Fine Objects Society is an association of forward-thinking professionals and enthusiasts who share a devotion to fine handcrafted historic objects.

We see a strong future for the discipline which looks different from its past. We believe paying attention to fine handcrafted historic objects is delightful, rewarding, revealing, and crucial.

Understanding them, valuing them, caring for them, and giving them life is the essential work of people across numerous fields.

Our calling is to encourage that work, support the people who do it, and advance public interest in it.

Founding Members

President Benjamin Miller (New York), Director of Research at S.J. Shrubsole and host of Curious Objects: The Podcast of The Magazine Antiques

Treasurer Brenton Grom (New Haven, CT), Executive Director of the Webb Deane Stevens Museum

Secretary Sarah Margolis-Pineo (Lenox, MA), Associate at John Keith Russell and Director of Programs at The Mount

Bailey Tichenor (New York), Principal at Artistoric

Michael Hilal (San Francisco), Principal at Studio Michael Hilal

Jeremy Simien (Baton Rouge, LA), independent historian & collector

W. Taylor Thistlethwaite (Alexandria, VA), Principal at Thistlethwaite Americana

Oliver Newton (London, UK), Principal at Oliver Newton Antiques

Monica Nelson (New York), independent writer, editor, & designer

Zoë McGee (New York), sales, BDDW