British Dealers Invade New York with a Trove of Paintings, Jewelry and Rare Maps…

Among the participants are Apter Fredericks, Daniel Crouch Rare Books, Finch and Co., Hancocks, Koopman Rare Art, Macconnal Mason, Michael Goedhuis Peter Finer Ronald Philips, Shapero Rare Books, Somlo Antiques, Thomas Coulbourn, Trinity House Paintings, and Wartski.

“We love coming to America,” says Daniel Crouch, proprietor of the eponymous Bury Street rare books gallery. “It’s extremely gratifying to discover and find homes for our American documents.”

This year, Crouch will feature a very rare set of four manuscript maps, including one that is the earliest identified view of any Texan town, and another that is a detailed map of the site of Houston prior to its foundation, dated 1829-30, printed by Jean Louis Berlandiers, an anthropologist, geographer, historian, meteorologist and naturalist, who was one of the first scientists to explore northeastern Mexico and southeastern Texas. Four ink-and- watercolor-wash manuscript maps on wove paper each describe a separate section of the Texas coast, and together form a virtually contiguous mapping of the coast from Galveston Bay to the mouth of the Rio Grande.

Steven Beale, director of Trinity House Paintings, specialists in Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, Modern British and 19th-century works, has taken his love for New York City a step further by establishing a satellite gallery on East 64th Street. “It didn’t take us long to realize that we had to have a presence in the U.S.,”says Beale. “It’s essential to our international branding.” Taking center stage at their stand is Henry Moore’s ‘Reclining Figure Cloak’ (1967), a bronze with brown patina that is signed, numbered and stamped with the foundry mark ‘Moore 3/9 Noack Berlin’.

Says Stephen Burton of Hancocks, the venerable purveyor of rare jewelry in the storied Burlington Arcade, “We look forward to our time stateside. The U.S. is one of our strongest markets.” According to Burton, Hancock’s will present the European masters Suzanne Belperron and René Boivin, sought-after because of their sophisticated use of gemstones. Of particular note is an exceptional sapphire and diamond ‘Modèle à Pois’ ring by Belperron, circa1945, and a magnificent yellow gold and diamond clip brooch by Boivin. Despite beginning her career during the height of the Art Deco period, she quickly established her own inimitable style of jewelry design, which was more organic and sensual in form.

The International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show opens on October 25 and runs through October 31 at the Park Avenue Armory, 67th Street and Park Avenue. Show hours are: 11:00 am to 7:30 pm (except for Sunday and Thursday when the fair closes at 6:00 pm). General Admission: $20 (Tickets available on the door). For complete fair and exhibitor information and highlights, please visit: www.haughton.com

Dan… Crouch Rare Books is a specialist dealer in antique atlases, maps, plans, sea charts and voyages dating from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries.

Daniel Crouch – Daniel Crouch Rare Books

e: daniel@crouchrarebooks.com

t: +44 (0)20 70420240

m: +44 (0)7766 751391

w: www.crouchrarebooks.com

… House Paintings is an international art dealership specialising in Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, Modern British and 19th century works, based in New York, London and Gloucestershire.

Steven Beale – Trinity House Paintings

E: art@trinityhousepaintings.com

T (US): +1 212 813 0700

T (UK): +44 (0) 207 499 8958

W: www.trinityhousepaintings.com&… is a UK based, family run jewellery business with an international reach that specialises in fine jewellery and silver, from antique pieces to contemporary works. Hancocks was established over 150 years ago and is the only company that has the warrant to produce the Victoria Cross, the highest British military decoration awarded for valour.

Amy Burton – Hancocks

E: amy@hancocks-london.com

T: +44 (0)20 7493 8904

W: www.hancocks-london.com

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