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Saturday, December 14, 2013

AVENUE Antiques Art & Design: BEST IN SHOW

reporter: Miguel Dominguez


On October 12th at the Armory on Park Avenue, four days after the grand opening of AVENUE Magazine's Antiques, Art , and Design show, a panel of five illustrious experts in the Decor industry had a discussion on the exhibited items they considered to be the best offerings of the show.

Panelists Ellie Cullman, Darren Heanult, Amanda Nisbet, and David Scott with moderator Susanna Salk standing

 Glen Leroux Antiques, Inc.  displayed simple, modern, exceedingly elegant furnishings.








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The museum quality offerings of Gary Rubenstein Antiques greatly impressed the panelists, two of them choosing several pieces for the Best of Show.























Piece after piece, regardless of medium, style, period, or provenance, Gary Rubenstein Antiques was the exhibitor that constantly set off my sense of covetousness














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Michael Borghi Fine Art dazzled viewers and tempted buyers with the kind of art one only gets to see at museums and the most prestigious auction houses.














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Phillip Colleck, Ltd. specializes mostly in eighteenth and early nineteenth century English Furniture and works of art.










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J. Lohmann Gallery specializes in 20th century and contemporary design and decorative arts with an emphasis on European designers and artistic movements.



























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Milord Antiques area of expertise is 18th, 19th and 20th century furniture and works of art ranging from classical pieces to unique and eclectic collectors' items and modernist designs.









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Holden Luntz Gallery exhibits vintage and contemporary American and European photographers. Henri Cartier-Bresson, Brassai, Harry Benson, Berenice Abbott, Irving Penn, Jacques Henri Lartigue, Julius Shulman, Duane Michels and Horst P. Horst are some of the great luminaries they showcase










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Yvel has won the Town & Country Couture Design Award for three years in a row in 2005, 2006 and 2007. Yvel has also won the retailer voted Centurion Best in Pearl Design Award for the last three years in a row in 2011, 2012 and 2013.


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The silver Fund is the largest dealer worldwide in estate Georg Jensen silver. In addition to Georg Jensen holloware, their inventory includes 20th century silver designed by Jean Puiforicat, William Spratling, Antonio Pineda and many other great 20th century designers.












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Sundial Antique Clocks










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Nelson & Nelson Antiques are silver and jewelry dealers. Their showcases are always filled with fine examples of late 19th Century and early 20th Century sterling silver, and there is also a large selection of bronze doré picture frames, cut crystal, beautiful enamels and Antique Victorian and Edwardian jewelry.


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Scandinavian Antiques & Living, Inc. specializes in Swedish and Danish furniture, arts from 18th and 19th century, and exceptional glass Items from Italy.












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Calderwood Gallery is a world-class resource for original French Art Deco (1910-1950) furniture. The gallery has a vast inventory that includes works by Ruhlmann, Arbus, Leleu, Dominique, Jallot, Dufrene, Follot, Subes, and their contemporaries.


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William Secord Gallery is all about Dog Art.


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Waterhouse & Dodd is a leading international art dealership with two galleries in both London and New York, and an office in Paris.



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