Thursday, January 28, 2010

THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME

Internationally-Known Lecturers Illuminate the Shape of Things to Come at 20th Anniversary Antiques and Garden Show of Nashville

Her Grace, The Duchess of Northumberland, England ~
February 11~10:30 a.m.
She is the visionary behind The Alnwick Garden in Northumberland which houses England's largest collection of European plants, the world's biggest Tree house and, along with Alnwick Castle, is the featured site of "Hogwarts" from the first two Harry Potter movies. The Duchess plays an active role in the day-to-day planning for this exciting and contemporary garden project which uses its resources to benefit the public.


Michael S. Smith, Decorator to The White House ~ February 11~1 p.m.
With an international profile of residential and commercial clients including Cindy Crawford, Steven Spielberg and Dustin Hoffman, Michael S. Smith's consistent style has been characterized as a delicate blend of "European tradition and American modernism." And in 2009, Smith was chosen by the President and First Lady to redecorate the White House living quarters for their family. "It's an amazing honor to be asked," the Los-Angeles designer said as he revealed plans to explore incorporating collections of American art and pieces in storage at the Smithsonian to add to the White House walls. "It should make it much more diverse, and at the same time, more homelike for the family."


Ryan Gainey, Award-Winning Garden Designer & Author ~ Introduction by Carolyn Englefield,
Editor-at-Large, Veranda Magazine ~
February 12 ~10:30 a.m.
As an internationally-known gardener, designer and landscaper, Gainey has crafted magnificent gardens around the world -- each with an individual vision based on classical design and seasonal elements. His special horticultural expertise will invigorate the senses as 2010 show-goers are greeted by Gainey's grand Entry Garden -- a feast for the eyes with spectacularly shaped and patterned surroundings in a traditional yet contemporary design. Based in Decatur, Georgia, Gainey is currently working on private gardens from East Hampton to Palm Beach. He will be introduced by Veranda Editor-at-Large Carolyn Englefield for this most colorful lecture.

For further lecture details, visit www.antiquesandgardenshow.com/lecturers.php


ANTIQUES AND GARDEN SHOW ADVANCED TICKET LOCATIONS:

~Davis-Kidd Booksellers
~Borders Books
~Harris Teeter (beginning January 27)

2010 Advance Tickets are $10 (through February 10) and $15 at the door. Show dates, times and location: Thursday and Friday, February 11-12, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday, February 13, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed Sunday.; Nashville Convention Center

For tickets and Show information visit www.antiquesandgardenshow.com or call (615) 352-9064 or (800) 891-8075


20TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS
Preview Party ~ Wednesday, February 10, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
Young Collectors Soiree ~ Thursday, February 11, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Jazz Night At The Show ~ Friday, February 12, 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Ask An Expert ~ Saturday, February 13, 20-minute sessions beginning at 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m.




Antiques and Garden Show of Nashville P.O. Box 50950 • Nashville, TN 37205 • (615) 352-1282

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

NASHVILLE ANTIQUE & GARDEN SHOW-2010

Young Collectors Soiree Explores "Timeless Elements; Contemporary Flair"

Presented by SunTrust

Join us for cocktails and hors d'oeuvres with
Veranda Editor-at-Large Carolyn Englefield while she tours the show floor and provides insights on how to
Mix the New with the Old.

Thursday, February 11 ~ 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Young Collectors Soiree Tickets are $45 at the Door

RSVP to Debra Bodily
dbodily@cheekwood.org

Nashville Convention Center
601 Commerce Street

Complimentary parking ~ courtesy of SunTrust ~ available in the SunTrust Parking Garage (4th Avenue between Church & Commerce Streets)

Young Collectors Soiree Chairmen
Brooke Sevier
Meg White

For more details about the Young Collectors Soiree, please visit:
www.antiquesandgardenshow.com/events.php



ANTIQUES AND GARDEN SHOW ADVANCED TICKET LOCATIONS:
~Davis-Kidd Booksellers
~Borders Books
~Harris Teeter (beginning January 27)

2010 Advance Tickets are $10 (through February 10) and $15 at the door. Show dates, times and location: Thursday and Friday, February 11-12, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday, February 13, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed Sunday.; Nashville Convention Center

For tickets and Show information visit www.antiquesandgardenshow.com or call (615) 352-9064 or (800) 891-8075

20TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS
Preview Party ~ Wednesday, February 10, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
Young Collectors Soiree ~ Thursday, February 11, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Jazz Night At The Show ~ Friday, February 12, 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Ask An Expert ~ Saturday, February 13, 20-minute sessions beginning at 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m.

