The Collector?s Instinct: A Thought Leaders Interview with William Rau, Third Generation CEO of M.S. Rau Antiques
William Rau is the CEO of M.S. Rau Antiques, a renowned New Orleans company that has been in business for 101 years. His grandfather began… [Read More]The post The Collector?s Instinct: A Thought Leaders Interview with William Rau, Third Generation CEO of M.S. Rau Antiques appeared first on Pursuitist.
William Rau is the CEO of M.S. Rau Antiques, a renowned New Orleans company that has been in business for 101 years. His grandfather began the company in 1913 in New Orleans, Bill?s father carried it further, and now it is Bill?s turn. He is taking the company in new directions, through publishing, events, social media, and philanthropy.To collectors, and others who understand the historic provenance and the deeper metaphoric terroir of one-of-a-kind objets?d?art, paintings, jewelry, M.S. Rau Antiques is certainly on their speed dial. Last month, in Palm Beach, M.S. Rau Antiques exhibited a significant collection of 18th and 19th-century paintings by Monet and van Gogh, silver by Paul Storr and Hester Bateman, and an exceptionally rare Golconda diamond from India.Mr. Rau grew up in a family business, where in a day, they could sell Fred Leighton designed pink diamond earrings ($148,500), as well as an original harem lock and key– made of inlaid gilt bronze, used to lock the entrance to a harem in a wealthy Ottoman nobleman’s home ($34,850), and a George IV snuff box ($18,850), rendered in 18k yellow gold, engraved with the royal crest and three Roman goddess...
William Rau is the CEO of M.S. Rau Antiques, a renowned New Orleans company that has been in business for 101 years. His grandfather began the company in 1913 in New Orleans, Bill?s father carried it further, and now it is Bill?s turn. He is taking the company in new directions, through publishing, events, social media, and philanthropy.To collectors, and others who understand the historic provenance and the deeper metaphoric terroir of one-of-a-kind objets?d?art, paintings, jewelry, M.S. Rau Antiques is certainly on their speed dial. Last month, in Palm Beach, M.S. Rau Antiques exhibited a significant collection of 18th and 19th-century paintings by Monet and van Gogh, silver by Paul Storr and Hester Bateman, and an exceptionally rare Golconda diamond from India.Mr. Rau grew up in a family business, where in a day, they could sell Fred Leighton designed pink diamond earrings ($148,500), as well as an original harem lock and key– made of inlaid gilt bronze, used to lock the entrance to a harem in a wealthy Ottoman nobleman’s home ($34,850), and a George IV snuff box ($18,850), rendered in 18k yellow gold, engraved with the royal crest and three Roman goddess...
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