60th Annual Burton Antiques Market Returns June 12th
Following up on 2 highly successful Burton Antiques Festival last year, the Burton Antiques Market returns June 12th to the Geauga County Fairgrounds in Burton, Ohio. Both of the 2020 shows were held under all National and local CDC guidelines with Social...Publisher’s Message: Signs of Normal and Some Nostalgia
As our June issue goes to press, there are some signs of normal, not merely a pandemic “new normal.” While there are continuing mixed messages about masks and social distancing and how events can be held, the restrictions are easing. To some degree it depends on your...A Time Capsule Comes to Life in New York City
New York – Entering the Salmagundi Club library you set your watch back about 100 years and immediately respond to a genius loci unique to what may be New York’s only authentic, century old art reference library. Visitors absorb the warm tones given off...In Sparkling Company: Glass and the Costs of Social Life in Britain During the 1700s Opens May 22, 2021 at The Corning Museum of Glass
Special Exhibition Explores the Beauty, Innovation, and Cultural Significance of Glass in the Lives of the British Elite and Illuminates how the British Upper Class Benefitted from Enslaved and Indentured Labor to Create and Pay for these Luxury Goods Possibly James...Publisher’s Message: The Printer’s Devil, Hellbox and Pi the Type
In the last issue readers went on a wild goose chase to find the “jumps” or continuation of articles on page eight. Instead they found a second page seven. As much as we liked page seven, the replacement of page eight was not intended! So, in this issue the complete...Publisher’s Message: Oil Light at the End of the Tunnel?
Pick your favorite period lighting. Betty Lamp? Candle? Whale Oil? Kerosene? Gas? Maybe there is some light at the end of the antiques tunnel. While March apparently will come and go without one of our favorite antiques shows, known locally as the Nazareth show, the...Publisher’s Message: Moving Right Along
Normally, February might not be in focus yet; however, we moved the annual “Show Focus” section from January to allow show organizers a little more time to gather information about the availability of venues, the ability of dealers to travel, and the mood of the antiquing public as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.
Publisher’s Message: Someday This Will be History
As we head into the holiday season the COVID-19 pandemic continues to alter plans for many, including antiques collectors, dealers and organizations that promote antiques shows. There has been much discussion of “COVID fatigue” as many people to try to resume life as...Semi-Annual January 2021 York Antiques Show & Sale Has Been Cancelled
With deep regret, Mel Arion has announced the CANCELLATION of “THE ORIGINAL 176th SEMI-ANNUAL YORK ANTIQUES SHOW & SALE” scheduled for January 29, 30, and 31, 2021 due to the ongoing severity of the Covid-19 pandemic. Until shows can be resumed safely, stay well....Fakes I’ve Known
Since many of us can’t or shouldn’t go “antiquing” like we did, I’m going to tell you about more fakes and reworked pieces of antique items I’ve seen in the past. Some of these stories are old, but the problems still are around us. When you again can go...Publisher’s Message: Everything Old is New Again
Bruce Austin writes about the resurgence of drive-in theaters in this issue, noting the movie venues have found new popularity in the social-distancing era of the COVID-19 pandemic. For many baby boomer kids the drive-in was either a treat (depending on the...Syracuse September Gun Show Has Been Cancelled
It is with sincere regret and sadness that we must announce that the September 19-20, 2020 Syracuse Gun Show has been cancelled due to the Covid-19 virus. It is a huge disappointment to everyone involved. But, it is the right & responsible thing to do....175th Annual York Antique Show & Sale Has Been Cancelled
Mel Arion has announced the CANCELLATION of “THE ORIGINAL 175th SEMI-ANNUAL YORK ANTIQUES SHOW & SALE” scheduled for September 18 and 19, 2020 due to COVID-19. At the present time, he is planning to stage the 176th edition of this very popular antiques show,...Publisher’s Message: Where Do We Stand?
With public school systems and teachers and parents continuing to wonder about what will happen if and when the school year begins, we suppose it seems a little shallow to think about the business of antiques. Yet the “antiques trade” generates in the billions of...Publisher’s Message: Stir-crazy Evokes Travel Thoughts
A little context for historians or others who may come across this column a century from now. We’re in the midst of a pandemic and that has altered much of daily life, including shutting down businesses and restricting travel. We’ve regularly looked back...Publisher’s Message: No, I Didn’t Buy Another Windsor
Granddaughter Sarah knows my weakness for the various styles of Windsor chairs and she knows that I really don’t need another. So when I talk with her after an auction, she kids me with “Did you buy any Windsors?” Well, I suppose I’ll have to confess that...Important Pennsylvania Impressionist Work to be Auctioned
By Hope C. Thomas While most associate the Impressionist Movement with 19th century French painters such as Claude Monet and Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, a significant American Impressionist movement was in play in tiny New Hope, Pennsylvania during the early...Salt City Holiday Antiques Show Starts Christmas in Syracuse November 23-24
Allman’s shopping spree opens holiday season at NYS Fairgrounds weekend before Thanksgiving. Syracuse, NY- Salt City Holiday Antiques Show will open the holiday shopping season the weekend before Thanksgiving, Saturday and Sunday November 23 & 24, 2019, with more...Olde Stark Fall Antique Faire – October 12-13, 2019
Don’t miss the OLDE STARK ANTIQUE FAIRE on OCTOBER 12 & 13 at the Stark County Fairgrounds, Exhibition Hall, 305 Wertz Ave., Canton, Ohio. Saturday Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Early bird at 7 a.m.) and Sunday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for this LARGE INDOOR SHOW...
