Gilbert Segas, Paris
• Antique dealer
• Expert at Drouot Auction House
• Member of the Company of Expertise in
Antiquities and Art Objets (C.E.A.) and
French Syndicate of Professionals Experts
in Works of Art ( S.F.E.P)
Conference Topic: Technology of Manufacturing
Canes and Rare Unusual Materials
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Christian Raud, Paris
• Expert at Drouot Auction House
• Member of the Company of Expertise in
Antiquities and Art Objects ( C.E.A) and
French Union of Experts (U.F.E.)
• Teacher at the School of Art and Communication
(E.A.C.), Paris
Conference Topic: The Art of Carving
from Antiquity through the 16th, 17th and
18th Centuries
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Larry Mattson, Beverly Hills, Califonia
• US Collector
• Noted authority, researcher, and speaker
on ceramic canes
• Member of the exclusive American Ceramic
Circle, an organization that includes ceramic
experts from this country's leading museums
and universities
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Cristine Ortega, Versailles
• Antique
dealer
• Member of the Company of Expertise in Antiquities
(C.E.A.) and Company of French Experts in Antiquities
(C.E.F.A.)
Conference
Topic: Porcelain Canes and the Influence of
Chinese Export in French Ceramics
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Pierangelo Marengo, Milan
• Antique dealer in Milan, (Il Segno
del Tempo)
• Student of the world famous master Nino
di Salvatores’s “Scuola Politecnica di Design”
followed by study at the prestigious university
of the “Politecnico di Milano” to become
an architect with focus on restoration of
ancient buildings
• During his studies he worked as a journalist
for “La mia casa” magazine in Milan
• Established in 1991 “Il Segno del tempo”
company with Pier Luigi Carboni and has
focused on collector’s in the fields of
walking canes, scientific instruments, globes,
planetaria, snuff boxes, miniatures, important
ivories and Black Forrest items.
• Attends the most prestigious Antiques
Shows in Italy, England, Spain, Monte Carlo,
and the United States
Conference Topic: Canes of Cantastorie
Conference Topic: The Walking Stick of the
Folk Singer
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Jean Paul Favand, Paris
• Collector and dealer
• Organizer of the first exhibition of Catherine
Dike’s collection at the Louvre des Antiquaires,
Paris, “The Unknown World of Canes”
• Curator of the Museum of Fairground Art,
Pavillons de Bercy, Paris
Conference Topic: The Magical Function
of the Staff
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 Dominique
L. Tailleux, Paris
• PhD in Modern French Literature, Sorbonne,
Paris
• Formerly taught at Yale University and
the University of Connecticut
• Worldwide identifier of atypical objects
Conference Topic: The Symbolism of Whimsical,
Sensuous and Erotic Canes
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Sophie Vergne, Paris
• PhD in Art History
• Consultant and specialist in silver and
gold
• Published “ Les orfèvres de haute Bretagne
" (silver and goldsmiths of upper Brittany)
• Curator of the exhibition " Orfévrerie
de Bretagne, XV° - XVIII°" in Rennes October
2006 (Silversmithing/Goldsmithing in Brittany,
15th-18th century)
Conference Topic: The Hallmarks
and the Imposters in Silver and Gold
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Nicolas Lüscher, Basel, Switzerland
Nicolas Lüscher was born in 1945 in Bern, Switzerland. During his childhood he changed homes 13 times moving from Switzerland to Great Britain, to France, to the USA and finished school in Switzerland. He studied medicine in Geneva and became Chief Plastic Surgeon at the University of Basel. At the age of 50 he left his hospital and became a hobby farmer and surgical expert in the largest Swiss Sports Clinic.
In his first remembrances Lüscher grew up with the cane collection of his grandfather being fascinated by Gadget Sticks, Popular carved
sticks and rare materials. Yet he bought his first cane at the age of 40; others followed . . .
Conference Topic: Sense and Nonsense
of Glass Sticks
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Daniel Traube, Brussels
• Collector and dealer
Conference Topic: Folk Art Canes
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