Maison Gerard, (NY) sold an exceptional fine lacquered cabinet with gilt incised details on the doors, the body raised on glass legs which was a collaboration By Leleu & Raphael, France, circa 1960 to the interior designer Jamie Drake for a New York client. The asking price was
$85,000. A beautiful bronze table lamp by Maison Charles with its original metal
shade, mid-20th century was bought by a prominent interior designer Bunny Williams for her own home.. Maison Gerard also sold three spectacular mirrors including a large scale mirror in pink mica and shell, made in 2007 by Thomas Boog, a Swiss/German artist living in Paris.

Returning to the fair after an absence of several years, Mark McDonald (NY) showed important examples of decorative arts designed by architects, and a collection of stunning contemporary photography of 20th century architectural icons by Lynn Davis. McDonald enjoyed good business and sold some of his most important pieces including a Philip Johnson floorlamp in bronze and aluminum, 1953, from the William Burden apartment in New York. A Droog design chair with holes designed by Gijs Bakker, designed in 1990, edition #9 of 50 in Maplewood sold on the opening day. Frank Gehry's Easy Edges Wiggle Chair, 1969 in corrugated cardboard and masonite. A Lynn Davis photograph , Maison de Verre, architect: Pierre Chareau, Paris France, circa 2001 found a buyer as well.The Metal Gallery (London) a specialist in contemporary metalwork sold fantastically well, selling 2 major pieces by Hector Miller, 6 pieces by Ane Christensen and 8 pieces of jewelry by Ruben Simontov.

New exhibitor Modernity (Stockholm, Sweden) offered rare pieces of 20th century design, both Scandinavian and international. They sold an eye-popping Droog design piece by Tejo Remy (Dutch, born 1960) for $37,500; an Aldo Tura dining table from the 1930's for $25,000, and a rosewood desk by Osvaldo Borami, Italy, 1911-85 for $21,500.

Ophir Gallery (NJ), a first-time exhibitor specializes in Art Nouveau furniture, lighting and decorative arts circa 1900, and Tiffany Studios. Ophir sold an exquisite sculpture by Aurore Onu (Romanian, from the School of Bourraine), c. 1925, called "The Masked Dancers" to a New York private collector for in the region of $25,000. Ophir also sold a much admired and rare stylized, double dragonfly chandelier fixture, circa 1900, Continental for the Viennese market, for in the region of $40,000. This was sold to a major New York art dealer.

One of the world's most prominent specialists in the field of Vienna Secession, Wiener Werkstaette, Rita Bucheit, Ltd. (Chicago) sold a variety of important pieces including a Vienna Secession Display Cabinet, Vienna, c. 1910, with mahogany, cut and facetted glass panels; an exceptionally fine Viennese desk, c. 1903; an illustration for the journal ‘Ver Sacrum', 1898, the first issue of the first year by Koloman Moser; and a Vienna Secession ceramic table lamp.

R20th Century (New York) had voracious interest in the work they showed at the Art + Design Fair, of Brazilian craftsman Hugo Franca and glass designer Jeff Zimmerman. They sold a horizontal vine chandelier (shown above) and a custom biomorphic glass chandelier by Jeff Zimmerman, both from 2007.

Frank Rogin, Inc. (NY) a first-time exhibitor enjoyed excellent selling. He sold the centerpiece of his stand: a Valzamia bed and 2 side tables, c. 1935 in vellum and ebonized walnut, Italy for $135,000. Rogin also sold an Ico Parisi for MIM circular table, 1963, Rome, Italy in teak, palisander and metal, for $30,000.

Sundaram Tagore Gallery (NY) enjoyed a "fantastic" fair selling some of their top pieces to prominent architects and designers they met at the fair. There was considerable interest in works by Nathan Slate Joseph, Meryl Wagner and Anil Revri.

Hugely experienced in the art and antiques fair scene, Anna and Brian Haughton are credited with bringing "internationalism" to America, with the first US vetted fair ever, The International Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show, which they launched back in 1989 and has been running successfully ever since. The same guiding principles have been applied to all of their fairs. All items for sale have been strictly vetted for authenticity and quality by teams of specialists, thus giving an important measure of consumer protection to prospective buyers.

Haughton New York fairs include the International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show
in October, The International Asian Art Fair in March, The International Fine Art Fair in
May, all at the Park Avenue Armory, Park Avenue at 67th Street and the International
Ceramics Fair and Seminar in London. The Haughtons are launching a highly anticipated
new fair, Art & Antiques Dubai, in Dubai, UAE, from February 21-24, 2008.

Magda Grigorian
Tel: 212 877 0202
Fax 212 877 0066
haughton.ny@prodigy.net

Sarah Harcourt-Webster
Tel: 44 (0)20 7734 5491
Fax 44 (0)20 7494 4604
s.harcourt-webster@haughton.com