Art and Antique Auction World Revealed At UC Berkeley Extension.News Editors/Education Writers BERKELEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 21, 2000 The international world of auctions is glamorous, complex, high-powered, and highly influential in setting trends in style and taste; it is also notoriously mysterious and uninviting to outsiders. A weekend UC Berkeley Extension course next month offers amateurs the chance to become connoisseurs of fine antiques and learn more about the esoteric es·o·ter·ic adj. 1. a. Intended for or understood by only a particular group: an esoteric cult. See Synonyms at mysterious. b. systems, appraisal process, previews and the history and specialized spe·cial·ize v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es v.intr. 1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study. 2. vocabulary of antiques and art auctions. "The World of Fine Antique and Art Auctions" will take place on Saturday and Sunday, October 7-8, 10 am-5 pm, at Butterfield & Butterfield, 220 San Bruno San Bruno (săn br  `nō), city (1990 pop. 38,961), San Mateo co., W Calif., a suburb on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1914. There is light manufacturing and petroleum refining. Ave., in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden . The fee is $250, including box lunch and refreshments re·fresh·ment n. 1. The act of refreshing or the state of being refreshed. 2. Something, such as food or drink, that refreshes. 3. refreshments A snack or light meal and drinks. . To register, call (510) 642-4111 or register online at www.unex.berkeley.edu. The auction world is an essential source for interior designers, antiques collectors, and those passionate about objects d'art, fine carpets, rare books, and fine art. It is here that decorators find important antiques for interiors, and serious and knowledgeable collectors discover superb examples of the finest decorative arts decorative arts, term referring to a variety of applied visual arts, both two- and three-dimensional, including textiles, metalwork, ceramics, books, and woodwork, as well as to certain aspects of architecture (see ornament), public buildings, and private houses (see . This two-day course takes participants through the weekend-long process of auction previews and actual auctions. Students attend previews at Butterfield & Butterfield, a leading international auction house. They attend lectures by five of Butterfield's top specialists on topics ranging from Oriental ceramics, rare books, and contemporary painting to Arts and Crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. furniture and silverware. With the knowledge gained from the Saturday session, participants then view (and many participate in) auctions on Sunday. Instructor Diane Dorrans Saeks is a San Francisco author, editor, design lecturer, and feature writer who focuses on interior design, architecture, gardens, travel, and fashion. She is the author of books on interior design, architecture and style, including San Francisco: A Certain Style, California Country, San Francisco Interiors, and California Cottages. Her tenth book, California Interiors, was published by Taschen this past fall. For a free catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. listing more than a thousand courses offered by UC Berkeley Extension this fall in locations around the Bay and beyond, call toll-free 1-888-UC-SMART (888-827-6278) or visit Extension's website at www.unex.berkeley.edu. CALENDAR LISTING: Oct. 7-8: "The World of Fine Antique and Art Auctions" - UC Berkeley Extension workshop, Sat.-Sun., Oct. 7-8, 10 am-5 pm, at Butterfield & Butterfield, 220 San Bruno Ave., San Francisco; fee $250, including box lunch and refreshments. Space is limited; advanced registration recommended; to register, call (510) 642-4111 or register online at www.unex.berkeley.edu. |
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