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WORLD-RENOWNED DEALERS SPARK STRONG SALES AND OUTSTANDING ATTENDANCE AT THE 8TH ANNUAL PALM BEACH JEWELRY, ART & ANTIQUE SHOW

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (February 25, 2011) — Tens of thousands of savvy collectors, industry experts and serious buyers flocked to the Palm Beach County Convention Center February 18-22 for the annual return of the Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show. With the collections of more than 180 world-renowned dealers on display, the show featured a broad spectrum of items available for purchase, including fine art, antique and estate jewelry, furniture, porcelain, Asian art, American and European silver, glass, textiles, sculpture, contemporary art and more, ranging from the antiquities to the 20th century. “We’ve done a considerable amount of business, said Graham Arader of Arader Galleries. “The show gave us a wonderful opportunity to visit all of our friends in South Florida.” Greg Kwiat, CEO of Fred Leighton also adds, “We were thrilled with the traffic and with the interest from attendees in jewelry. This was our first year at the Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show and we are very pleased and are looking forward to coming back for many years.” After only eight years, the Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show has quickly established itself as the most anticipated event of the season in South Florida both for dealers and collectors, and according to many participating dealers such Jeff Bridgeman of Jeff R. Bridgman American Antiques and Greg Pepin of Danish Silver, this was the best show they have ever had. “The combination of the high-caliber dealers that participate in our show year after year and the magnificent collections they present to our guests is what we attribute to our success,” said Scott Diament, chief operating officer of the Palm Beach Show Group. “This is a show that truly offers something for every type of collector and every type of price range.”

Notable guests at this year’s show included financier Henry Kravis, several members the art enthusiast Tisch family and TV personality Regis Philbin, who stated, “This show is very refreshing. It's laid out very nicely and the prices are right.” Antiques industry icon Ronald Bourgeault was also in attendance and commented,” “I’ve never seen such crowds at an antique show - the preview party was packed.” Also popular among guests was the show’s dynamic lecture series that featured speakers such as Gloria Lieberman, director of Skinner Inc.’s Fine Jewelry Department; Tom Gregersen, cultural director of the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens; Anthony Peter Senecal, historian at The Mar-a-Lago Club; and

Gordon Lewis, senior director and vice-president of The Fine Arts Conservancy. Also lecturing will be exhibiting dealers, including Janet Drucker of Drucker Antiques, Robert Lloyd of Robert Lloyd, Inc. and Elias Martin of Floating World Gallery. Important sales highlights of this year’s show include:

• With an asking price of $250,000, Hyland Granby Antiques sold a very rare, carved and gold-finished eagle, circa 1895. The eagle is signed on the reverse of the body with deep etched lettering “W Seward.” In addition, they sold a number of paintings, including a major American marine painting by James E. Buttersworth titled New York Yacht Club Race; a miniature wagon with folk art ads from a New York brewery, circa 1880; a fine scrimshaw whales tooth featuring a female pirate; and a second eagle – a larger-than-life-sized carved and gilded American eagle in profile. Referring to the large eagle, Alan Granby said, “I could have sold it three times – I wish I had three of them.”

• Arader Galleries sold several Audubon prints of birds, Gould prints of hummingbirds and Thornton prints of flowers.

• Macklowe Gallery sold a significant collection of Art Nouveau jewelry to one collector.

• Tom Veilleux Gallery sold two important works of art on opening night, including a Jamie Wyeth watercolor on paper titled Cushing Saw with an asking price of $110,000. A local Palm Beach collector purchased the painting, which will be exhibited in The Brandywine museum’s Jamie Wyeth show in June. “Sales are great – I will definitely be back next year and I will be expanding my booth,” said Tom Veilleux.

• Hancocks sold a beautiful anemone spray brooch by Rene Lalique, Art Nouveau, circa 1900.

• Robert Lloyd sold an important silver tray by Ben Smith, London, circa 1822 and a rare gold-mounted shell snuff bottle, English, circa 1750.

• Jim Alterman of Ashley John Gallery sold a seven-figure Edward Redfield painting to a new collector that he met at the show. “I met several types of sophisticated collectors at the show who proved that the overall feeling among collectors was that it is OK to buy again,” said Alterman. With an asking price of $195,000, Ashley John Gallery also sold a Daniel Garber painting titled The Cottage, Cuttalossa, circa 1920.

• Gavin Spanierman sold an Ernest Lawson painting titled In the Norfolk Hills, oil on canvas, 25 x 30 inches, signed lower left.

• Camilla Dietz Bergeron sold several important pieces of jewelry, among which include a Van Cleef & Arpels invisibly set sapphire and diamond broach, a pair of Verdura earrings and a Verdura broach, a pair of Aldo Cipullo earrings, a Buccellati

A very rare carved and gold-finished eagle, circa 1895, sold by Hyland Granby Antiques

Jamie Wyeth watercolor on paper titled Cushing Saw sold by Tom Veilleux Gallery

Anemone spray brooch by Rene Lalique sold by Hancocks

sapphire and diamond cuff and a beautiful pair of antique diamond drop earrings.

