Another dealer delighted to be at AIPAD was New York’s Andrea Meislin, who, after celebrating her fifth year in business, was finally considered eligible to join the association. Sales at her booth had been “surprisingly positive,” she said: She’d parted with four works by Paris-based Lillian Birnbaum at $2,000 a pop and a portrait by Israeli Michal Chelbin at $8,500. Still, Meislin seemed most pleased to be at the fair for the community, and the opportunities to meet with colleagues and discuss technical and ethical issues and dealing practices. She’s done a lot of fairs, but AIPAD is “the gold standard,” she said. No matter which side of the gulf you fall on.