Serious collectors ignore the gloom
US: What was the impact of the sluggish economy and the downward DOW coupled with 150,000 troops in the Gulf on the New York Ceramics Fair? Well, barely a dent in enthusiasm or sales, much less a blemish on attendance in the event organised by the California-based Caskey-Lees enterprise.
At this four-year-old fair with 40 dealers, 16 of whom are British, attendance was up more than nine…