Antiques Dealers' Association of America

11/10/2025

Congratulations to H. L. “Skip” Chalfant who was honored with the 2025 ADA Award of Merit this past Friday! The event was held in conjunction with Winterthur’s Delaware Antiques Show and more than 160 friends and family came out to celebrate Skip on this special night. Thanks to everyone who made this dinner possible, and a special thanks to our sponsors. We couldn’t do it without you!

HUB International
Pook & Pook, Inc., Auctions and Appraisals
Levy Galleries
Nathan Liverant and Son Antiques
Barbara Israel Garden Antiques
Freeman's
Antiques And The Arts Weekly
The Magazine Antiques
Maine Antique Digest

10/30/2025

Take a moment to read this wonderful article written by the equally wonderful Laura Beach about our 2026 ADA Award of Merit dinner awardee Skip Chalfant of HL CHALFANT: American Fine Art & Antiques! Thanks for the excellent coverage Antiques and The Arts!!! Tickets are still available for the dinner but going fast! Ticket sales close Saturday, November 1. For tickets and more information visit:

👉🏽 https://adadealers.com/html/awardofmerit.php
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WEST CHESTER, PENN. — Skip Chalfant has, to borrow shamelessly from Henry David Thoreau, “traveled a good deal” in Chester County, Penn., where the dealer was born in 1943 and in 1982 opened what is now H.L. Chalfant American Art and Antiques, still in its original location. The H.L. stands fo...

10/14/2025

On Friday, November 7, 2025, at 6 PM, the Antiques Dealers’ Association of America, Inc. will honor the renowned antiques dealer and talented renaissance man H.L. “Skip” Chalfant of H.L. CHALFANT: American Fine Art and Antiques as the recipient of the 2025 ADA Award of Merit. Chalfant receives this award in recognition of his lifelong passion for American decorative arts and antiques, and for his tireless effort to promote scholarship and represent excellence in the field while elevating the business of buying and selling antiques to the highest level. This award places Skip Chalfant among an elite group of twenty-three awardees to date who have been honored in the ADA’s forty-one year history.

The award’s presentation and dinner will once again be held in conjunction with the prestigious Winterthur Antiques Show at the Chase Center on the Riverfront in Wilmington, Delaware. The evening will feature a delicious buffet dinner and dessert, and include remarks from keynote speakers and guests. Admission to the antiques show is included in the cost of the ticket. Self-parking is readily available for free. To purchase tickets and for more information, please contact the ADA at 603-942-6498 or check out our website at www.adadealers.com

10/30/2024

Did you see this article today by Laura Beach in Antiques And The Arts Weekly highlighting Arthur Liverant of Nathan Liverant and Son Antiques as the recipient of the 2024 Antiques Dealers' Association of America Award of Merit? 🤩 We are so excited for this terrific event, and hope you will join us. The award dinner will be held in conjunction with the Delaware Antiques Show on Friday, November 15, 2024 at 6pm. For more information, or to purchase tickets, please visit:

👉🏽 www.adadealers.com

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COLCHESTER, CONN. ­— Many years ago, on perhaps my first visit to Nathan Liverant and Son Antiques, proprietor Zeke Liverant (1916-2000) explained how his family’s business decades earlier came to occupy a handsome Greek Revival meeting house on Colchester’s historic Main Street.

10/26/2024

Please join us! On Friday, November 15, 2024, at 6:00 PM, the Antiques Dealers’ Association of America, Inc. will honor Arthur Liverant of Nathan Liverant and Son Antiques as the recipient of the 2024 ADA Award of Merit in recognition of his enduring passion for the field of American decorative arts and antiques, and for his tireless effort to promote and advocate for all those who elevate the business of buying and selling antiques to a level representative of the ADA’s dedication to ethics, honesty, and integrity.

The award’s presentation and dinner will once again be held in conjunction with the prestigious Winterthur Antiques Show at the Chase Center on the Riverfront in Wilmington, Delaware.

The evening will include a delicious chef-crafted buffet dinner and wine followed by coffee and dessert, remarks from guest speakers and the presentation of the award. Admission to the antiques show is included in the cost of the ticket. Self-parking is readily available for free. Please visit www.adadealers.com or call 603-942-6498 for more information.

