Curious Objects: A Dalva Brothers Wonder Cabinet Turns Heads at Christie’s

Benjamin Miller Curious Objects

Some 250 of the choicest items from the firm’s inventory are being offered at Christie’s this October, and Dalva Brother’s principal David Dalva III, along with Christie’s specialist Jody Wilkie, talk with Ben about the crème de la crème: a secretary-cabinet resplendent with Florentine pietra dura figurative panels and gleaming ormolu mounts, possibly handled by noted marchand-mercier Dominique Daguerre.

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Curious Objects:Winter Show and Tell–Three young dealers and the antiques they love

Benjamin Miller and Michael Diaz-Griffith Curious Objects

Special guests James Boening, Ria Murray, and Taylor Thistlethwaite, joined podcast hosts Ben and Michael at the Park Avenue Armory for a live discussion of six fascinating objects

Curious Objects: “Where the Past Never Gets Old”—Re-presenting History at Colonial Williamsburg

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In this episode of Curious Objects, Michael Diaz-Griffith treks to Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia to talk with chief curator Ron Hurst about a new exhibition at the DeWitt Wallace Museum of Decorative Arts.