On the Road — Design Miami 2022

Design Miami was once again in Miami in conjunction with Art Basel and the numerous satellite fairs. This was Art Basel’s 20th anniversary and it has certainly transformed the art scene in Miami. Each year in early December, curators, collectors and art afficionados swarm to the city to experience contemporary art firsthand, to select pieces […]

Kovels On Antiques & Collectibles Vol. 49 No. 6 – February 2023

Bride’s Baskets … Classic Design … Unforgettable Desks … Serving Trays … Artist Jewelry … Planters … On the Road to Design Miami … Marks on European Porcelain … Collector’s Gallery … Prices  

Art Basel Miami and Design Miami 

The art fairs were back in Miami after a one-year hiatus. Each December, the art world descends on Miami Beach and surrounding areas to show off what is “hot.”  Art Basel Miami and the Design Miami shows didn’t disappoint. This year emerging artists were the hot topic for everyone. Young collectors were looking to buy […]

Kovels On Antiques & Collectibles Vol. 47 No. 6 – February 2021

Railroad Collectibles … Coach Handbags … Fausto Melotti Ceramics … Vintage & New Glass Paperweights … Antique Mechanical Banks … On the Road at Design Miami … Marks with Hearts & Arrows … Collector’s Gallery … Prices    

On the Road — Design Miami

Design Miami, the international design fair held every December in Miami, Florida, held a modified show this year. For those of us who have gone since its beginning in 2005, it was a flashback memory. The show was held in the same place where it started, and it felt like those in the first few […]

Hobnobbing in Miami Beach

Dear Lee, Art Basel and Design Miami are huge shows held each year in Miami Beach. The rich and famous, curators, museum board members, jewelers, artists and just plain folks spend a week walking through shows, examining displays, buying, eating, drinking, attending lectures, meeting artists and “networking.” I go to see how modern art and […]