Some 575 purveyors of international collectibles gather for the 34th edition of the Baltimore Summer Antiques Show, the largest indoor fair in North America, at the Baltimore Convention Center August 21 through 24. “With the extensive selection of objects, ranging so vastly by age and place of origin, the Baltimore Summer Antiques Show is the closest anyone can come to time travel,” says Scott Diament, president and CEO of the Palm Beach Show Group.
“To complement these offerings, we have added a special white-walled modern and contemporary section.” Highlights include a 2 3⁄4-inch round gilt silver and vibrant raspberry enamel photograph frame, circa 1890, made by Fabergé master craftsman Michael Perchin in St. Petersburg, on offer for $32,000 from John Atzbach of Redmond, Washington; Edouard Leon Cortes’s oil on canvas Place de la Concorde, tendered by New York-based Rehs Galleries for $22,000; and an Art Deco floor mirror with macassar and walnut veneer from Robert E. Alker Fine Art of Houston. The fair features a pair of shows-within-a-show: Art Baltimore, ranging from old European masters to contemporary works, and a 70-dealer Antiquarian Book Fair.
A version of this article appears in the July/August issue of Art+Auction magazine.
