Four Decades of Olde Hope

Elizabeth Pochoda Art, Furniture & Decorative Arts, Living with Antiques

It may be worth noting on the fortieth anniversary of one of the treasures of the American antiques business, that the portraits, painted furniture, weathervanes, and quilts they purvey at Olde Hope Antiques are, in an important sense, emblems of the owners’ belief in bedrock values of our democracy. 

Still Life à l’Antique

Katy Kiick Condon Art, Exhibitions

Start with the title. That’s the strategy of Patrick Bell, co-owner of Olde Hope Antiques on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, and it’s the tack he took when planning a new exhibition with artist, friend, and collaborator Laurene Krasny Brown.

Magazine January February 2025

Subscribe to The Magazine ANTIQUES today! And sign-up for our newsletter! JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2025 Guest Editor’s Letter Thomas Jayne Talking AntiquesExhibitors at New York’s Winter Show describe some of the exceptional offerings they will bring to this year’s edition at the Park Avenue Armory. ExhibitionsPortrait miniature painter John Smart in Missouri, Old Masters on tour from Puerto Rico, Laurene Krasny Brown at …