Here’s an article from Antiques And The Arts Online on the Brimfield Antiques Market in Brimfield, MA. The market drew a large crowd of enthusiastic shoppers at its megashow running Sept. 8-12.
The range of antiques offered at the show was astounding.
Here’s an article from Antiques And The Arts Online about the Antiques Show that took place in Bridgehamptom, NY on August 14-16. Sales were so brisk that one dealer with a 22-piece furniture ensemble had to endure the teasing of other dealers when he ran out of merchandise early.
If you are going to be anywhere near Thibodaux, LA on the weekend of Sept. 11-13, you’ll definitely want to go to the Ta-Wa-Si antique show, now in its 33rd year.
You’ll find Victorian furniture and a raffle for a Victorian garnet bracelet. But there’s going to be much more, including an antique children’s book booth and a certified wine appraiser and specialist.
And all the profits are going back into the community.
I’m not sure that “Economy slows antique sales” is the best headline for this article from The MetroWest Daily News, out of Framingham, MA. But that’s what you’ll see when you go to read it.
One hundred dealers showed up from around New England and New York for the Holliston Antique Show, sponsored by the Citizen Scholarship Foundation of Holliston. There were 400 people waiting to pay $6 at the door when the show opened for its first day on Saturday, despite weather conditions that kept some away. In the end the scholarship foundation was able to add $10,000 to $12,000 to its endowment.
Of the three dealers mentioned in the article, two were positive and one negative.
Phyllis and Sam Petnov of Millford, MA remarked that it wasn’t like the good old days, when they could make $10,000 to $20,000 at the show. “Those days are gone. It reflects the economy. It’s universal.”
Alan Seymour, on the other hand, owner of Franklin Street Antiques in Natick, MA, said he did well at the show, after setting various price points for broader appeal. He wants to remind people that antiques are a good investment.
And Tom Nagy of Hampton, CT, who sells 18th and 19th century accessories, also said it was a good show for him. His sales included an 18th century Sheraton server and a Victorian mirror.
Why put a negative headline over that? I prefer mine.
And here is my growing collection of posts about the current economy and its effects on antique Victorian furniture and on antiques in general: Feb. 17, Feb. 7, Dec. 9, Dec. 8, Nov. 27, Oct. 25.
Here’s an upbeat article on antiques from the Reporter-Herald in Loveland, Colorado. A local Valentine Antique Show, which featured everything from Victorian furniture to prohibition-era memorabilia produced by the Coors Brewing Co., attracted quite the crowd. As the article points out, there are certain things you can only find at antique shows and in antique shops.
Regardless of the economy, an antique remains an antique.