Furniture
Art marketarchive
Ritzy auction prices for homespun objects: American Arts and Crafts design receives boost in popularity from Barbra Streisand
“At least thirty collectors are spending $200,000-500,000 a year at auction” on this branch of the decorative arts
Winter Antiques Showarchive
New York's Winter Antiques Show offers insight into the collecting trends, prices and the general health of the art market
The show will exhibit colonial and European furniture, girlhood embroidery, Native American pieces, and folk art
Art fairsarchive
A marked improvement at Grosvenor House and Olympia
Collectors from all over the world turned up with lots of money and confidence—and so did the British
Booksarchive
Furniture in the Palazzo Pitti, table tops take the palm
The second of the four volume series on the furniture of the Pitti Palace makes its debut
Museums & Heritagearchive
At last we have a serious decorative arts show: John Channon at the V&A,
The Victoria and Albert Museum may be getting back into its stride as the world's top decorative art museum if the exhibition is anything to go by.
Fakes & copiesarchive
Tajan sale flops when dealers stay away amid rumours and rulings of fakes
Rumours of fakes circulated