Like many other dealers, Steven and Kathleen Koman of Vero Beach, Florida, who I’d never seen before (“You won’t find more of a mom-and-pop operation than us,” they boasted, adding, “some of the biggest dealers in the world have clients who live in Vero Beach.”), were unsure what to bring to the fair. “Do you bring a Maurice Prendergast that’s going to cost a million and a half or something like this?” Steven asked, as he pointed to the same artist’s lovely little watercolor Autumn in the Mountains (1910–13), which he was offering for $85,000.

Uncertainty and all, Koman reported “some sales, and some follow-ups.” He said they’d sold “less than we had hoped for,” but “it’s a new show and now we have a better idea of what people want.” He added that “dealers in general feel that there is a lot of potential.”

Meanwhile, Spanierman Modern, which eventually sold several paintings in addition to the Lassaw sculpture, reported “wonderful success in every respect,” and Nicole Marzigliano of Vincent Vallarino Fine Art said that they had done “really well,” selling eight paintings and buying a number of pieces from other dealers. Luis Accorsi sold a small Victor Vasarely and had a larger one reserved; he also sold a collage and a small drawing by Rivers. Wally Findlay Galleries sold three paintings for a total of $250,000 and reported a lot of interest across the entire range of the work that they offered.

And Waterhouse and Dodd sold out all six of the paintings they’d brought by the young British painter Sarah Jeffries (for between $5,000 and $10,000) as well as two more by the artist that were back in London. They also sold a Louis Valtat (for $45,000) and a Paul Leduc (for $55,000) and had a Tom Wesselman and a large Marc Quinn watercolor of Kate Moss, Blue Sphynx, reserved, at $58,000 and $90,000 respectively. “For a first-year fair, it was pretty good,” Waterhouse said.

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