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front of the show seem like theygo on for miles, and it can takeupward of a half-hour to casual-ly mosey down one row.A well-managed event,dealersseemed very pleased rightfrom load-in to packout. Manyreported doing a great deal ofbusiness, and numerous peoplecommented within an hour ofopening that the show wasalready highly successful forthem.The Baltimore show was well

organized, and despite theeconomy, well attended, saidMatt Kendall of The KendallCollection. I have come toexpect an upscale setting,readyassistance and qualified leadsfrom the Palm Beach ShowGroup and they did not dis-appoint.Not only was retail business

booming at the show,but tradebusiness was thriving as well.Jim Alterman of Jims of Lam-bertville purchased an entirebooth of important sculpture,including two Auguste Rodinpieces, Suzon and Tete deMuse Tragique,an Emile Gau-guin sculpture, MarquisianMan, and an extremely rareLeo Laporte-Blairsy Art Nou- veau lamp, Les Paons, thatwas first exhibited at the 1901Societe des Artistes Franais.Management would only

release an attendance figurethat quantified the gate attens of thousands, which isnot a figure that is hard tobelieve. The wide and longaisles were crowded from thefront of the show to the back and even off to the side wherehundreds of additional dealers

were displaying everythingfrom midcentury furniture tocontemporary art.Managementalso boasted that the hugecrowd comprised knowledge-able collectors and respecteddealers from around the worldwho traveled from as far asDubai, Brussels and Beijing.

Connecticut silver and finearts dealer Martin Chasin,Martin Chasin Fine Arts, said,There was a really wonderfulmix of dealers at the show andthe best clients that Ive everhad came through this year.

Chasin reported sales of asterling silver hand engravedteapot, London, circa 1799, bySolomon Hougham, ovoid inshape with a carved finial andebony handle. Also sold was apair of sterling silver servingdishes made in Sheffield, Eng-land, in 1838.

There were certainly somehigh priced ticket items at theshow, with paintings by Nor-man Rockwell and monumentalrock fossils seen on the floor.Atleast one seven-figure item wasreported sold, an extremelyrare ancient Chinese gold ves-sel with turquoise and garnetinlay from around the ThirdCentury.The vessel, reportedlyfrom the royal workshop, hadan asking price of $1.3 millionand was sold by TK AsianAntiquities.

The selection, quality andattendance gets better everyyear,said TK Asian proprietorMichael Teller. The averagebuying point was higher thanlast year,and I met new clientsfrom London.

New York City paintings deal-

er Rehs presented an impres-sive display with a stunningMontague Dawson oil on can-vas,Deep Waters The Abra-ham Rydberg at the forefrontof the booth. Priced at$105,000, it was attractingattention from numerousclients. Eugene Boudins Bor-deaux,bateaux sur la Garonnewas offered at $165,000, and aLouis Aston Knight oil, Cot-tage Garden was marked$45,000.Black Forest pieces were pop-

ular in the booth of Denverdealers Martin Kaye and Bill Yellen. A monumental carvedeagle was quick seller from thebooth, as it was whisked awaymoments after the show opened

BALTIMORE, MD. Excit-ing, extensive and exhaustive,the 30th Annual BaltimoreSummer Antiques Show, now inits fifth year under the man-agement of The Palm BeachGroup,i s also a comprehensive,quality-driven event that con-tinues to attract a huge audi-ence of serious-minded collec-tors.Leave your heels and dress

shoes at the door; runningshoes are a must for a show thesize of Baltimore, reportedly

the largest indoor antiquesshow in the country.More than500 dealers take part in thisevent, September 2 through 5,which covers an expansive areaalmost 125,000 square feet insize. There are shows withinthe show as well,including anantiquarian book fair that hasbeen encompassed into theevent.An impressive event,the showoffers up a little bit of every-thing, as well as a lot of somestuff. A ladies dream come

true, aisle after aisle glimmerswith diamonds and jewels byDavid Webb, Cartier, Chaneland Tiffany, along with selectcostume jewelry.While many ofthe men try to cruise right pastthese hot spots,they, too,oftentimes find themselves drawn inwith a vast selection of vintagewatches and timepieces by thelikes of Rolex, Breitling andPatek Philippe.Reminiscent of the megafairs

of days past, the show is huge.Some of the long aisles in the

Robert Lloyd Inc,New York City

Acanthus Antiques,Kensington, Md.