03/30/2024

Available from Antiques Dealers' Association of America dealers Ron & Joyce Bassin of “A Bird In Hand Antiques,” this Grenfell Mission work known as “Capelin” features a rare artistic arrangement of Capelin fish in a beautifully colored mat. Hand-hooked from silk stockings by Grenfell Labrador Industries, this mat was hand made in Newfoundland & Labrador circa the 1930’s

The Capelin fish themselves are a work of art in this piece. In nature, the models are delightful small fish living in large schools. As a vital component of the food chain of the North Atlantic, North Pacific, and Arctic, they serve as a main food source for a myriad of species including humpback, minke, and finback whales, cod, and harp seals. Their movement inshore is followed by the cod and whales. Capelin are also important to the fishing industry, where they are caught and sold for use in garden fertilizers and dog food.
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03/20/2024

We hope you will join us in welcoming Zac Ziebarth as the incoming President of the Antiques Dealers' Association of America! Ziebarth is a second-generation dealer and collector of early objects who has been surrounded by the antiques industry his entire life. Currently, he is co-owner of Ziebarth's Gallery which specializes in Antique Americana, Native American Art, and Historical Militaria.

Ziebarth represents a younger generation of the antiques trade while being guided by his traditional roots growing up in the antiques business. He is passionate about the intersection of objects, history, design, and the role they play in the social & emotional dimensions of our lives. Most importantly, he’s a fervent supporter of the antiques & fine art industry, and he’s devoted to ushering in a new age of collectors.

Ziebarth and his wife Erin reside in historic Mount Horeb, one of Wisconsin’s earliest Norwegian settlements & the ancestral land of the Ho Chunk Nation. When not at an antique show or posting recent acquisitions to the www.Ziebarths.com online gallery, Zac & Erin enjoy traveling, sipping wine, and meeting new people.
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01/31/2024

ADA dealer Don Olson thrives on finding superior examples of American Antiques and Folk Art, particularly those that represent an early period and retain original color. He particularly enjoys introducing younger people to the joys of living with material culture, and he’s an expert on helping seasoned collectors manage their collections!

When asked to share a favorite object right now, Olson sent this photograph of an EXCEPTIONAL INLAID CHERRYWOOD CANDLESTAND attributed to cabinetmaker NATHAN LUMBARD of Worcester County (Sturbridge), Massachusetts, ca. 1800. This example illustrates how the fashionable neoclassical design elements commonly found in cities at the time might be interpreted by a talented country cabinetmaker. Further, as stated in one of the Chipstone volumes, the work of Nathan Lumbard shows: “….superior craftsmanship, love of complex inlay and an impeccable sense of design and proportion”.

Excellent original condition with just a minor old repair at the outer edge of one top-lobe. Original dry surface. Diminutive size of about 25 5/8 inches tall. Currently for sale through Don Olson, Fine American Antiques and Folk Art.
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11/12/2023

We had the opportunity to visit the Delaware Antiques Show yesterday and say hello to twenty-seven of our ADA antiques dealers. This celebrated show, operated in conjunction with the Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, is celebrating its 60th year! Every single dealer had a stunning selection of fine and unique antiques and art for the home and even the gardens outside. Check out these images of our ADA member booths. Remember, today is the last day of the show so if you can’t make it in person, visit www.adadealers.com to contact dealers directlly!

11/10/2023

We are so excited to celebrate The Chipstone Foundation as this year’s ADA Award of Merit recipient tomorrow evening at the Delaware Antiques Show! Check out this terrific article about the depth and breadth of The Chipstone Foundation by Laura Beach of Antiques And The Arts Weekly! Want to learn more about this event? Check out www.adadealers.com
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MILWAUKEE, WIS. — Jonathan Prown, executive director and chief curator of the Chipstone Foundation, recalls a time around 20 years ago when a New York Times reporter remarked that Prown and former Chipstone curator Glenn Adamson thought “outside the box.” The colleagues looked at each other an...

10/19/2023

On Saturday, November 11, 2023, at 6pm, the Antiques Dealers’ Association of America, Inc., will honor The Chipstone Foundation as the recipient of the 2023 ADA Award of Merit in recognition of the Foundation’s active efforts to expand, “...the parameters of decorative arts/material culture scholarship.” This award places the Chipstone Foundation among an elite group of awardees who have been honored in the ADA’s thirty-nine year history. By recognizing the Foundation as a whole, the ADA acknowledges the work of the many hands who helped bring the vision of the organization to fruition. The award’s presentation and dinner will once again be held in conjunction with the prestigious Delaware Antiques Show at the Chase Center on the Riverfront in Wilmington, Delaware.

The evening will feature a delicious buffet dinner and dessert, and include remarks from keynote speaker and former ADA Award of Merit recipient Peter M. Kenny. Admission to the antiques show is included in the cost of the ticket. Self-parking is readily available for free. To purchase tickets and for more information, please contact the ADA at 603-942-6498 or check out our website at www.adadealers.com

This evening would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors, including HUB International, Pook & Pook, Inc., Nathan Liverant and Son, LLC, Christie’s, Freeman’s, and Sotheby’s. Thanks as well to our media sponsors The Magazine ANTIQUES, Maine Antiques Digest, and Antiques and the Arts Weekly.