• Charles Edwin Puckett sold several antiquities, including a terracotta pitcher in the shape of a ram from the Holy land, circa 1500 BC from the collection of Moshe Dayan, and a large terracotta head of a goddess, Etruscan, circa 350 BC.

• A.B. Levy Palm Beach sold a Chinese ivory carving of a Buddha from the turn of the century.

• Sallea Antiques sold an Anglo-Indian tea caddy with beautiful mosaic work.

• Drucker Antiques sold several wonderful table accessories, including a Georg Jensen sterling silver mustard pot top no. 815C and spoon in the Cactus pattern with blue and white porcelain by Bing & Grondahl pot. Additionally, they sold a Georg Jensen & Saxbo marmalade pot no. 4051A.

• French Country UK sold several pieces, including a French 17th-century stone lion with a regal crown from a chateau in Burgundy, circa 1695, and a French 18th-century papier peint

chinoiserie screen depicting the story of Theses and Ariadne, circa 1760.

• Lillian Nassau sold a dramatic Albert Paley hand-forged steel stand.

• Papillon Gallery sold a beautiful Art Nouveau painting by Leon Comerre titled Etude du Visage Feminin to a collector from Australia.

• McColl Fine Art sold several paintings, among which was a Jose Weiss painting titled Les lavandières, French, circa 1900.

• With an asking price of $165,000, Michael Borghi Fine Art sold a Hans Hofmann painting titled Blue Symphony to a

local collector and also sold a Norman Bluhm painting, Untitled, 1957, watercolor on paper, 22 x 30 inches.

• Carlson & Stevenson Antiques sold an entire series of original art work from the childrens book, the Great Adventures of Winky and Rusty, American, circa the 1930s. The series includes 28 framed watercolors. In addition, they sold two extremely rare original watercolor spider web valentines, one is German in origin, circa 1801 and the second is American in origin, circa 1835.

• Dean Borghi Fine Art sold a Hans Hofmann painting, Untitled, double sided, circa 1940.

• J.R. Richards sold a Shen Jingdong painting titled Navy, 2008, oil on canvas, 47" X 39."

• Two paintings by Christiaan Lieverse, Celedon III and Tokyo, were sold by Villa Del Arte Galleries.

Georg Jensen sterling silver mustard pot top no. 815C and spoon in the Cactus pattern sold by Drucker

Antiques

Michael Borghi Fine Art sold a Hans Hofmann painting titled Blue Symphony

A very rare French carriage clock sold by Larry Dalton

• Larry Dalton sold a very rare French carriage clock with hand-painted porcelain panels, circa 1885. The clock is an hour repeater with an alarm and a gold-plated case.

• Lynda Willauer Antiques sold a beautiful set of Georgian mahogany Chippendale chairs circa 1760, some Chinese export porcelain, a Swedish landscape painting and a pair of Staffordshire spaniels.

• Vendome Inc. had an excellent show, selling several important pieces, including a David Webb dragon cuff, a fancy intense 4.26 carat radiant-cut yellow diamond ring, a large pair of Art Deco emerald and diamond earrings, a pair of Schepps coral cufflinks and an 18k gold Gucci bracelet.

• Pierre/Famille sold a set of very important diamond and opal cufflinks, circa 1910, that had an asking price of $25,000.

• Jeff R. Bridgman American Antiques sold the best historical flag that they have ever sold – an extremely rare and important flag of General Philip Henry Sheridan, circa 1862. In addition, they sold two great civil war flags, a wonderfully carved eagle dating to the last quarter of the 19th century that came out of a federal courthouse in Columbus, Ohio, and a pair of beaded, doe-skin American Indian-made moccasins with a circular American flag decoration, circa 1880.

• Cavalier Galleries sold a Peregrine Heathcote painting titled Moving On that was done especially for this show. “It's been a great show for us,” said Ron Cavalier.

• Santos sold several Chinese monochrome imperial pieces.

• Dawn Hill Antiques sold an exceptional pair of Swedish Rococo period armchairs with traces of blue paint and intricate carving on the back of the apron and legs, circa 1750.

• Lion Heart Autographs sold a William Penn land grant for property in Pennsylvania, circa 1685, and a Mark Twain signed photograph, circa 1889.

• McCarty Gallery sold a number of paintings, including a Chinese painting by Deng Jianjin titled Portrait of a Young Woman in Landscape.

• Whitley Collection sold a pair of Zeiss German binoculars from World War II. Zeiss is considered the ultimate makers

of optical instruments.

Diamond and opal cufflinks, circa 1910, sold by Pierre/Famille

An extremely rare and important flag of General Philip Henry Sheridan, circa 1862, sold

by Jeff R. Bridgman American Antiques

A pair of Swedish Rococo period armchairs sold by Dawn Hill

• Valerio Antiques sold a solid mahogany-framed buffet veneered in Makassar Ebony with details in nickel-plated metal and a Portoro marble top by Maurice Rinck, made in France, circa 1930.