Rehs Galleries,New York City

Martin Kaye/Bill Yellen LLC,Denver

Il Segno Del Tempo,Milan, Italy

Katherine Houston Porcelain,Boston

Nula Thanhauser, East Hampton,N.Y.

Gemini Antiques,Lebanon, N.J.

William Cook,Wiltshire, UK

M.S.Rau Antiques LLC,New Orleans

Charles L.Washburne,Solebury,Penn.

James Infante Antiques,Jersey City,N.J.

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David S. Smith, Managing Editor

Ed Weissman Antiquarian, Portsmouth,N.H.

Tens of Thousands AttendBaltimore Summer Show

LR Antiques,HoustonPost Road Gallery,Larchmont,N.Y.

Spencer Gordon of Spencer Marks, WestHampton,Mass.

Ophir Gallery Inc, Englewood,N.J.Malcolm Magruder, Mill-wood,Va.

Jack Pap Antiques,West Simsbury,Conn.

Proctor,New York City

Drucker Antiques,Inc, Mount Kisco, N.Y.

Art Link International,Lake Worth, Texas

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Liberty Brown footed presenta-tion bowl, circa 1800, and an Andrew Warner chalice, circa1810. Another highlight at thestand was a large cann by New York City maker SimeonSoumaine, circa 1730, that thedealer termed one of the finestNew York tankards in exis-tence. Sales at Robert Lloydwere led by a large pair of ster-

ling silver candlesticks made inLondon in 1764 with themakers mark,NH.Spencer Marks sold a very

important sterling silver ArtNouveau coffee and tea set byOrivit, a significant Germanmetalware firm that only madesilver for a few years between1901 and 1904.The dealer com-mented that there is an identi-cal example of the service in thecollection of the Rijksmuseum.Carlson & Stevenson Antiques

and Art sold an album done in1877 in Rome showing illumi-nated manuscript skills andforms, and a set of five lateNineteenth/early TwentiethCentury carved wooden pup-pets. In addition, the dealerreceived interest from an aca-demic institution in some of itsNineteenth Century hand-donecopy books.Janet Drucker, Drucker

Antiques, sold the first sugarmuffineer ever made by GeorgJensen.The unique,hand-ham-mered sterling silver muffineerwas decorated with a poppymotif raised from the inside.Among the other items on dis-play at the stand was a stellarselection of Jensen jewelry,including pieces designed by

Torun and Kopel.Wo od bu ry, C on n. , d ea le r

David Brooker Fine Art report-ed the sale of 14 paintings, allgoing to new clients.The dealersaid marine paintings wereamong the more popular itemsthat he displayed. A good selection of marinepaintings and nautical itemswere also of interest at Port N

Starboard.A William Stubbs oilof the Schooner JonathonBourne was displayed along-side a handsome patriotic eagleplaque attributed to Pennsylva-nia maker George Stapf.In addition, many attendees

also enjoyed the shows compli-mentary lecture series. Wellattended, they included talksby Grant Walker, educationspecialist at the United StatesNaval Academy Museum, and

Robert Mintz,associate curatorof Asian art at The Walters ArtMuseum. Other lectures werepresented by Janet Drucker ofDrucker Antiques;Robert Lloydof Robert Lloyd, Inc; TimothyStevenson of Carlson & Steven-son Antiques and Art; Jacque-line Smelkinson and MarciaMoylan of Moylan-Smelkin-son/The Spare Room;and John

