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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The 59th Philadelphia Show, April 23-30, a benefit for the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA), was virtual for a second year. It may have been the last of the all-virtual antiques shows; it will be live on the East Terrace of the museum April 28-May 1, 2022, if all ... (Read More)
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New York City
It had been a tough year for art and antiques dealers. Shows were canceled, galleries closed, and travel restricted as the nation wrestled with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Auctions, with their strong online presence in place, expanded distance buying and prospered despite Sotheby’s adding a 1% “overhead premium” and Christie’s ... (Read More)
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Wilmington, Delaware
For more than a decade the Chase Center in Wilmington has been the venue for the Delaware Antiques Show during the first week of November. The show is known for attracting a large crowd of collectors both local and from afar. During this year of the COVID crisis, the ... (Read More)
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Antiques Dealers’ Association of America
The Antiques Dealers’ Association of America (ADA), founded in 1984 to make the antiques trade more honest and ethical, has been organizing shows for its members since the summer of 1985. In 1998 it moved its fall show to Deerfield, Massachusetts, as a fund-raiser for Historic ... (Read More)
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The Philadelphia Show, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The venerable Philadelphia Show went online via InCollect (www.incollect.com) from May 14 through 28 with 48 of the 60 dealers who had appeared on the April 23 preview party invitation before the actual show was canceled. The online show got mixed reviews from collectors and dealers. ... (Read More)
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ADA Spring Online Show
Almost immediately after the opening of the ADA Spring Online Show, April 24-27, dealer John Chaski sold to a dealer a sixth-plate daguerreotype housed in a leatherette case. It depicts a portrait of a young girl holding a book, with her doll in a wagon alongside. David ... (Read More)
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When word came that the Philadelphia Show had been canceled, it was a blow to the Americana world. The show has long been one of the premier events on the show schedule. Rather than just chalk it up to another COVID-19 cancellation, we asked dealers what they had planned to ... (Read More)
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New York City
There were only a handful of dealers with American furniture and folk art at the Winter Show at the Park Avenue Armory, January 23 through February 2, but they made more sales than most of the other 70. Moreover, the press release sent at the end of the ... (Read More)
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Delaware Antiques Show, Wilmington, Delaware
There is no question that the Delaware Antiques Show is one of the very best for Americana. Collectors come from all parts of the country knowing that a large contingent of dealers in American furniture, textiles, silver, folk art, ceramics, pewter, and silver made or used ... (Read More)
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Baltimore, Maryland
The 39th annual edition of the Baltimore Summer Antiques Show was held over Labor Day weekend, August 29-September 1, at the Baltimore Convention Center. Officially named the Baltimore Art, Antique & Jewelry Show, the event is staged and managed by the Palm Beach Show Group. Following its format from ... (Read More)
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