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Category: Collectors and Collections
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Millennials Embrace Bicentennial Style
For a growing number of designers, dealers and collectors in their thirties, American antiques are hot.
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A New Jewelry Fair Is Scheduled in 2024
The organizer of ArtVendôme says a lack of shows that are open to the public prompted him to plan the event in Paris.
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Want to Buy This Painting? First, You’ll Have to Audition.
A younger, more diverse generation of artists are demanding a greater say in which collectors end up with their work.
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Put a Louvre Masterpiece on Your Wrist
A buyer gets to choose an artwork from the museum’s collection for Vacheron Constantin to recreate on a watch dial. Just not the ‘Mona Lisa.’
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The Complicated Estates of Obsessive Collectors
When collectors die, their families face a lot of decisions, including what to do with a hundred Superman figurines.
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Form Watches Can Be Fruit, Fauna or Almost Anything at All
The industry term for such fanciful timepieces is form watches, and their origin story stretches back at least 500 years.
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One Collector Won’t Have to Keep His Watch in a Drawer
An Irish artisan is creating a walnut box, veneered with centuries-old bog oak, for a watchmaker’s client.
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At Auction, American Cars Are Often Not Valued as Highly as their European Counterparts
Call it a lack of panache or sportiness, but U.S.-built autos don’t bring in the biggest money.
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Artist Jason McDonald on Making Glassware With Solange Knowles and Saint Heron
Jason McDonald became a glassblower knowing that throughout history, there’s little to no record of Black glassblowers. He’d like to change that.
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Mixed Business at an Anxious Art Basel
Dealers were hoping to send positive signals in the face of a possible downturn, but the Swiss fair’s bustle didn’t always translate into sales.