Chip Collections of Antique Silver and Jewelry from Princeton Specialty Retailer
to the PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ From Einstein to Springsteen
that describes the powerful celebrity clientele that patronized The Silver Shop
during its long and distinguished run
cartier earring replica. Since opening in
1937 on Princeton's leafy Palmer Square, the shop's discriminating customers
have included not only blue blooded Princetonians but also entertainers,
politicians and design luminaries from around the world. The Silver Shop was the
sort of quietly elite establishment where, in its earlier days, one might bump
into Sir Laurence Olivier or members of the Guggenheim family, browsing the
upscale wares. Later, it became a favored gift emporium for numerous New Jersey
governors and tastemakers like Frank Gehry, Martha Stewart and Michael Graves.
Over the weekends of Sept. 27 28 and Oct. 11 12, its private collections,
remaining goods and even showcases will be auctioned in Philadelphia. Material
Culture the firm that hosted the high profile March sale of director Jonathan
Demme's art collection will conduct the event. A special preview and "farewell
to Princeton" reception at Princeton's Academy of the Sacred Heart will be held
on Sept. 22. Afterwards, the auction goods will be transported to Philadelphia.
During the Art Deco era, nearly every upscale city in America had one store that
was regarded as the most exclusive place to go for fine silver and jewelry,
explained Material Culture's founder and owner George Jevremovic. "But over
time, with the retail flight to suburban shopping malls, those sorts of
establishments closed, one by one. The Silver Shop would have closed in 2000,
had it not been for its fourth owner, Salvatore Pitts, who stepped in at the
last minute to rescue it
fake cartier
necklace," Jevremovic said. "Now Mr. Pitts has decided to retire and spend
his time traveling." The Silver Shop's previous owner, the late Arthur Colletti,
owned the renowned Pompey Collection of French porcelain and Sable Collection of
American porcelain replica
cartier love bracelet. The majority of Colletti's porcelain holdings were
sold at Christie's in May 2002 for world record prices, but the portion he
retained conveyed with the sale of the shop to Pitts and will be included in
Material Culture's auction inventory. There are many rare and one off pieces in
the collection. The shop's trove of jewelry includes hundreds of pieces of
handmade antique, vintage and modern jewelry, with exquisite designs by Alphonse
Mucha, Gustav Munz and Georg Jensen.