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28-E Maine Antique Digest, March 2017
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Greenwich, Connecticut
The 2016 Greenwich Winter Antiques Show
by Julie Schlenger Adell
With its stone walls, front doors, store
fronts, and barns lavishly decorated
for the holidays, Greenwich,
Connecticut, in December is an ideal place
to hold an antiques show. Covering 50 square
miles that reach from the Long Island Sound
to the backcountry properties with multiple
acreage, the town embraces the holidays with vigor. Antiquarius, a series of events
held to benefit the Greenwich Historical Society, is the highlight of the holiday season.
The Greenwich Winter Antiques Show, managed by Frank Gaglio’s Barn Star
Productions, is one such event. The show opened on Friday evening, December 2, 2016,
and ran through Sunday, December 4. The show’s 41 exhibitors offered decorative
arts, garden furniture, fine and folk art, jewelry, and vintage clothing and accessories.
Appraisals were given by appointment on Saturday by representatives from Doyle, the
New York City-based auction house.
As is usually the case, the opening night preview party was well attended and festive.
Traffic was somewhat steady over the weekend, but dealers could be seen talking
shop with one another while waiting for prospective customers. The holidays can be a
challenging time for shows.
However, sales were made, and most dealers said they were glad to be a part of the
event. For many it is the exposure to prospective buyers that matters.
For show producer Gaglio, whose other events include two shows at Rhinebeck,
New York, Midweek in Manchester, New Hampshire, and Antiques in the Churchyard,
South Salem, New York, “Working with the exceptional antiques professionals who
exhibit in the show” is top on his list of what he loves about this show, he explained in
the Antiquarius journal. When asked to give advice to new collectors, Gaglio replied,
“I also suggest they find a field of interest that is fascinating and immerse themselves
in learning more about it, which builds collectors and connoisseurship.”
Besides the antiques show, other Antiquarius events included a holiday boutique at
the Greenwich Country Club and a holiday house tour and luncheon.
The captions illustrate some of the offerings from the show. Further information is
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The opening night
preview party was well
attended and festive.
Neverbird Antiques, Surry, Virginia, asked $3250 for this pair of portraits, 30" x 25",
of Archibald and Elenore Lenox of Salem, Massachusetts, circa 1830. The subjects are
identified on the backs of the paintings.
This reverse painting on glass by Alix Ayme (1894-1989) was available from Fletcher/
Copenhaver Fine Art, Fredericksburg, Virginia. Red Tulips, 18" x 22", signed, in
a handcrafted frame from R.G. Les Cadres Gault, Paris, was priced at $28,000. A
catalogue raisonné of the artist’s works is being prepared by Pascal Lacombe and
Joel Lafayette Fletcher.
From Here to Antiquity, Cheshire, Connecticut, asked $2200 for this oil painting,
Rocks and Gulls ( Mt. Desert Island), 1866, by Andrew W. Warren (1823/24-1873).
This trio of toy drums was available from Jeff R. Bridgman of York County,
Pennsylvania. From the left, a drum patented in 1897 with an embossed wood ring and
a gold tin shell with embossed and enameled flags was tagged $1750; a hand-painted
and lithographed toy drum from 1876, the American centennial, was $2500; and one by
Converse, Winchendon, Massachusetts, 1890-1900, decorated with three oval medallions
and two flags, was tagged $1650.
Catering was provided by Franklin Street Works Café, Stamford, Connecticut, and
Sweet Pistachio, a New York City patisserie.