Forster of Barometer Fair.The dates for Baltimore will be

changed for next year, movingforward one week to August2528, as a Grand Prix race willbe conducted in the streets ofdowntown Baltimore over LaborDay weekend in 2011.For infor-mation about the show,or upcom-ing events managed by The PalmBeach Show Group, 561-822-5440 or www.baltimoresummer-antiques.com.

to the public.Bev and Doug Norwood, The

Norwoods Spirit of America,were pleased with the results ofthe show, with many of theircustomers making the trip toBaltimore on Thursday, andthen heading West to York,

Penn., where the Norwoodswere exhibiting at anothershow that opened there the fol-lowing day.The dealers offereda good selection of Americana,including a rooster weather-vane and a host of smalls high-lighted by several watercolorsand a theorem.

Jewelry highlights includednumerous sales at CamillaDietz Bergeron Ltd, with thedealer selling a pair of VanCleef & Arpels diamond andplatinum earrings, circa 1965;an Art Deco Raymond Yardplatinum and diamondbracelet; and a pair of DavidWebb enamel earrings from the1970s, among numerous otheritems.

John Orban Antiques andFine Art sold a rare and impor-tant pair of George III terrestri-al and celestial globes by Johnand William Cary of Londoncirca 1839 and 1818, eachmeasuring 15 inches in diame-ter, that were stickered at$85,000.

I call this our Ode to Ladies,stated a representative fromM.S . Rau Antiques, wherenumerous high-end sales weremade. The display was toppedby an alluring Gil Elvgren

pinup girl oil on canvas depict-ing a puzzled, yet seductive,brunette clad in stockings anda bustier with a blonde wig inone hand and a redhead wig inthe other.The lower portion ofthe display was a Louis Vuittonsteamer trunk in pristine con-

dition, displayed in an openposition to show off the intactcompartmentalized interior.Sales at M.S. Rau included animportant piece of marked PaulRevere silver,three of the manypaintings on view,an 8.9-caratemerald-cut diamond ring, aNineteenth Century Frenchsurgeons kit, several Russianpieces and a giant carriageclock.Best crowds ever, said Bill

Rau of M.S.Rau Antiques.In addition to the usual

assortment of toys and mechan-ical and still banks offered byGemini Antiques, the dealerdisplayed an interesting assort-ment of folk art, including arare rooster-form target from ashooting gallery and an unusu-al folk painting of a Civil Warprison in Anderson, Ga., thatwas opened by the Union Armyto hold Southern prisoners ofwar.Significant sales were report-

ed by many of the dealers,withRobert Lloyd and SpencerMarks both coming away fromthe show with impressiveresults. Silver dealer RobertLloyd was a popular spot, withnumerous local Baltimoreitems displayed, including a

Michael Pashby Antiques,New York City

T.K.Asian Antiques Inc, New York City

John Orban Antiques & Fine Art, Cadiz,OhioStevens Antiques,Frazer,Penn.

Mark J. Weinbaum Vintage Posters, NewYork City

McCarty Gallery,Philadelphia

Port N Starboard Gallery, Falmouth, Maine

Kolender Antiques,Uruguay

Vallin Galleries,Wilton, Conn.

Antique Arms & Armor,Ne w York City

Ted Runge from A.E. Runge Jr. OrientalRugs,Yarmouth,Maine.

Douglas W.Morse, Pasadena,Calif.

Butler & Butler,Sarasota, Fla.

The Norwoods Spirit of America, Timonium, Md.

Imperial Oriental Art,New York City

Deco 2 Mid Century Furniture , Bernville,Penn.

Toulouse Antique Gallery, Los Angeles

Leonard Davenport,Bridgehampton,N.Y.

Erik Thomsen Asian Art, New York City

Steve Newman, Boca Raton, Fla.

Baltimore Summer Show

G. Sergeant Antiques,Woodbury,Conn.