Flip 65, and mere mortals join Medicare. However Barbie? She turns 65, and the London Design Museum unveils “Barbie: The Exhibition,” showcasing greater than 250 items associated to the evolution of the enduring doll from 1959 to the current, together with greater than 180 iterations of Barbie herself.
So sure, it’s true. That is Barbie’s world, and we are able to solely purchase a ticket to it. In fact, when you can’t make it to London for the exhibition, which runs by Feb. 23, 2025, you’ll be able to learn all about it within the September difficulty of Kovels Vintage Dealer.
Lengthy earlier than Barbie was made well-known for sporting a black-and-white striped swimsuit, a bit of artwork by John Singer Sargent grew to become notorious due to a gown strap gone awry. Sargent was having fun with life in late Nineteenth-century Parisian artwork circles; portray commissioned portraits of a few of society’s wealthiest and most prestigious shoppers. However all that got here crashing to a halt when Sargent unveiled his portrait of American-born socialite Virginie Amélie Gautreau, Madame (later renamed Madame X), on the Paris Salon in 1884.
The portrait, that includes Gautreau swathed in a black robe with a decent, heart-shaped bodice, plunging neckline, and considered one of its jewel-studded straps sliding off her shoulder, was deemed indecent and induced a large scandal. The controversy nearly ruined Sargent’s profession. Right this moment, Madame X is Sargent’s most well-known portrait, and Gautreau’s black gown is without doubt one of the most iconic in style historical past. Contributing editor Kris Manty gives a revealing story on the artist and our altering sensibilities.
Louis Consolation Tiffany famously mentioned, “Colour is to the attention what music is to the ear.” Tiffany lived that philosophy, creating spectacularly colourful glass works in his Tiffany Studios that, greater than 100 years later, supply a symphony of visible delights. Whether or not present in spectacular desk and ground lamps, lanterns, or stained-glass works designed for church buildings, Tiffany Glass continues to stun collectors and glass artwork fanatics. You’ll learn extra in regards to the man and his imaginative and prescient in our new difficulty.
Talking of a person of imaginative and prescient, contributing editor Dr. Anthony Cavo may see his future within the antiques world as a baby. He was bitten at an early age by the identical bug that has contaminated so a lot of his fellow antiques and collectibles lovers. Cavo tells an amusing story of antiquing journey, discovery, and a brush with stolen property as an 8-year-old. Luckily, the statutes of limitations on all previous transgressions have expired, and he can share his entertaining story with you with out concern of prosecution.
Amongst many public sale highlights discovered all through the problem, the September Gross sales Stories have a look at the public sale of jewellery belonging to the late Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, a wine public sale at Bonhams Skinner, and highlights from an Americana occasion at Jeffrey S Evans & Associates that includes a small stoneware sugar bowl bought for $50 at an property sale that bought for $34,800!
You’ll uncover this small marvel and lots of others of various levels within the September difficulty of Kovels Vintage Dealer.
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