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A Brisk Start to the Armory Show Suggests Optimism as the Market Adapts to New Rhythms<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Opening day sales point to confidence returning, even as galleries are recalibrating their strategies to align with changing buyer expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By\u00a0Elisa Carollo<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Armory Show 2025 opened with a VIP preview on September 4 and runs through September 7.\u00a0Casey Kelbaugh\/CKA<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

American collectors seem to have taken the back-to-school spirit seriously this year, with several dealers reporting a brisk and buoyant first day at the Armory Show. The New York fair\u2014one of the city\u2019s most established and historic\u2014opened yesterday, September 4, at the Javits Center and quickly surpassed expectations across price ranges, leaving dealers cautiously hopeful that this season might mark the start of a healthier moment, at least for the U.S. market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPeople are excited to be \u2018back to school\u2019\u2014both dealers and collectors,\u201d New York dealer\u00a0David Nolan<\/a>\u00a0told Observer. By early afternoon, his booth had already sold well to existing clients and some new ones. \u201cMany serious collectors are in from out of town to get in on the fun,\u201d he noted. \u201cNot to be hyperbolic, but things are flying off the wall.\u201d Nolan\u2019s booth was strategically conceived to offer something for everyone\u2014one hundred works on paper spanning 1944 to the present, embracing a range of styles and narratives and, most importantly, different price points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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from OBSERVER A Brisk Start to the Armory Show Suggests Optimism as the Market Adapts to New Rhythms Opening day sales point to confidence returning, even as galleries are recalibrating their strategies to align with changing buyer expectations. By\u00a0Elisa Carollo\u00a0 American collectors seem to have taken the back-to-school spirit seriously this year, with several dealers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14020\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}