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Long known for its inimitable exhibitor list and spectacular offerings, the Delaware Antiques Show is setting its sights on interior design with keynote speaker and honorary co-chair, Thomas Jayne. Jayne, a graduate of the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, is well-known for his sophisticated interiors and reverence for the past. Says Jayne, “It is an honor and a privilege to serve as honorary co-chair and deliver the keynote lecture at the 2015 Delaware Antiques Show, benefiting one of this country’s most important cultural institutions. I see myself as a scholar-decorator much as Henry Francis du Pont, the founder of Winterthur, saw the ideal curator as part...

Max Weber: In Retrospect, Gerald Peters Gallery, New York, NY
On view through November 20, 2015
In celebration of its fifteen-year association with the Estate of Max Weber, the Gerald Peters Galleries of New York and Santa Fe are pleased to announce Max Weber: In Retrospect, an exhibition of paintings and drawings that span the life and career of this most influential of American modernist artists. From his arrival in Paris in 1905, Max Weber (1881-1961) devoted himself to modern art. In the classroom of Henri Matisse, he absorbed the tenants of Fauvism; on the walls of the Salon d’Automne, he encountered the work of Henri Rousseau, with whom he forged an influential friendship; and within the confines of the...

The Antiques Dealers’ Association of America's innovative online antiques shows are entering their second year of success, and the organization has expanded their online show campaign to include three mid-week events in 2015: April 28-30, September 8-10, and December 1-3.

The shows have proven popular among collectors, with many of the participating dealers reporting strong sales to new customers. The architects of the online show concept have carved out a niche by addressing many of the issues that can prove problematic with brick-and-mortar shows as well as difficulties with buying antiques elsewhere online. There are no long opening lines, no long commutes or overnight stays, and like the U.S. Postal Service, antiques dealers hoping to close a sale answer their phones rain, sleet, or snow. Every object is sold with the guarantee of authenticity, and every listing includes photographs, price, measurements, origin, date, and description.

Being first in line requires nothing more than visiting www.adadealers.com at the opening of the show. When the link goes live, the show is open. It can be accessed from any computer, tablet, or smartphone. Buying is as easy as sending an e-mail or making a phone call. There are no third parties, no need to register to view pricing, no doubt about the type of seller you’re engaging. Every exhibitor is a member of the ADA, which was established in 1984 with the objective of making the business of buying and selling antiques more professional. Members are recommended by a committee of peers, and sign an agreement to abide by strict bylaws.

The dates for the three 2015 ADA Online Antiques Shows have been strategically spaced throughout the year to offer collectors the opportunity to shop from some of the best dealers in the country in between major on-site events. Our participating dealers also fill the rosters of some of the most highly anticipated shows of the year, like New York’s Winter Antiques Show, the Delaware Antiques Show, and the San Francisco Fall Antiques Show.

Objects offered at the ADA’s previous online shows have ranged in price from under two hundred dollars to tens of thousands and items at both ends of the spectrum have regularly sold. The online show platform has filled a void in the antiques e-commerce landscape. It’s exciting, fun, easy, and the art and antiques are guaranteed.

For more information about the shows, please visit www.ADADealers.com or contact ADA Executive Director, Judith Livingston Loto at 603-942-6498.

The Antiques Dealers’ Association of America, Inc. (ADA) was established in May 1984 as a non-profit trade association. Its major objective is to make more professional the business of buying and selling antiques. This year, the association celebrates thirty-one years of excellence in the antiques trade.

Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library in Wilmington, DE has established the Wendell Garrett Award, which honors the memory of Wendell Garrett, an esteemed member of the Winterthur Program in Early American Culture Class of 1957. Garrett, who passed away in 2012, went on to become one of the most distinguished experts on Americana and American-origin decorative arts in the world. He also made frequent appearances on the television series Antiques Roadshow.

The first recipient of the Wendell Garrett Award will be Gerald W.R. Ward, Senior Consulting Curator and Katharine Lane Weems Senior Curator of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture Emeritus at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Like Garrett, Ward has influenced a generation of graduate students and young professionals, most recently as an adjunct faculty member of the Sotheby's Institute Program in American Fine and Decorative Art. Through his work at Yale; Winterthur; Strawbery Banke; and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Ward has had an indelible effect on the field of American decorative arts.

Ward will receive the inaugural Wendell D. Garrett Award on November 9, 2013 during the 50^th Annual Delaware Antiques Show in Wilmington.