Michelle Ojala (left) and Meredith Martin attend the Fall Antiques Show at Fort Mason on Oct. 24 and are pictured in front of one of the highlights of the show. The art piece by Ron Pippin is made of 120 small ships mounted on shelves, and was brought to the show by Ray Azoulay of Obsolete in Venice, Calif. "Who is this for? Oh anybody," said Azoulay, whose clients include many Hollywood celebrities with vast estates. "In Los Angeles, that would go into a bathroom."

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Make way for lovers of pearls, china and silver: Suzanne Levit and Mary Beth Shimmon browsed at the Fall Antiques Show at Fort Mason on Oct. 24, 2012.

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Mixing it up: Philanthropists Letitia Kim and Michael Kim, who support the Asian Art Museum, know a good cause when they see it, and attended the Fall Antiques Show at Fort Mason on Oct. 24, 2012.

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The jet tech set is here: Alison Pincus of OneKingsLane.com, public relations maven Allison Speer, and Carol Bonnie, wife of former CNET co-founder Shelby Bonnie, arrive at the Fall Antiques Show at Fort Mason on Oct. 24, 2012.

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The Fall Antiques Show showcases the best of antiques from furniture to china and silverware to jewelry from vendors around the globe. Helen Raiser (left) and Merla Zellerbach (right) found a bow-shaped pin by Tiffany selling for $30,000, and joked that they'd make it affordable by splitting the cost and each wearing it for six months of the year.

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Philanthropist Chris Bentley, (center) who owns the Bentley Reserve building in San Francisco, is more of a Burning Man fan, but occasionally takes in some of the city's more staid events like the Fall Antiques Show on Oct. 24, where he is seen with public relations woman Claudia Ross (left) and Nicole Saidi (right.)

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Among the highlights of the Fall Antiques Show at Fort Mason on Oct. 24 that Michelle Curtis-Harris and Wheeler Griffith got to see were the vendors from around the globe with interesting wares and McCall catering's famous salt-free potato chips with caviar and creme fraiche.

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Water in one form or another attracts Jonny Moseley (at right), the 1998 Olympic gold medal champion in freestyle skiing, and his wife, Malia, to the Fall Antiques Show, where they were honorary chairs for this year's show, themed "Sea Worthy" and featuring antiques with a nautical theme.

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The Fall Antiques Show, a benefit for Enterprise for High School students, is considered one of the top events of the social season in San Francisco, and draws many old-guard gala-goers, but this year saw a rise in younger attendees, among them Sobia Shaikh (left), a handbag designer, and her husband, Nadir Shaikh, an executive at Qatalyst. Photo: Drew Altizer Photography, Heather Wiley For Drew Altizer P / SF

Williams Sonoma senior vice president Marta Benson must have felt at home at the Fall Antiques Show at Fort Mason, where homewares and furniture were the order of the day. With her is Kurt Wooton, whose husband, Ken Fulk, is an interior designer, and who wore Giants orange to support the team on its first game in the World Series.

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Ahoy, ladies. Michelle Goss (left) and Adrianna Pope Sullivan, co-chairs of this year's Fall Antiques Show at Fort Mason, probably wished that the San Francisco Giants were not playing the first game of the World Series on the show's opening night, but large TV screens in a tent (and hot dogs with mustard) allowed them to keep tabs on the score at AT&T; park, where the home team emerged victorious. Photo: Drew Altizer Photography, Drew Altizer For Drew Altizer Ph / SF

Cross-pollination was the name of the game at this year's Fall Antiques Show, where Mark Buell, head of the America's Cup Organizing Committee, and philanthropist Dede Wilsey took in the "Sea Worthy" theme, with nautical-themed antiques, silver and home wares and lectures on nautical-themed paintings with ships.

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Lisa Podos (at right), the exectuive director of the Fall Antiques Show, a benefit for Enterprise for High School students, was especially pleased by this year's "Sea Worthy" theme and America's Cup tie-in. The actual towering silver cup was on display briefly on opening night, and models in blue gowns by Karen Caldwell set a mermaid-like theme in the entrance, wearing sparkling jewels by one of the sponsors, Graff.

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Vendors' booths at the Fall Antiques Show are always interesting places to expand one's horizons. Some showcase French antiques or Venetian lamps, others botanical prints, and others, like this one, unusual sculptures and skeletons to add whimsy to any house. Photo: Drew Altizer Photography, Heather Wiley For Drew Altizer P / SF

Social scribe Jeanne Lawrence, who writes for New York Social Diary, has a nose for news, and did not miss the Fall Antique Show at Fort Mason, despite plans the next morning to jet off to Asia for several months. She kept good company with interior design firm owner Douglas Durkin.

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Leigh Matthes, (left), with her husband, Bill, was one of the few women who got into the spirit of the evening, dressing in blue for the nautical theme, "Sea Worthy," at the Fall Antiques Show at Fort Mason on Oct. 24, 2012.

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Part of the fun of the Fall Antiques Show gala night is seeing -- and being seen. Here's Todd Klein (left) and Victoire Brown with interior design man Jay Jeffers (at right.)

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Real estate agent Olivia Hsu Decker, (left) knows a thing or two about fine furnishings, specializing in homes wth double-digit price tags in the Bay Area. She attended the opening night of the Fall Antiques Show on Oct. 24 with Emily Eerdmans (right.)

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Here's a pair that know how to sparkle: Robert Atkinson, manager of the Graff boutique, which was a sponsor of the Fall Antiques Show at Fort Mason, had models wearing the jewelry company's sparkling necklaces in the foyer. With him is Lonna Wais, a fine arts philanthropist, who was a key figure in supporting the "Cartier in America" exhibit at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco several years ago.

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The Fall Antiques Show at Fort Mason is a trove of inspirational ideas, which is why party planner J. Riccardo Benevides attended with friend Alison Carlson.

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Andrea Schnitzer and Mark Hill were among the several hundred guests at the Fall Antiques Show at Fort Mason, where the gala night activities include a highly anticipated buffet by McCalls Catering, which featured its signature lamb chops, meat carving stations, and lavish seafood bar with oysters, prawns, calamari cocktails and other maritime treats. Photo: Drew Altizer Photography, Heather Wiley For Drew Altizer P / SF

Dressed for success: Samantha Duvall and Darren Bechtel present the picture of unstudied elegance at the Fall Antiques Show at Fort Mason on Oct. 24.

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One of the highlights of the Fall Antiques Show is the massive art piece by Ron Pippin that greets guests on the left side of the exhibition hall at Fort Mason. The piece is made of 120 old ships, placed on shelves, and was brought to the show by interiors dealer Ray Azoulay of Obsolete, in Venice, Calif.

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View to a thrill: Ned Mobely (left) talks with a vendor about "mantiques" and telescopes at the Fall Antiques Show at Fort Mason Oct. 24. For the record, show director Lisa Podos says that mantiques are "antiques that appeal to men."

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Classy and clever: two words to describe the Fall Antiques Show and its nautical theme, "Seaworthy," which ties to the America's Cup races here next year, and to some of its attendees, including photographer Jenna Hunt, and interior designers Kendall Wilkinson and Shirley Robinson.

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Moooo-ve over. This antique cow sculpture at the Obsolete booth at the Fall Antiques Show was electronic -- when plugged in, it moved its head and face, about the size of a 40-pound dog begging for a treat.

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Dorothy and Ken Paige are fixtures at the Fall Antiques Show at Fort Mason, rarely missing the opportunity to browse and shop, even if the home town favorites, the Giants, are playing the first game of the World Series on the same night.

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