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families used to hang, to look at
the items on display for the annual
Winter Antiques Show — Turkish
rugs, fountains from the 1800s —
and perhaps buy one or a couple.
We were intrigued. Who were
these liquid twenty and thirtysomethings? Would any actually
drop $1.2 million on a Wendell
Castle desk and chair, the priciest
item for sale?
The money from ticket sales (at
$175 each) would go to East Side
House Settlement, a charity that
offers classes for underserved
kids and adults. The charity is
CULTURE
HUFFINGTON
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A man approached
us. ‘Excuse me,’ he said.
‘Are you really interested?’
We indicated yes. It took
nothing to be interested.”
just two subway stops from the
Armory’s Upper East Side digs,
and a world away, in the country’s poorest Congressional district, the South Bronx.
We called Emily Israel Pluhar
in advance. An East Side House
Settlement board member and cochair of Young Collectors Night,
Emily has privileged access. Her
mother, Barbara Israel, runs a stall
The 59th
Annual
show Winter
Antiques
Show
featured
more than 70
exhibitors.