Greenwich Winter Antiques Show
December 5th, 2014
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This mid-19th-century English burl walnut canterbury, circa 1850, was $3450 from Zane Moss Antiques, New York City.
New to the show, Nancy Steinbock Vintage Posters, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, displayed this scene of Newport Harbor, circa 1915, from the Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Co., Boston. She asked $3600 for the 29" x 41" poster.
The Jolly Flat Boat Men, a mezzotint by George Caleb Bingham (1811-1879), engraved by Thomas Doney, published by Powell & Co., 1847, was $12,500 from Arader Galleries, Philadelphia, New York City, San Francisco, and Houston. It measures 31 7/8" x 35½" framed. Arader Galleries photo.
Neverbird Antiques, Surry, Virginia, displayed this rare Hawaiian sampler from 1841 and asked $60,000 for it.
Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut, offered this oil on canvas by Walter Launt Palmer (1854-1932). Sundown, Walpole, New Hampshire, 17" x 26", circa 1890, signed lower left, was $85,000. |
Old Greenwich, Connecticut
The Greenwich Winter Antiques Show, held December 5-7, 2014, has arrived in this town 30 miles from New York City on the first weekend of December for several decades. It has gone through a few management changes but remains the event that heralds the Christmas season in this land of old and new money.
As in years past, the opening night preview benefited the Greenwich Historical Society. Some 400 town residents and their guests ate and drank their way through the booths of the 43 dealers, some of whom have been at the show for 20 years or more, and some of whom were there for the first time.
Dealers’ comments on the weekend show ranged from “fabulous” to “good” to “eh.” Most agreed that the gate was light, especially over the weekend. Sales were made in booths where the dealers are known and have a loyal, strong following, including Jeff R. Bridgman for American flags, The Spare Room for vintage jewelry and ceramics, Michele Fox for textiles and Bakelite, B. Gallagher for fireplace accessories, Nula Thanhauser for vintage purses, Fletcher/Copenhaver for paintings, and Nancy Steinbock for vintage posters.
Gary Sergeant of G. Sergeant Antiques, Woodbury, Connecticut, said his business had “the best year yet” of the past ten years. “The best merchandise is selling, and people are buying the higher quality pieces.” For those who declare that “brown furniture is out,” Sergeant, who has been in the business for 42 years, disagrees vehemently. “People appreciate good furniture,” the dealer said. At the show he sold a Regency walnut center table with paw feet and a pair of small gilt Chippendale mirrors.
Some other sales at the show included an Auguste Edouardt silhouette, a mahogany American kas, andirons and fire tools, and an 18th-century maple tap table from Hanes & Ruskin Antiques, Old Lyme, Connecticut; an 1860 Scottish portrait of a sitting teenage girl from Neverbird Antiques, Surry, Virginia; and Davenport china in an ivy leaf pattern and a Chelsea porcelain plate from The Spare Room Antiques, Baltimore, Maryland.
Jewelers had a strong presence at the show, including DK Farnum Estate Jewelry, Lakeville, Connecticut; Lawrence Jeffrey Estate Jewelers, Litchfield, Connecticut; and New York City dealer Brad Reh. Other dealers who also offered jewelry included Marion Harris of New York City, who sold some Scottish jewelry; Poirier Schweitzer, Montreal, Quebec; T.J. Antorino Antiques, Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York; and Glen Leroux Antiques, Westport, Connecticut.
This was the third year that Frank Gaglio’s company, Barn Star Productions, managed the show. Exhibitors new to the show were Schulson Autographs, Millburn, New Jersey; Hanes & Ruskin, Old Lyme, Connecticut; Nancy Steinbock Vintage Posters, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts; David and Donna Kmetz of Douglas, Massachusetts; and Shaia Oriental Rugs, Williamsburg, Virginia.
For residents of Greenwich, the Winter Antiques Show is one event in a triad that includes a holiday boutique and a holiday house tour and luncheon. The events are held under the name Antiquarius and help fund the Greenwich Historical Society.
The historical society is based in the Bush-Holley House, a National Historic Landmark that once housed the Cos Cob art colony. The society maintains a research library and archives, the Vanderbilt Education Center, and the 1805 Storehouse Gallery, with rotating exhibitions and a museum shop.
Further information is available at (www.greenwichhistory.org) and (www.barnstar.com).
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This Isfahan rug, 7' x 5', in the Tree of Life pattern was available for $11,000 from Shaia Oriental Rugs, Williamsburg, Virginia, a new exhibitor at the show.
Laura Fisher of Fisher Heritage, New York City, who deals in antique quilts, hooked rugs, coverlets, and folk art, shared a booth with Marion Harris. The hooked rugs at the top and at center left were tagged $6500 and $5800; the Dutch mirror was $975; the Victorian needlework of Noah’s ark, 1880-90, was $975; and folded on the bottom were a variety of quilts and coverlets ranging from $250 to $6000. 
J. Gallagher of Antique Andirons, North Norwich, New York, offered these jamb hooks for fireplace tools, 1800-30, with prices ranging from $600 to $1200. Originally published in the March 2015 issue of Maine Antique Digest. © 2015 Maine Antique Digest
