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Artist Joe Burns On View at The MAAC

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE… ARTIST JOE BURNS EXHIBITS AT THE MANHATTAN ART & ANTIQUES CENTER The Manhattan Art & Antiques Center features the work of artist, Joe Burns in Gallery #30 now through October 30th. The solo show by the New York City artist includes large hyper-realistic oil on canvas triptych and diptych paintings. Each of […]

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Kaminski Auctions to Offer Sale of "The Oprah Winfrey Collection"

Just released on PRWeb.com, Kaminski Auctions, whose New York location is in Gallery #28 of The Manhattan Art & Antiques Center, offers a sale of Oprah Winfrey’s personal and home items. Beverly, MA (PRWEB) October 09, 2013 On Saturday, November 2nd, Kaminski Auctions will bring to the podium items from the collection of Oprah Winfrey […]

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October 2013 Manhattan Art & Antiques Center Highlights of the Month

Columbus Day, one of the biggest shopping days of the year, is around the corner. Come see what the Center has to offer at 1050 Second Avenue at 56th Street, New York, NY 10022. Don’t forget to check out the evocative exhibition by artist, Joe Burns, in Gallery #30 while you’re here. You can see […]

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Hermes Silk Scarves: From Horses to High Fashion

As evidenced by the changing leaves and chill in the air, fall weather is upon us and with it, fall fashion. The reigning maker of that staple of cool weather, the scarf, is indisputably Hermes. However, as fashion historian, Polly Guerin reports, Hermes didn’t always make signature luxury goods. When the Parisian company was founded […]

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October Exhibition at the MAAC: Joe Burns Paints Inner Reality

Artist, Joe Burns, who has previously exhibited at the prestigious National Arts Club, will be showing his work at the Manhattan Art & Antiques Center through the month of October. In Burns’ rich, moody work, thoughtful subjects are lost in their inner realities, confronting life’s big questions. In the provocative “Finding a Boy,” Burns depicts […]

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Heaven's Blessings: September Gemstone Spotlight On The Sapphire

Pin, fashioned as a floral spray, multi-colored sapphires and 18KT gold, American, circa 1980; Clifford Baron Gallery. September’s birthstone, the sapphire has long represented purity of the soul. In the Middle Ages, the clergy wore sapphires to symobolize heaven and to protect against temptations, and commoners believed it to attract heavenly blessings. Among its roots, […]

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Charles Frodsham, Clockmaster

The elegant eight day chronometer mantle clock above is the work of renowned English clockmaker, Charles Frodsham (1810-1871). At the tender age of twenty, Frodsham distinguished himself by submitting one of his first marine chronometers to the Premium trials at Greenwich Observatory. Soon after, he was made fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. Spurred by […]

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Epoch of Inspirational Design: Exhibition and Sale at Flying Cranes Antiques

Flying Cranes Antiques, Ltd., at The Manhattan Art & Antiques Center, 1050 Second Ave. in New York City, will present “19th Century Japan, Epoch of Inspirational Design”, an exhibition and sale of approximately 60 works of art by late Edo and Meiji Period Japanese masters. The exhibition opens on Monday, September 16 during Asia week […]

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The Manhattan Art & Antiques Center Highlights of the Month September 2013

This month, we celebrate the Jewish High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, and prepare for the holiday season to come. We hope you all had an excellent Labor Day weekend and “Shanah Tovah” to all those who celebrated the Jewish New Year yesterday!

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Chinese Export Armorial Plate

Chinese export porcelains are as widely sought by discerning collectors today as they were at their introduction. Brought to Europe as early as the fourteenth century, Chinese porcelains were considered rare objects of immense value and were often mounted in gilt silver. The establishment of commercial trade routes to Asia in the early sixteenth century […]

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