore than 20 canes sold in thefirst day alone.“I have never seen such

attendance in my life,” saidAlan Granby of Hyland Gran-by Antiques. “Sales have beenbrisk and there have beenmore qualified people here atthis show in one day than I’veseen in five days at othershows.” Nautical figureheads,carvings, hardware and art-works were offered by theHyannis, Mass., dealer, includ-ing a splendid Ralph Cahoonoil on Masonite consisting oftwo panels and known as“Boston and the Tropics.”With an asking price of

$845,000, M.S. Rau Antiquessold a charming compositionby Norman Rockwell titled“Little Girl with Lipstick.”Rau also sold an Englishmahogany circular extensiondining table, designed andpatented by Robert Jupe, oneof only a handful known, thatwas marked $298,500.Spencer Marks sold more

than 15 important pieces ofsilver that ranged in date fromthe Eighteenth to the Twenti-eth Century, including a pairof George II English sterlingsilver double-lipped sauceboats, circa 1759, made byLondon silversmith ThomasHeming. The highlight of thedisplay was an iconic Gorhammasterpiece, the “Iceberg” icebowl and tongs that was madeto celebrate the 1867 purchaseof the Alaskan Territory fromRussia. A “visual metaphor ofice in the Polar Regions,” thehandles of the bowl are deco-rated with figural polar bears.The dealers commented that itis rare to find the bowl withthe tongs.William Cook, Wiltshire, UK,

sold a Regency mahoganybreakfront bookcase to a localPalm Beach couple. The book-case was made by Gillows,who reportedly supplied furni-ture to many of the finesthomes in England. Cook com-mented, “I was very pleased to

see old clients and to meetnew ones at this year’s show.As far as traffic goes, as anexhibitor, you couldn’t ask formore.”For additional information,

www.palmbeachshow.com or561-822-5440.

Furnishings by Vladimir Kagan, sculpture by Paul Manshipand lamps by Tiffany at Lillian Nassau, New York City.

Gallerie Peter Hardt, Radevormwald Germany

Works by Walter Palmer, Robert Swain Gifford and JohnWilliamson at Hawthorne Fine Art, New York City.

Kolendar Antiques, Hallandale, Fla.

Red Fox Fine Art, Alexandria, Va.

Dawn Hill Antiques, New Preston, Conn.

Questroyal Fine Art offered a wonderful selection of art-work with a Frank Benson watercolor, “The White Canoe,”right, attracting attention from the crowd. Displayedalongside it was Jasper Cropsey’s “Autumn Vista” andWilliam Hart’s “Rocky Coast at Sunset” from 1864.

“We were amazed by the quantity of pigments that wereleft after the cleaning,” commented Francois Lorin ofAsiantiques, Winter Park, Fla. The dealer commented thatthe burning of incense in temples often leaves the figureswith a dark brown staining. He stated that he had pur-chased the Fifteenth Century temple carving more than 15years ago, but it was being offered for the first time.

A Viktor Schreckengost “Jazz” bowl was atA.B. Levy Antiques & Fine Art, Palm Beach,Fla.

Huge Crowds AttendPalm Beach Fair

Early footed candlesticks in the booth of Eve Stone, Wood-bridge, Conn.

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ican sculptor Jim Rennert,which was the highlight of ourshow. Several clients of oursfrom Nantucket were in atten-dance, and we also met a lot ofgreat new clients.”“The show was the very best

show of my career,” said Debo-rah Wilson of Vendome, Inc,Montecito, Calif. “The clientelewere educated and there was ararified atmosphere that gaveeveryone a positive outlook.Every detail of the event wastaken care of — and that real-ly makes a difference for theexhibitors and the attendees.This show is, without a doubt,the best in the country.”Howard Rehs reported excel-

lent sales on opening day, sell-ing three paintings, includingEugene Boudin’s “Trouville, leport maree basse,” which wasstickered at $250,000.Michael Owen of Owen

Gallery, New York City, listeda Grandma Moses painting,“Quiet Day,” among his sales.Other paintings displayedincluded a Raphael Soyer oil,“Intimate Interior,” circa 1945,that was priced at $120,000and a John Marin watercolor,“Cape Split,” from 1939 thatwas marked $150,000.A.B. Levy Antiques & Fine

Arts, Palm Beach, welcomedclients from Holland who“loved the show as much asTEFAF Maastricht,” and pur-chased a Tiffany silver set.Other items of note from thedisplay included a ViktorSchreckengost “Jazz” punchbowl, circa 1931, that was dis-played on a Francois Linkesalon table. Linke furnishingsfilled the stylish booth, as dida large selection of paintingsand KPM plaques.Questroyal Fine Art, Green-

wich, Conn., offered a wonder-ful selection, with a FrankBenson watercolor, “The WhiteCanoe,” attracting attentionfrom the crowd. Displayedalongside it was JasperCropsey’s “Autumn Vista” andWilliam Hart’s “Rocky Coastat Sunset” from 1864.Carlson & Stevenson

Antiques and Art, Manchester,Vt., filled the walls of itsstand, and a couple of cases,with watercolors of all sizes.Listed among its sales was anentire collection of watercol-ors, 62 pieces, from 1890 called“High Society.”

S&J Stodel, London Jeff Bridgman, York County, Penn.

Russian imperial enameled pieces displayed by JohnAtzbach, Redmond, Wash.

Bruce Kodner Galleries, Lake Worth, Fla.

T.K. Asian, New York City

Thomas Colville, Guilford, Conn.

A selection of Audubon prints offered at Arader Gallery,New York City.

The monochromatic Frederic Remington ink and wash,left, was in stark contrast to Alfred Jacob Miller’s colorful“Portrait of an Indian Maiden” at Gerold Wunderlich & Co.,Ossining, N.Y.

The “Roma Shade,” left, and “Russian” Tiffany lampsflanked the Mathurin Moreau bronze “Libelleuse.”

Nula Thanhauser, East Hampton, N.Y.

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