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Title: World's best antique fairs: who says antiquing is for little old ladies? Upscale international shows are booming in popularity, luring the creme de la creme of the art, furniture, and fashion worlds--and some regular people too.(ORIENTATION)
Author: Matthew Link
Publication: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 9, 2008
Publisher: Regent Media
Issue: 1014 Page: S44(1)
Distributed by Gale, a part of Cengage Learning
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Biennale des Antiques
September, in even-numbered years True to French form, this antique fair is all about quality, not quantity. French and continental furniture, art, and antiques (especially from the 18th and 19th centuries) are incredibly displayed in gilded, intricate period rooms. Former French president Jacques Chirac's wife has been known to preside over the goings-on, where a number of rich Americans snatch up the best stuff at top prices. The setting within the halls of the Grand Palais (a 1900 art nouveau masterpiece in itself) is within a few metro stops of the so-gay Marais district.