20th Anniversary Sponsors: Bass, Berry & Sims, PLC; Barry Real Estate Companies; Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC; Boyle Investment Company; Nashville Commercial; Pinnacle Financial Partners
Liquor/Beverage Party Sponsor: Jack Daniel Distillery and BonTerra Vineyards
Marketing Sponsor: BOHAN Advertising/Marketing
Lecture Series Sponsor: Andrew W. Byrd & Company, LLC
Preview Party Sponsor: First Tennessee
Jazz Night Party Sponsor: Nashville Scene & NFocus
Young Collectors Soiree Sponsor: SunTrust
Printing Sponsor: McQuiddy Classic Printing, Athens Paper

The William Stamps Farish Fund; Exchange Club of Nashville; The Hilton Nashville Downtown; Union Station-A Wyndham Historic Hotel; Veranda Magazine; Mix 92.9; Seigenthaler Public Relations

Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC; Caterpillar Financial Products Division; Corrections Corporation of America; Covenant Capital Group; event logistics, inc.; GenCap America, Inc.; GSB Foundation; Nashville Lifestyles; Sherrard & Roe, PLC; Walker, Tipps & Malone, PLC

Robert W. Baird & Company, Inc.; Beach List Direct, Inc.; Bowne of Nashville; Davis-Kidd Booksellers; Diversified Trust Company; Flower Magazine; H.G. Hill Realty Company, LLC; Highwoods Properties; Lipman Brothers, Inc; Mr. T's Patio; Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, PC; Louie M. and Betty M. Phillips Foundation; Tennessee Bank and Trust; R.J. Young; Wells Fargo Commercial Bank

Raffle Sponsors: Embers Grill & Fireplace Store of Brentwood; Cindi Earl; Bradford's; Bob and Martha Nemer of The Cotton Mill; Loews Hotels


Antiques and Garden Show of Nashville P.O. Box 50950 Nashville, TN 37205 (615) 352-1282

Friday, January 8, 2010

REMEMBER WHEN---WE WILL MISS KEVIN VELLE

We just learned of the sudden death of Kevin Velle, an honorable man. From the archives of my mind I look back at better days...I want to think of all the good and positive memories of people I have known.
Here is a reprint from the New York times of a good week from the past. Life is short.

October 20, 1994
Season Opens For Folk Art
By SUZANNE SLESIN

ON your mark. Get set. Go -- for that sponge-ware pitcher!

The opening today of the 16th annual Fall Antiques Show at the Pier signifies open season for folk art -- all those charming, irresistible objects and artifacts sought after by collectors and ordinary people for whom capturing and living with folk art has become a way of life.

The show, at Pier 92 on the Hudson River at West 55th Street, is one of the bonanzas of American folk art, with merchandise from 1800 through the 1950's presented by 103 of the top dealers in the field from across the country. It is an event where objects with wonderful surfaces, original lively paint and not-to-be-believed patinas -- and sometimes price tags to match -- make many people's hearts race and checkbooks flip open.

By Tuesday, more than 1,500 people had paid $150 each for tickets to last night's preview party, sponsored by Country Living magazine and benefiting the Museum of American Folk Art. The party was also the place for those who wanted first crack at the stuff.

Over the last two decades, folk art has come to include both the six-figure weathervane and flea-market finds. It has leapfrogged from the arena of antiques to that of art, and prices have risen accordingly.

Whether buying or only looking, visitors to this four-day event can take in a range of merchandise -- from quilts to corner cupboards, from shooting-gallery targets to hardware store fittings -- illustrating the vibrant decorative expression that Eileen Dubrow, a dealer from Bayside, Queens, described as "a need to have something more than just a functional object." Mrs. Dubrow was selling an ornate 1858 staghorn and carved wood coat and umbrella stand that had stood for years in her home. "We wanted to bring something new and fresh to the show," she said. It could be in your foyer for $35,000.

