The Manhattan Art & Antiques Center is proud to welcome new gallery, The Antique Toy Shop, a time capsule to childhood memories from 1880 to the 1970s. The gallery offers rare and unique antique toys in original condition, mostly with their original boxes. A veritable Santa’s treasure bag of classic toys: cars, planes, motorcycles, robots, […]
Vanessa Yurkevich of CNN Money reports, “Meet the world’s No.1 dealer in Guinness art,” Manhattan Art & Antiques Center dealer, Robert Lloyd. See original prints from his collection HERE. [Robert Lloyd/Gallery 63 – 212.750.8752/rlloydinc@aol.com] Robert Lloyd, a New York antique dealer, holds an unusual distinction: He is the world’s largest dealer of Guinness advertising art. […]
This year marks the 250th anniversary of Baccarat, the undisputed paramount crystalworks in the world. Founded in 1734 in the town of Baccarat, Lorrainne with the permission of Louis XV of France, the Baccarat company began its illustrious reign as glassmakers to royalty. In 1823, Baccarat received its first royal commission, which was followed by […]
1. A fine Antique Russian ikat jacket in natural silk, geometric motif with beaded trim. Silk and cotton lining, Uzbekistan, Russia, 1890. [Alexander’s Antiques: Gallery 43/212.935.9386] It’s Textile Tuesday in the online art world. We’re celebrating with 10 exemplary antique textiles and tapestries recently added to our website. Textiles, which are defined as “yarns woven […]
Oh, to be in love, and with yourself, no less. This exquisite 18th century porcelain figurine by the preeminent Meissen porcelain modelleur, Johann Joachim Kändler (1707-1775) depicts a member of a commedia dell’arte comedy troupe in the guise of an innamorata, a character in love with another character, as well as himself. Begun in 16th […]
Every time you come across a sublime 19th century animal sculpture, you’re looking at a work that owes a debt to French sculptor Pierre Jules Mène (1810-1879). Considered the “pioneer of animal sculpture” in his time, Mène belonged to the elite school of French animalières that included Pierre Louis Rouillard, Antoine-Louis Barye, and his son-in-law […]
Industry mainstay, the Pier Antique Show is going digital this year. Show producer, U.S. Antique Shows, the world’s largest producer of indoor antique shows, has partnered with The High Boy, a new, curated online marketplace for antiques, fine art and 20th century design, for the fall 2014 Pier Show, November 22-23 at Pier 94. You […]
Original casting of Rodin’s “Head of Bibi” – signed Rodin, France, early 20th century c. 1903-04. Alskom Art Gallery (Gallery 30/646.319.6889) On this day, November 12, in 1840, the father of modern sculpture, Auguste Rodin (d. 1917) was born. Classically trained, Rodin didn’t set out to buck sculpture tradition but so he did through realist […]
Tonight is Halloween, an evening seemingly reserved for drunken debauchery. Yet, like many light-hearted cultural rituals, Hallowe’en, or All Hallows’ Eve, has somber roots. Actually a contraction of the term “hallowed evening,” Halloween likely originated in the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (“summer’s end”), held around October 31 at the end of the harvest season […]
Today marks the first full day of the seven-day Jewish holiday of Sukkot, which began at sundown yesterday. For those unfamiliar with the holiday, Sukkot, or the Feast of Tabernacles, is an agricultural holiday that commemorates the Book of Exodus story in which the Israelites leave Egypt and travel in the desert for 40 years […]