The Winter Antiques Show, which will be held January 25-February 3, 2013, at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City, celebrates its 59th year as America's most prestigious antiques show, providing museums, collectors, dealers, design professionals, and first-time buyers with opportunities to see and purchase exceptional pieces showcased by 73 renowned experts in American, English, European, and Asian fine and decorative arts. Every object exhibited at the Show is vetted for quality and authenticity. All net proceeds support East Side House Settlement, a non-profit institution in the South Bronx that provides social services to community residents.

The 2013 Winter Antiques Show Presenting Sponsors are J.P. Morgan and Chase Private Client. Kelly C. Coffey, Head of New York Metro, J.P. Morgan Private Bank, and Barry Sommers, CEO, Chase Wealth Management, are the Chairs for the Opening Night Party on January 24, 2013. The 2013 Honorary Chairs of the Show are Mr. and Mrs. Claudio Del Vecchio and Lady Henrietta Spencer-Churchill. 

The Winter Antiques Show will also host Young Collectors Night, an exciting evening for new collectors, emerging philanthropists, and art and design enthusiasts, on Thursday, January 31, 2013 sponsored by New York magazine. This year’s event includes cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, a private viewing of the Show, and an exclusive “Meet the Designers” reception. 

New exhibitors are Cove Landing, featuring 18th-19th century English and Continental decorative objects; Delaney Antique Clocks, a family dealing in antique clocks for 35-plus years; Didier Ltd., London-based specialists in 20th century artists’ jewelry; Glass Past, showing Italian glass from 1870-1970; Carlton Hobbs, expert in 17th-19th century English and Continental furniture and works of art; London-based Old Masters paintings dealers Derek Johns Ltd. and Theo Johns Fine Art Ltd., exhibiting jointly; Magen H Gallery, exhibiting the work of French post-war designers; and American folk art and Americana authority Allan Katz Americana. For more information about these new exhibitors, please click here.

The Winter Antiques Show’s 2013 loan exhibition celebrates The Preservation Society of Newport County. Newport: The Glamour of Ornament showcases fine and decorative art from eight of the historic Newport Mansions: The Breakers, Marble House, The Elms, Rosecliff, Chateau-sur-Mer, Kingscote, Hunter House, and Chepstow.  Among the superb examples included in the exhibition are furniture by John Goddard, Joseph Meeks & Sons, and Henry Dasson; sculptures by Gaston Lachaise, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, and Daniel Chester French; and paintings by Gilbert Stuart, David Maitland Armstrong, Paul César Helleu, Hyacinthe Rigaud, and Charles Chaplin. The exhibition, designed by Jeff Daly, formerly senior design advisor to the director at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, evokes the grand scale and splendor of The Breakers. A series of lectures related to Newport personalities, architecture, and objects will also be presented during the Show. The Winter Antiques Show loan exhibition is sponsored by Chubb Personal Insurance for the 17th consecutive year. Click here for more information.

For Press:

A full set of images and captions of all works mentioned and shown in this press release are available on the Winter Antiques Show Image Gallery. 

The 2013 Winter Antiques press-only preview will be held on Thursday, January 24, from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. Invitations to follow.

About the Winter Antiques Show: 

The Winter Antiques Show will run from January 25 to February 3, 2013, at the Park Avenue Armory, 67th Street and Park Avenue, New York City. Hours are 12 p.m.-8 p.m. daily except Sundays and Thursday, 12 p.m.-6 p.m. Daily admission to the Show is $20, which includes the Show’s award-winning catalogue. To purchase tickets for the Opening Night Party on January 24, 2013, or Young Collectors Night on January 31, 2013, call (718) 292-7392 or visit this link on the Show’s website.

About East Side House Settlement:

East Side House Settlement was founded in 1891 to help immigrants and lower income families on the East Side of Manhattan. In 1962, it moved to the South Bronx where it serves 8,000 residents annually within one of America’s poorest congressional districts, the Mott Haven section of the South Bronx. Among the initiatives that focus on educational attainment as the gateway out of poverty is the innovative and highly acclaimed Mott Haven Village Preparatory School. For more information, please visit www.eastsidehouse.org.