Ruben Aardewerk Antiques: Provenance, Expertise and Objects of Virtu

While the makers craft, Ruben Aardewerk works in time — in the patina of past centuries, in the textures of old silver and the brushstrokes of forgotten portraits. Ruben is a renowned antiques dealer, art consultant, and certified appraiser, steeped in both the commerce and the scholarship of collecting.

His family firm, known in the trade as Aardewerk Brothers Antiques, has roots that stretch back generations — grandparents who were founding members of the early European antiques fairs, a business built on trust, knowledge, and ethical standards.

What Ruben brings to the Winter Salon is the kind of object that carries memory. Portrait miniatures, objets d’art, antiques, decorative pieces, folk art, costume, textiles — things where condition, provenance, and character matter as much as visual beauty. Also, as a registered valuer (under European norms), his presence assures collectors precise insight: authenticity, valuation, restoration concerns, histories — the full story behind each object.