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Meet Carlton Hobbs!

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For the last six months we’ve been pleased to bring you exciting discoveries and information, both scholarly and anecdotal, on items in the Carlton Hobbs LLC collection. We’d now like to introduce to you the owner of these fascinating pieces.

Carlton Hobbs has been acquiring, researching, conserving and selling museum quality objects and works of art for about 35 years. His career has been dedicated to the discovery and exploration of fine and decorative arts objects, with particular interest in their history and with a focus on pieces of exceptional merit, including specially commissioned items with royal or aristocratic provenance and pieces designed by architects. He has worked actively for many years towards furthering the scholarly interaction and exchange of research between public galleries and the decorative arts trade.

“When Doves Cry”

Carlton Hobbs doveblog4You may have read about this story in Monday’s NY Post: A flock of about 45 African albino ringneck doves were released in Queens, officials suspect during a wedding ceremony. Unfortunately, the birds are domesticated and unaccustomed with flying or finding food in the wild. The birds were found in a tree in Flushing Meadows Park on Monday; cold, wet and starving after a stormy weekend.