12 septembre 2007

NEW YORK: When the Paris-based designer Andrew Gn got a phone call this autumn asking him to stage a personal appearance trunk show from one of his accounts in Charlotte, North Carolina, he was confused. "I think for the first two seconds I thought: 'Charlotte? Why would I go there?' " Gn recalled. "But then my business partner waved the store's invoices in front of me while I was still on the phone and I said: 'Well, O.K., let's go!' " The store is Capitol, owned by Laura Vinroot Poole, and it sells an array... [Lire la suite]

Marc Catesby, Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, London, 1731-1743, Est. $400/600,00. Pictured: The Largest White-Bill Woodpecker, one of 220 hand-colored etched plates. © Sotheby's Images NEW YORK.- On October 5, 2007 Sotheby’s will have the privilege of offering for sale The Brooks McCormick Collection of Ornithology. Comprising both books and prints focused the history of ornithology, the collection boasts works by legendary names such as John James Audubon, Mark Catesby, François Levaillant, F. N.... [Lire la suite]