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San Francisco Antiques Show To Open With Derek Lam Preview Party

On October 27, San Francisco kicks off the 29th annual Fall Antiques Show with an opening night preview party hosted by Derek Lam. The show at Fort Mason Center is the oldest international antiques fair on the West Coast and runs October 28-31. Over 60 new and returning dealers will present thousands of decorative and fine art objects representing all styles and periods including American, English, Continental, and Asian furniture, silver, ceramics, glass, jewelry, rugs, textiles, paintings, prints, and photographs.

To celebrate this year's theme, Chinoiserie: Rococo to Eco, guests will be greeted by a two-story, gilded pagoda entrance created by architect Andrew Skurman. Maria Santangelo of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and historian Holland Lynch co- curate the special exhibition, which showcases furnishings, porcelain, lacquer, and fine arts presenting imaginative Western interpretations of Chinese artistic influences. The pieces in this display are on loan from the collections of Ann Getty, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, and others.

"Over the last three decades, The San Francisco Fall Antiques Show has emerged as one of the most prestigious art and antiques fairs in the United States," said Lisa Podos, Executive Director of the Show. "With our spectacular exhibitors, sponsors, chairs, and lecturers, as well as our exciting Chinoiserie theme, this year's Show will no doubt continue that tradition."

The fair benefits Enterprise for High School Students which has a mission of helping teens invest in their own futures and achieve their goals. Gala tickets start at $200. Show tickets are $15 and lecture tickets are $15 each. The complete lecture schedule is below.

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Masterpiece London Sees Strong Sales

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Filed under: Auctions

London's Masterpiece London Art Fair is running in London until June 29 and there have already been some impressive sales. On the first day Masterpiece Founding Partner, Harry Apter sold Apter-Fredericks' top masterpiece, a Carlton House Boulle-inlaid table originally designed for George, The Prince of Wales and The Prince Regent. It sold for over £500,000 within just an hour of the doors opening on Preview Day.

Bernard Shapero Rare Books sold 12 of their rare first edition maps during the first morning of Masterpiece and reported that Giorgio Armani and Mick Jagger amongst others stopped by to look. A rare John Adams Bowles's Map of England & Wales sold for a six figure sum.

Antique jewelry seller Sandra Cronan, whose jade junk brooch is shown at right, said that: "Masterpiece London is better than we could have possibly expected – it's like a phoenix rising from the ashes." The antiques show gathers objects from around the world with a total value of over £1 billion. Admission to the fair is £20.

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Masterpiece London, A Summer Spectacle Of Art And Antiques

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Last year we learned that London's 75-year-old Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair was no more. Antiques show Masterpiece Fair 2010 London provides a new place to appreciate art and antiques. The fair will take place at the former Chelsea Barracks from June 24-29 2010 and combines fine and decorative art with premium collectors' items. Joining the established founders of Mallett, Ronald Phillips, Apter-Fredericks and Asprey will be 113 exhibitors from around the world, including S.J. Phillips, Linley, Agnew's, Tomasso Brothers, Dickinson, Holland & Holland, Louis XIII and Andrew Bruce & Bordeaux Index.

London's Le Caprice will have a full restaurant on site. Fiskens will be exhibiting an Aston Martin DB4 GT and Coys is offering a £3 million 1932 Bugatti. Jewels and vintage watches, rare books as well as a wide selection of paintings will also be on display.

Thomas Woodham-Smith, Chairman of Masterpiece London, comments: "As June approaches, we are delighted to divulge some of the key highlights that will make Masterpiece London such an exciting and innovative event. Whether you are an established collector or just have an eye for the aesthetic, the Fair will offer an unrivalled array of pieces united by an excellence which lies at the very heart of Masterpiece London."

Check out some of the offerings after the jump.

[via Art Fix Daily]

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