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Naples, Florida Gets New Art Fair

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Each year we mention Naples, Florida for its annual luxury wine festival but the tony warm weather enclave will have a new annual event to draw the rich, the first Naples Premier Art and Antique Fair, which takes place from Feb. 24 to March 1 at the Naples International Pavilion. The event is being put on by David and Lee Ann Lester, founders of International Fine Art Expositions which also organizes the Miami International Art Fair, Art Palm Beach, American International Fine Art Fair, The London International Fine Art Fair and SeaFair – the floating art fair.

The new fair brings over 60 art, antique, and jewelry dealers to Southwest Florida in a newly renovated 55,000 square foot facility. The fair features old master paintings, impressionist paintings, modern and contemporary art and sculpture, furniture, decorative arts, silver, ancient arts, haute couture and period jewelry, and rare books. Luxury jeweler Graff will be showcasing some of its fine diamond and colored gemstone jewelry. A painting by Renoir will also be on display and a historically significant portrait of President Abraham Lincoln will be presented by the 19th Century Shop.

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Luxury Real Estate Up For Government Auction In Florida

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Filed under: Auctions, Real Estate Developments

A pair of luxury Florida homes will hit the auction block next month at a US Department of the Treasury auction. The auctions on March 1 and 2 each at the property website. The home being auctioned off on March 1,shown at right, is on Marco island near Naples, Florida. It is a four-bedroom home with two kitchens, a pool and spa. The home has taxes of around $13,200 per year and has approximately 3,900 square feet of living space. A $50,000 cashier's check is required to bid.

The second home is a two-story home in Golden Beach, Florida, a luxury enclave that features some very expensive real estate including Ricky Martin's home. The five-bedroom home is located in a secured community along the intracoastal waterway with the Atlantic Ocean just to the east. This home has a media room, attached garages, pool, dock and more. The 2009 taxes were over $65,000 and this large luxury home with over 7,270 square feet of living space requires a $100,000 cashier's check to bid. Check out the Treasury auction website for more details.

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Naples Winter Wine Festival To Have "Perfect" Wine Auction Lot

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Filed under: Wine, Auctions, Charity

The Naples Winter Wine Festival isn't for another few months but one of the lots has already been announced. For those who have been chasing down 100-point wines, save room in your cellar. One of the auction lots at the elite wine festival to be held
will offer an unprecedented auction lot of 100 bottles of 100-point wines at its annual event January 28-30, 2011 in Naples, Florida. Decanter reports that wines in the 'Perfection Lot' include a 1955 Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion, a 1989 Chateau Petrus, and a 1985 Domaine Romanee-Conti valued at more than $11,000. All of the wines were rated by Robert Parker's Wine Advocate and other wine publications, including Wine Spectator. Auction proceeds go to help underprivileged and at-risk children, the Naples wine event has raised $82.5 million for local children's charities since 2001.

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Naples Wine Auction Sees Lowered Results

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The recession has come to one of the most lavish wine auctions. This year's Naples Winter Wine Auction event on Saturday in Naples, Florida brought in just over $5 million. That sounds like a lot until you consider that the auction to benefit Collier County children brought in around $14 million last year and close to $16 million the year before that. There were a few less lots this year but the auction was no less lavish. The top lots was a Caribbean cruise for 12 aboard a private yacht, which went for $350,000 and a trip to the finale of American Idol went for $110,000. The two top wine lots received bids of $150,000 and $110,000. Previous years have seen a $1 million lot and even a $2 million bid in 2007 for a Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupe. The 500 guests dined on the usual sumptuous fare cooked by Ritz-Carlton chefs from around the state and fine wines from around the world and bid with the usual excitement but the end result reveals that the wealthy are more cautious. There's no denying that the end total of funds raised sends a sharp message that the economic situation has caused even the top tier of the wealthy to check their spending, even when it is for a good cause.

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Condo Project in Naples, Florida Put On Hold

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Another condo project is in trouble. This time it isn't in the hot spots of Miami and Las Vegas but is instead in Naples, Florida. Naples News reports that the developer, Phil McCabe, has suspended sales at Intermezzo, a luxury waterfront complex because he is waiting for the market to improve. McCabe decided that the market is too volatile at the moment and has decided to wait out the recent real estate slump. McCabe says he will wait until at least next winter before resuming sales on the project. Intermezzo was to have 146 units in three building as well as a club with a fitness center, theater, pool and spa. A three bedroom unit started at $1.2 million. McCabe has deposits worth about $40 million. Construction will still start this summer but the speed of development will be much slower.

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