Other treasures whose prices reflect their rarity included a pristine 1857 shirred wool rug depicting a lion in a jungle at the Kelter-Malce booth ($20,000); a graceful 1808 early bentwood American chair, from Samuel Herrup Antiques ($4,800), and at the Gemini Antiques booth, a rare mechanical bank depicting three black baseball players ($6,000).

As always, painted furniture -- from blanket chests to side chairs to a five-piece bedroom set of 1880 cottage furniture (at the Judith and James Milne booth, for $12,500) -- is an anchor of the show.

"It wasn't magical until someone put the paint on it," Robert Snyder, a Zieglersville, Pa., dealer, said of a 1920's oak extension table whose legs were painted red, white and blue. The patriotic table was priced at $4,800.

Connie Hayes described her mid-19th century pumpkin-and-rust corner cupboard, selling for $14,600, as having "wild paint." A more sedate blue-green seven-foot apothecary cabinet with 40 drawers, at Nan and David Pirnack's booth, was going for $7,500.

At the show -- running today and Friday from 11 A.M. to 9 P.M., Saturday until 8 P.M. and Sunday until 6 P.M. -- curiosity seekers who pay the $10 admission each day can check out the 1906 "Stamp Man," a two-piece suit covered with canceled 1- and 2-cent stamps, offered by Frank and Barbara Pollack for $2,750. Or Richard and Betty Ann Rasso's beautifully carved record player, crafted by William Plummer, a self-taught artist who died in 1942. How much? It's yours, for $35,000. Whether it can it be converted to play CD's might be the real question.

Huge items, like a forest of 26 painted barbershop poles ($18,000), offered by Harvey Pranian at the Harvey Antiques booth, and a fetching 1925 7-foot-4-inch cement swimmer by George Suchy, at the Walters Benisek Art and Antiques booth ($9,500), were reminders of the spatial constraints that put the brakes on impulse items.

"It's a Saturday night church," J. Kenneth Kohn, a psychiatrist and the owner of With All Due Ceremony, of Elkins Park, Pa., said as he lifted the top off a $4,500 26-by-36-inch model of a church to display the interior, a dance hall decorated for Christmas. "I'm semiretired, so this is therapy," he said of his involvement with folk art.

Dr. Kohn is not alone.

Photos: Shooting-gallery target; $12,000 for two, from Stephen Score.; Cement swimmer sculptured by George Suchy in 1925; $9,500, from Walters Benisek Art and Antiques.; Shirred wool rug depicting a lion; $20,000, from Kelter-Malce.; Kenneth Kohn lifts top off his $4,500 "Saturday night church." (pg. C1); Revolving hardware store fixture that held nuts and bolts; $2,400, from. Kevin R. Velle; This rare cast-iron mechanical bank, showing three black baseball players, is going for $6,000 at the Gemini Antiques booth.; A two-seat garden settee, made of horseshoes; $2,200, from Linda and Howard Stein.; The "Stamp Man," a suit and cap covered in canceled 1- and 2-cent stamps, is going for $2,750, from Frank and Barbara Pollack.; Intricately carved record player; $35,000, from Richard and Betty Ann Rasso.; Bentwood chair, an 1808 design, is $4,800 at Samuel Herrup Antiques.; A blue-green Shaker-style apothecary cabinet with 40 drawers is $7,500 at Nan and David Pirnack Antiques.; This maple Queen Anne highboy, made in the mid-1700's, was painted 100 years later; $59,000 at Kemble's.; Mid-19th-century coat and umbrella stand is $35,000 from Richard and Eileen Dubrow.; Group of 26 painted barber poles is $18,000 from Harvey Antiques. (pg. C10) (Photographs by Ed Quinn for The New York Times)

Sunday, January 3, 2010

2010 UPCOMING SHOWS

SAVE THE DATES:
January 23-24, 2010
Americana & Antiques @ the Pier
Pier 92, 55th & 12th Avenue
www.stellashows.com



February 10-13, 2010
Antiques and Garden Show of Nashville.
Nashville Convention Center
www.antiquesandgardenshow.com


★April 16-18, 2010
★Chicago Botanic Garden Antiques & Garden Fair
★Glencoe, IL
★www.chicago-botanic.org