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Twindmills Antiques opened its doors today in the small town of Colborne Ontario, just in time for Christmas. This Dumpdiggers blog post, published minutes before either Ed van Egmond, a local counselor , or Lou Rinaldi the MP cuts the ribbon, celebrates the event, and marks the location as the new home of theappraiser.ca and Marshall Gummer Antiques.One hour east of Toronto on Hwy 401 at exit #49

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Here's a partial list of the North Adams MA Antiques Estate Auction I've started on eBay. Most start as $9.95 and under, and there are No Reserves. Click here for the background story on this estate: Click here to see the auctions. * 10kt gold authentic Edwardian era odd antique Gothic ring * An antique George Jensen art nouveau sterling tulip brooch. I think it's a tulip. * A stunning 10

Antiques and the Arts OnlineNorthfield AuctionsAntiques and the Arts Online, CT - Nov 16, 20081972 TRIUMPH MOTORCYCLE!! FURNITURE:EARLY:Nice Grained Dvtld Dometop Keeping Box;Graind Sheraton 1drwr Stand(low);Exc.Restored Country Turned Leg Harvest ...

Evan & TearDrop Memories Owner Greg Cristiano TearDrop Memories NorthFork Pet Antiques is going to the dogs! Todd's Show dogs that is. Producer and writer Laura Schrock of NBC, ABC, Lorimar and CBS fame has just filmed her upcoming show It's Todd's Show in our New Hope Pa. antique shop. I had the distinct pleasure of being the co-star to Evan a very likeable hound. My role; Mortuary Antique

With Christmas and the rest of the holidays coming, you cannot have a website with too much good stuff. That is why we recently added a really great new site to Easy Place to Shop.com. There you will find a huge selection of quality, affordable, classic glassware, antiques, jewelry and other fine collectibles. The owner [...]

I like to watch BBC America during the day. Cash in the Attic is similar to Antiques Road Show. They're shows that take your old items like English saddles, paintings, toys, furniture, etc. and help you earn money from them. I would love to collect antiques. I adore hand painted tea cups and furniture. One day I'd like to own an armoire.

I was just wondering, isn't this site for people who collect antiques and other collectables? I just checked my in box and everything in it pertained ti things that are very important, but nothing to do with way I joined this site. Antiques are my "little get-a-way". You know, to get away from all the crazyniess of the new world. I like to go back in time and appreciate the coolness of the past. I

A flea market shops and stalls of antique items in Taipei, Taiwan.

Venturing out on our own around the city of Taipei, we stumbled upon the San-Pu Antiques Plaza / Market at the corner of Xinsheng and Bade Roads. As the name suggests, this is the place for the antiquarians and collectors. There are at least 30 antique shops / stalls in the basement of the Sanpu... * Please click the title or the blog site to read the rest of the entry and see photos ...

I was surfing around on Ebay and I stumbled upon a chess game table. Its not like any other game table, this piece of living room furniture is a real work of art. It can be used as coffee table or it can be opened up like two roman castle doors ready to welcome the nobleman with honor. A true medieval sense of nostalgia you've never even experienced, but still it makes you feel like your going bac

Doesn't fall see like a perfect time to go antiquing? I think the crisp air a hot cup of tea and shopping go hand in hand.

From Greenmonk: The Blog - Cherish The AIR? Just because you can doesn’t mean you should: …the core idea that should be upheld by companies like Apple should be about making things better and less often. Making things that will be able to evolve, be upgraded, be adaptable, hackable and more fun to use [...]

When we think of antiques, we usually think of things from our past. But what about the things that we have all around us now that are sure to be antiques and great finds in about 40 years from now? We take for granted that the most natural things around us will probably increase their [...]

We were very confused at the sight of a few shops across from our hotel in Malacca. Unfortunately, we passed by when the shops were closed so we couldn't find out exactly what they sold. How exactly is an antique modern?