• Schneible Fine Art sold many works of art, including a Chinese Burlwood Root chair- the finest example to come out of the Fujian workshops over the past 25 years.

• Johanna Antiques sold a charming coastal scene of Menemsha by Rockport artist Paul Strisik.

• Potterton Books sold one of the best books they had at the show, The Florida Architecture of Addison Mizner.

• Cara Antiques sold several fine pieces of French Palissy, two excellent pieces of Belgian Boch Freres Keramis and two pieces of Dutch Gouda.

• Earle Vandekar of Knightsbridge had several major sales during the show, including a set of fourteen 18th-century hand-colored engravings of botanicals completed by Georg Dionysius Ehret with the original hand coloring from Phytanthoza Iconographia, published by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann, Regensburg, circa 1740. Johann Wilhelm Weinmann's' Phytanthoza was the first botanical book to utilize successfully color printed mezzotints for its illustrations of plants, fruits, flowers, trees and shrubs. Other items which were sold by Earle Vandekar of Knightsbridge include a number of important pieces of Chinese export porcelain - a pair of Chinese export Famille Rose sauce boats, circa 1765 and Chinese watercolors on pith paper from the 19th century. In addition, they sold a sailors' woolwork of a royal Navy ship approaching land, circa 1870 and a large Chinese oil painting of a Chinese family group on a veranda, from the late 18th-early 19th century.

Additional comments about the show from exhibitors include:

• “Crowds have been great,” said Bill Rau of M.S. Rau Antiques. “We’ve been as busy as we can be and sold a selection of art, silver and jewelry to collectors from around the world.”

• “It was an amazing show,” said Gus Davis of Camilla Dietz Bergeron. “Last year was really great and this year was even better than last year.”

• William Cook of William Cook Antiques adds, “I am very pleased that this year I again sold to regular clients and made a several new ones.”

A pair of Chinese export Famille Rose sauce boats, circa 1765, sold by Earle Vandekar of Knightsbridge

• Howard Godel of Godel & Co. Fine Art also commented, “I’ve seen tremendous crowds and high interest level.”

• “The show was as brisk and as filled with people as we are accustomed to,” said Alan Granby of Hyland Granby Antiques. “Dealers never got a chance to sit down, and the quality and sophistication of the clientele was more than ever. I met clients from 20 different states.”

• “Great people, great turnout, great sales,” said Mark Hachem of Galerie Vivendi, who sold several pieces at the show, including a large Ruth Block bronze sculpture.

• “There was a very engaging crowd and I made many new clients,” said Edward Faber of Aaron Faber.

• “This has been our strongest start in the past three years,” adds Tony Haynes of Haynes Fine Art of Broadway. “Confidence has clearly returned.”

• Simon Teakle, Director of Estate Jewelry for Betteridge, also commented, “We’ve had a very successful show.”

• “We had an amazing show – better than amazing – a blockbuster show,” commented Steven Dori Shin of Christopher English Fine Antiques. “We sold several pieces to an interior designer from Miami - two 19th-century wooden, hand-painted plant stands and two taxidermy peacocks to sit on top. “

• “I’ve never been in a show where the attendance has been so good,” said Mark McCarty of McCarty Gallery.

• “We’ve never missed a show,” said Sherry Sheaf of Sherry Sheaf & Company. “The attendees understand fine jewelry and, consequently, keep raising the bar on quality product and detailed service. For this reason we’ve branded our exhibit exclusively with VHERNIER, the hottest contemporary Italian jewelry designer.” Annamaria Castracane, managing director of VHERNIER USA adds, “The booth has generated an infectious vibe among show goers. Our showroom-style layout and avant-garde collection has drawn people in by the masses. We look forward to the final outcome.”

• James Butterworth of Antique American Wicker also commented, “We’re having a wonderful show. It’s been wall-to-wall people, and like every other year, we’ve done well. This is our favorite show.”

• “We are certainly into six figures and still have some nice large deals pending,” adds Howard Brassner of Art Link International.

• “Another stunning, spectacular success from the Palm Beach Show Group,” said David Simons of Percy’s Silver.

• “I’ve seen serious collectors at the show,” said Phil Tyler of Sallea Antiques. “Many are regulars and are making significant purchases.”

• “We had a wonderful experience at the show and far exceeded our sales expectations,” said Rafaela Amini of Gioia Jewelry. “We reconnected with many past clients and met many new ones. The enthusiasm of the attendees was thrilling and it was a perfect collection of dealers. This show has restored our confidence in the luxury market.”

Next year’s Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show will be held Presidents’ Day weekend, February 17-21, 2012, at the Palm Beach County Convention Center. For more information, please contact Chrissy Lambert, director of public relations, at 561.822.5440 or chrissy@palmbeachshow.com, or visit www.palmbeachshow.com.

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