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POSH Kick-off at The Silver Fund
POSH Kick-off at The Silver Fund, January 13, 2016 with images captured by Patrick McMullan.
Masterpiece London 2015
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AVENUE Honors Bill and Bridget Koch
AVENUE Magazine unveiled its Palm Beach issue and honored Oxbridge Academy founders Bill and Bridget Koch, during a private reception Tuesday, February 24th. Celebrated New York social photographer Patrick McMullan, captured the spirit of the event.
Silver Fund features rarities from 20th century
The Silver Fund is a unique shop that mixes 20th-century silver, furniture and design.
Michael James founded The Silver Fund in 1996 specializing in the work of Georg Jensen. In addition to an impressive collection of Jensen hollowware, the shop carries silver designed by Jean Puiforcat, William Spratling, Antonio Pineda and many others.
James said he exhibits at art shows worldwide and has had smaller stores in the past, but the Worth Avenue location gives him more space to show off more 20th-century pieces.
“We never had this amount of space before, so we filled it with silver but we’ve mixed it with all the furniture we love and fantastic 20th-century lighting,” James said.
James said he looks for definitive pieces of all kinds. “I don’t care where anything is made as long as it’s got great design and it’s good quality,” James said.
The Silver Fund’s collection includes furniture and decorative arts, dating from the 1950s to the 1970s; nautical and sporting items; art glass, and vintage clocks and jewelry.
Here are a few noteworthy finds:
• An 18-karat-gold money clip ($6,500) signed by Frank Sinatra. The dollar sign design was made by a Miami jeweler and is engraved with the legendary singer’s signature and the word “Thanks.” This item would make a great conversation piece.
• A circa-1930 Champagne cooler ($85,000) made in Portugal by Joalharia do Carmo. This sterling-silver centerpiece features three panels, each with a different Art Deco fish design. James said it is one of the most impressive pieces that he has bought in recent years.
• A circa-1930 sterling-silver tea set ($85,000) made in England by Charles Boyton. The four geometric Art Deco pieces fit together in the form of a wedge. James said this set is incredibly rare. The only other one he knows of is in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
The Silver Fund, at 330 Worth Ave., is open Monday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. For more information, call 629-5153 or visit thesilverfund.com.
Jane Grace charmed at luncheon at The Silver Fund
Apparently all of Palm Beach has contracted a case of the merries because the money is flying around, the stores can’t keep the good bubbly on the shelf, and when people talk about “past due” they’re referring to a day at the Breakers Spa.
And the gatherings for which everybody was “too busy” during the bad old economic days? Well, they’re nonstop.
Even the bankers are happy again. Two of them, Victoria Ricker and Robert Riva of Morgan Stanley, recently hosted a luncheon in honor Jane Grace and her decades of support of and hands-on voluntarism at the Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League. The luncheon took place at The Silver Fund, the art/antiques/jewelry/silver store on Worth Avenue, and was co-hosted by store owner Michael James. There was champagne, caviar served on some of the exquisite Georg Jensen sterling pieces – what, you were expecting Corelle? — from the store’s cache, a seated luncheon at tables set with yet more fabulous silver, and the presentation to Jane of a gold charm with the Peggy Adams logo.
Best of all, there was a big fat donation to the League from Morgan Stanley in Jane’s honor.
See? Happy bankers.
There: board president Joanie Van der Grift, board members Pauline Pitt and Vicky Hunt; and Paula Butler, Candy Hamm, Jean Tailer, Kate Pressley, Arlette Gordon, Dale Coudert, Mashi Azmudeh and Susan Lloyd.
Then there was the cocktail reception honoring designers Suzanne Kasler, Gil Walsh, Lars Bolander, Jenny Garrigues, and William and Phyllis Taylor, who were selected to create the “designer vignettes” for the Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show. Scott Diament and Campion Platt hosted the kickoff for the show, which opens Feb. 13.
There to raise a glass or two to the honorees were Pamela O’Connor, Nina Wasserman, Michel Cox Witmer, Tatiana Platt and Chelsea Menzies, who are young enough and beautiful enough to know that when somebody talks about a “lovely old thing,” they’re referring to the furniture.
Art Palm Beach 2015
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Luncheon in Honor of Emilia Fanjul
The Silver Fund and Morgan Stanley honor Emilia Fanjul Palm Beach community volunteer Emilia Fanjul was honored for her contributions to education during a Ladies’ luncheon which took place at The Silver Fund. In addition to helping underwrite the luncheon, Morgan Stanley’s representatives Robert Riva and Tori Ricker presented a check to Mrs. Fanjul for the Glades Foundation.
The Silver Fund at Masterpiece London 2014
The prevailing wisdom is Masterpiece has now surpassed all others and can honestly be called the finest show on earth for decorative arts. And for many international collectors it is their favorite show to visit. Masterpiece offers a hugely diverse range of exhibitors and their treasures, as well as dining at some of London’s finest establishments contained within the fair, against the backdrop of Christopher Wren’s Royal Hospital Chelsea with it’s 300-year history. All of this walking distance from the heart of London.
I invite you to visit the fair for the last three days. And if you can’t make it this year, please make sure you put it in your diary for next year. – Michael James
Architectural Digest
“Booth upon booth is loaded with century-spanning eye candy, from the elegant to the extravagant: important jewels with supernova brilliance, magnificent paintings bearing serious signatures and head-spinning provenance, statement furniture demonstrating centuries of cabinetmaking prowess, and so much more. And that includes four chic temporary restaurants, one of which is a 56-table outpost of Le Caprice.”
Reuters
“The glitterati, who visit London in their droves in June to attend sporting events from Ascot to Wimbledon as well as design, art and antique fairs, have adopted the five-year-old Masterpiece in chic Chelsea as a staple of the social calendar.”
Huffington Post
“With 158 galleries’ stands, you can wander past pictures by Warhol and Magritte, life-size horse sculptures by Nic Fiddian-Green, dazzling diamonds by Cartier or collections of medieval armour.”
Masterpiece London 2014
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