WINTER WONDERLAND
by Brook S. Mason



The traditional fair world’s answer to Art Basel? Hands down, it’s the 57th annual Winter Antiques Show now on view at the Park Avenue Armory, Jan. 21-30, 2011. Last night’s vernissage drew the kind of record crowds and feverish buying that rivets contemporary art collectors to the Swiss fair. The show boasts mega-star offerings, with price points climbing to $6.5 million for a John Singer Sargent portrait at Adelson Galleries.

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