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Having initially been disappointed at not being able to attend last weekend's Bestival on the Isle of Wight, my spirit was buoyed by the return of The Antiques Roadshow on BBC1, and by the end of the programme I was glad to be in front of a TV in west London, rather than exposed to the elements in Robin Hill country park.What more splendid way is there to spend a Sunday evening? Instead of standin

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Lauren Finch recently emailed Dumpdiggers some kind of praise to compliment the overall caliber of writing and high quality appearance of this blogspot. Turns out she's the Public Relations Manager of the Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc and she would like everyone in North America to know about the next Merchandise Mart International Antiques Fair™ which features more than a hundred antiques

August has five Sundays, and that's good news for Dumpdiggers addicted to shopping for high quality antiques & collectibles at The Sunday Market in downtown Toronto.Every Sunday, St Lawrence Hall is stuffed full of opportunities for the wise old man that buys and sells history.Dumpdiggers is absolutely obsessed with the idea of buying locally and selling globally on eBay. And now it occurs to

   Come take a look at three really great new sites all owned by the same great business owner recently added to Easy Place to Shop.com. These sites like all of the sites you will find at Easy Place to Shop were hand picked for their quality and the owners reputation Online. The first site can [...]

  In this section Easy Place to Shop’s unique and easy to use Internet Shopping Blog you will find Internet Shopping made easy for Antiques and Collectibles. Click on comments below to browse a variety of articles written by our website owners selling all different types of Antiques and Collectibles. Links are included at the bottom of each article to [...]

Antique buyers who don’t understand the history or process in which items become antiques are far too many. through searching places that are mistakenly believed to be the right places to look for these items, collectors and dealers alike waste their time. Many of these antique dealers are well-intentioned, but simply lack a grasp [...]

We are looking for volunteers who want to post YouTube Videos about Antiques on their own You Tube account. You will get traffic to your other videos and major exposure on our website! 1) Pick one of the exact phrases listed below. 2) Film a short video relating to that topic. 3) Edit the video to imbed the website www.iantiqueonline.com within the video 4) Post the video on YouTube with the exac

Buying antiques is an intimidating step which is made all the more complicated by the fact that many antique buyers do not understand the exact process through which antiques are purchased. Many collectors and dealers waste valuable time searching in places where they believe that these items are in great abundance. The process through [...]

I was delighted when I found out that Gore*Dean, Washington DC's most unique home store was coming to Baltimore. Sadly, it was replacing the local Smith & Hawken, which moved to a new location, but happily, the replacement is spectacular. I had the opportunity to pop in to Gore*Dean this morning and to meet the owner, Deborah Gore Dean, a charming and elegant woman. Gore*Dean is located in t

Antiques Roadshow Las Vegas Season 12, Episode 39 Episode Description Originally Aired: May 26, 2008 An 1870s Belleek vase; Art Nouveau posters; the Barranca Airways prop plane used in the 1939 film “Only Angels Have Wings.”

Last weekend we had a booth at the Boston Antiquarian Book & Ephemera Fair which was part of Boston Antiques weekend. ..It's funny that a recent post here was about optimism, because no where is the typical bookseller's lack of optimism more evident than at a book fair...

To see this listing: Holy Crappy Economy for Furniture Batman! No, I don't think the boy wonder ever used that phrase but regardless, It's hard to be a piece of antique furniture these days. Shipping has pretty much been its downfall. You have a figural glass top table? Great. Selling it for only $100! Amazing. Oh, it's going to cost me how much to ship? See ya! This is a Victorian table we have on consignment here in the store, and yes, it was just passed at a starting bid of $95. All the furniture in the store is priced ridiculously just to get it out of the store. What's the secret? Everyday there is another call for furniture. It's constant. Customers are just not interested and more and more shops are liquidating at extremely low prices to just get the merchandies out of the store.

