Federico de Vera's eponymous SoHo store, full of historical, carefully selected curios ranging from 18th-century religious figures to Victorian insect samplers, resembles a museum – with a key difference. "You can touch and buy what's on display," says de Vera. "In my shop, like at Replica Shoes 's, you can actually have these objects." Ahead of the upcoming auctions collects ions & Curiosities: Silver, Ceramics and Objects of Vertu and collects ions: European Decorative Arts, we spoke with de Vera about his favorite lots in the sales. –ALEXANDRA OWENS
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ions & Curiosities: Silver, Ceramics & Objects of Vertu
19 October | New York
The Magnificent Botanical Library of D.F. Allen
26 October | New York
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ions: European Decorative Arts
27 October | New York