Stolen from a Long Island Estate, Found on Madison Avenue
What happened in a Madison Avenue rare-books shop the day someone walked in with a $2 million volume and no way to prove it was theirs.
What happened in a Madison Avenue rare-books shop the day someone walked in with a $2 million volume and no way to prove it was theirs.
Spring has a way of exposing what we’ve been ignoring. Not just clutter—but the things we’ve kept, carefully, and then stopped using.
If you care about your legacy — not just the objects, but the emotional impact you leave behind — this is a conversation worth having now.
I recently had an appointment on the North Shore of Long Island with a gentleman and his wife who owned one of the most beautiful collections I’ve seen in a while — art glass, porcelain, bronzes, jewelry, silver. Walking into their home felt like stepping into a private museum. Every shelf glimmered with pieces that had clearly been chosen with care.
Thanksgiving does something funny: it exposes which heirlooms people actually care about — and which ones they absolutely don’t.
Design Auctions The 1950s and 60s were decades that conjure to mind liquid lunches, a martini after a hard day in the office, and low slung furniture with clean lines. Fans of the show Mad Men, which ended a few weeks ago will be familiar with this design aesthetic from the show’s sets which epitomized mid-century modern design. Later this week, Christie’s, Sotheby’s, and Phillip’s auction houses will be having their design auctions in New York.