Nautical Antiques
Ship Model that the Exhibitor had reconstructed from Pieces
Great Ideas for the Garden
More Ideas (and money)
Old Wood Carving Set
Close up of a George III table
Small Sampling of Art work
Ship made out of bone by French Prisoners during the Napoleonic Wars
Close up of another bone ship. Note the Amazing detail.
Jeanne sur la terrasse
Daniel Ridgway Knight
With permission of the Rehs Gallaries, Inc.
There is nothing like seeing the actual piece.
So I’ve
found another reason to hit PowerBall.
Yesterday
was dreary with off and on rain and a slight chill to the air. I had taken the
day off from work to do “things” around the house but the weather was in the
way of accomplishing anything. And being a guy, any excuse is a good excuse to
do something other than what I should be doing. So we headed down to the
Newport Antiques Show http://www.newportantiqueshow.com/).
Now, I have
to tell you, this is not your run of the mill antique show that is made up of a
few antiques with junk from somebody’s basement thrown in. It is all high end
furniture, artwork, jewelry and so on. And a checkbook would not be enough. I’m
not even sure a credit card would be enough. You’d have to have your personal
investment advisor in tow with a suitcase full of cash. But hey, we can dream.
And marvel. And laugh. Laugh because the money I had put in my wallet in case
there were any “finds” was staying right where it was. There wasn’t enough of
it.
But it was
fun and entertaining and the exhibitors were great taking the time to explain
the pieces and give us the history behind them. I felt like I was at The Very
Best of the Antiques Road Show Live. At one exhibit of artwork (http://www.hill-stone.com/) they had a
couple of engravings by Rembrandt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rembrandt)
listed around $110,000. Yes, those zeros are correct. The exhibitor took the
time to explain how works like that were an investment just like diamonds. I
cracked that I would need a bigger credit line. I didn’t get a smile in return.
But he was still a gentleman and took the time to explain all about the various
works that he had on display. He must have been practicing.
I don’t
think there was a single exhibit where I didn’t see something that I wanted to
buy. But the best was the Rehs Gallery Exhibit (http://www.rehs.com/
)where I “discovered” that I liked paintings by Daniel Ridgway Night (http://www.danielridgwayknight.org/),
Julien Dupre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julien_Dupr%C3%A9)
and Antoine Blanchard (http://www.antoineblanchard.org/)
. Of course all of them were out of my price range with one selling for around
$400,000.
And that’s
why I now have another reason to hit PowerBall.
Enjoy your
weekend.
