| Half Off Wholesale (Enough Said) Golden Oldies, a company that has sold antique furniture and accessories to dealers, set designers and decorators for over 30 years, is cutting its inventory in half. Starting Friday, everything in one huge warehouse will be on sale at 50 percent off regular wholesale prices. Merchandise includes copper pots ($10 to $150), chandeliers ($600 to $4,000) and painted cupboards from the late 19th and early 20th centuries ($500 to $2,500). Cash and checks only. Golden Oldies, 132-29 33rd Avenue (Coll... nytimes.com |
Conversation-Piece Buys, Maybe. Intriguing Histories, Definitely. No antiques dealer would confide fears of slow sales to a reporter touring the fairs in Manhattan this week, despite the new American president’s predictions. nytimes.com |
Hong Kong Fashion Influence In China and Hong Kong colour is the biggest influence in fashion and each different season is represented by a particular one. propeller.com |
Right Anglo Camden Passage, a narrow, stone-paved street in London’s Islington neighborhood, was once one of the city’s main antiques hubs, home to more than 350 shops. But in 2001, “trading in antiques hit a wall,” as one local proprietor put it, and businesses shut down or moved away. Then slowly the street came back to life, with a restaurant here, a chocolate shop there. (And not without controversy, as many Passage settlers feared that newcomers would mean higher rents.) Now Camden Passage has fully d... travel.nytimes.com |
Iraq’s Ancient Ruins Face New Looting Thousands of important sites have been left unprotected, allowing what officials say is a resumption of illegal excavations. nytimes.com |