million. �����There���s a terrific atmosphere here to tempt collectors,���
says Simon Shore, Trinity House director.
Gian Enzo Sperone of the Manhattan Sperone Westwater is
showcasing Giorgio de Chirico 1928 Gladiateurs au repos
tagged at over one million Euros.��
At London���s Sladmore Gallery, among sales so far are a Rodin
bronze The Kiss for $2 million to a Swiss client. Plus, Chinese,
German, Belgian and Brit clients have purchased�� Edouard
Martinet sculptures made from found
objects.
Traditional 18th century English
furniture is also finding favor. Harry
Apter, fair founder and ApterFredericks Ltd. director, reports selling
to clients he had not seen in five and
ten years.�� New York interior designer
Matthew Patrick Smyth says, ���Clients
in their mid forties are considering a
number of Apter���s antiques for their
New York dining room.���
Melissa Odabash and Julian Macdonald
London dealer Michael Goedhuis, who has an office in Beijing,
is finding clients for his Chinese contemporary ink paintings
and archaic bronzes. ���They complement each other and the
paintings are enormously undervalued,��� says Goedhuis whose
clientele includes billionaires Wilbur Ross and London banker
Saab Eigner. Goedhuis has curated an exhibition of Chinese
ink paintings now on view at the trendy Saatchi Gallery, which
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