January 27, 2012 - The collection of arms and armour at the Wallace Collection is widely recognised as one of the largest and most important in the UK. Consisting of around 2,500 objects, it represents both European and Oriental arms and armour. The European part of the collection was acquired primarily by Sir Richard Wallace, mainly in 1871, from the collections of Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick, founding father of the serious study of arms and armour in Britain, and that of the comte de Nieuwerkerke, Director of the Louvre under the Emperor Napoleon III. It is thereby an important surviving example of the 19th-century passion for collecting arms and armour, with rarity, beauty of design, superlative craftsmanship, and richness of decoration the guiding principles behind its formation. The collection is wide-rangi [...] Read More >

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January 23, 2012
By popular demand, the Newport Historical Society is pleased to announce the return of the exhibit from the 2012 Newport Antiques Show, Their Manners Pleasing, and Their Education Complete; Newport Sa [...] Read More >

January 22, 2012
Anthony Blumka of Blumka Gallery in New York and Florian Eitle-Böhler of the Starnberg, Germany–based Kunsthandlung Julius Böhler announce that Collecting Treasures of the Past VII, an [...] Read More >

January 22, 2012
If you haven't been to The Winter Antiques Show yet - don't worry...the show is open until Sunday, January 29th and I can assure you that it is worth the effort. America's "beloved show" (as I like to [...] Read More >

January 16, 2012
The Winter Antiques Show celebrates its 58th year as America's most prestigious antiques show, providing museums, collectors, dealers, design professionals and first-time buyers with opportunities to [...] Read More >

January 15, 2012
When the inaugural Metro Show opens its doors for a five-day run at the Metropolitan Pavilion on January 18, 2012, collectors, design aficionados, and art-insiders will be treated to an astonishing ar [...] Read More >

January 15, 2012
On 20 January 2012, collectors will have a rare chance to own one of the most sought-after books of ornithological art ever created: a full-size, complete first edition of John James Audubon’s T [...] Read More >

January 14, 2012
The Winter Antiques Show’s 2012 loan exhibition, Celebrating Historic Hudson Valley 60: Rockefeller Patronage in Sleepy Hollow Country highlights more than 25 objects from Historic Hudson Valley [...] Read More >