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SeaFair is a traveling art show aboard mega-yacht Grand Luxe.
A traveling art show sets sail for Baltimore and Alexandria
For art and antiques collectors accustomed to searching the globe for new acquisitions, an event this fall offers a welcome change of pace: More than two dozen international dealers are showing their collections aboard the 228-foot mega-yacht Grand Luxe, scheduled to dock for five-day stops in both Baltimore and Alexandria, Virginia.
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Voyage of the Art Barge
Is a boatload of galleries an idea that will float? by Alexandra Wolfe
“DID YOU EVER think that it would be this big?” says David Lester, a large man in a short-sleeved oxford, pointing at a 228-foot yacht that’s swarming with workers in a Miami shipyard. Lester, the founder of Palm Beach International Fine Art and Antique Fair, is placing a $60 million bet that brokering high-end art on a high-end boat will become a lucrative new wave in the art market. “Up in Greenwich,” he says, perspiring in the 90-degree heat, “they don’t know what’s coming”.
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