Clinton Howell, the president of the Art and Antique Dealers League, hosted a luncheon at Doubles yesterday to celebrate the inaugural Spring Show NYC, which opens with a gala benefit preview for the ASPCA on April 27at the Park Avenue Armory. The show, with 60 prominent fine and decorative arts specialists, is organized by the Art and Antique Dealers League of America and sponsored by 1stdibs.com. Mayor Bloomberg will issue a proclamation announcing Art and Antiques Week in New York with the new fair at the heart of it. Lars Bolander will add his magic touch to create the fair’s mise-en-scene.

Among those who attended the lunch were Mario Buatta, Ellen Ward Scarborough, Helen Fioratti, George Subkoff, Robert Israel, Stacy McLaughlin, Michelle Tillou, Wendy Moonan, Laura Beach, James Andrew, Danny Sager, Alexandra Peers, Michael Franks, Rachel Karr, Catherine Sabino, Margaret Tao, Joel Frankel, Robert Simon, Lisa Schiller, Marilyn White, Carol Prisant, Jaimee Bloom, Tony Freund, Sean O’Connor, Doris Athineos, Leon Dalva, Melissa Feldman, Julia Noran, Jeannan Al-Hamdouni, Peter Trippi, Jackie Cooperman, Jackie Cooperman, Marisa Marcantonio, Bart Boehlert, Bobbie Leigh, Valerie Gladstone, Betsy Pochoda, and Barbara Dixon.

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are the Honorary co-chairs of the Connoisseurs Committee and are joined by Committee co-chairs Michael Bruno, Mario Buatta, Celerie Kemble, Brian McCarthy, Miles Redd, Ellen and Chuck Scarborough, Michael Smith, Bunny Williams, Vicente Wolf, and yours truly. http://www.springshownyc.com