Their are many other types of Antiques out there from the Civil War era that are not necessarily Military in nature but was produced at the same time regardless. Pottery for one had a unique flavor during this time. Pictured here is a Lusterware pitcher from about the same time period. A combination of clay and copper glazed firing made these very unique style serving pieces. Our here has a green and yellow pattern running underneath the copper. It's very interesting. For more info see our current listings:

The only real English Antiques that come through the store here just about once a month is China. We've done lots of Flow Blue, but there has got to be more to the English Antiques market than just china and small things. Being in the US its sometimes difficult only because we we're influenced by the English in so many facets of the Antique world, especially in New England, through the ages that its hard to see the difference between English and English-American. What we have pictured here is a Flow Blue Antique Pitcher, which we believe is from England, but again, we're just unsure due to the lack of markings on the base.

Lately the International Market has been pulling some big numbers in the instruments, Ebay Antiques, and vintage collectables category. Accordions, Saxophones, Even Keystone Movie Projectors, selling overseas for much more than they would in the US only market. What gets me is that these buyers are shelling out sometimes twice as much as what their product cost just for shipping it to them. Maybe its because we actually offer shipping to the international market of these large items. It might also be closely tied into the American dollar and the slippery slope we're sliding down now. I don't know, but I wish the customs forms we're an easier process:)

At a great timing Brett Arends wrote a great article for the Wall Street Journal which was featured on Yahoo! Finance titled "Load Up the Pantry".She argues that as flour, rice, milk, eggs and more basic food prices sore investing your money in a stocked pantry is wiser than just letting it rot in a bank account maxing at 4%.The article provides additional background and some future predictions (in continuance to my post on the commodity and food prices) and makes for a very interesting and recommended read in my opinion.Another article with real added value was published at CNN Money and reveals "The best kept secrets of antique shoppers". This is a great post on a tightly closed, less familiar market. Apparently there are real bargains out there.This weekend The Personal Financier will f

At a great timing Brett Arends wrote a great article for the Wall Street Journal which was featured on Yahoo! Finance titled "Load Up the Pantry".She argues that as flour, rice, milk, eggs and more basic food prices sore investing your money in a stocked pantry is wiser than just letting it rot in a bank account maxing at 4%.The article provides additional background and some future predictions (i

Went to Savage Mill today– This is a pleasant venue with WiFi access. Savage Mill is actually an old [historic] mill converted into shops and eateries. I am constantly surprised by the cost to dine out these days– however given that this is an expense I rarely incur these days– it should be surprising. Antique and [...]

I just did an appraisal today of some Silver Flatware. I won't bore you with the details but suffice to say this person had a number in mind that was seen off Ebay. This number was so substantially inflated I had to laugh. I asked the customer: "Did the item actually sell for that amount?" The retort was "What?" "Did the item actually have bids and sell for that amount." Again, the normal answer "I don't know" I looked the set up that they saw and told them how it worked. If you've come across this article because you want to research the antique you have please keep this in mind: Ebay is an excellent tool for finding the current retail value of so many items out there. But you have to know how to search for these items. Instead of seeing what is currently being sold click on advanced sea

Okay, I just fielded the 5th call of the day in regards to someones antique furniture, dresser, cabinet, whatever. That's 5 different customers in one day who didn't have anything else to sell to make us interested to even go out and look and spend $3.50 a gallon to get out there just to tell them it's not something we're interested in. Yes I know you paid $200 for it 50 years ago. But, that's the problem, It's not antique. 100 years. That's the definition for antique. Check the encyclopedia! What you have is used furniture. Does it have a good manufacturers lable on it? Heywood Wakefield? Hitchcock? Pennsylvania House? All of these names we would be interested in! I had a lady have the audacity to tell me that the term "Very Old" was about 30 years. Sorry, ask any 50 year old out there if

Chinese antiques history through to now has a fire breathing dragon as the centerpiece of the parade, weaving, bobbing, emitting noise, and most of all fire and smoke. And so it is today, although the dragon breathe is spewing out those smoke stacks we see now on television, as we see the streets of Beijing, [...]

Quite Possibly one of the coolest type of collectables out there. Sifting through the modern stuff though and finding the authentic Vintage Coca Cola real McCoy is the tough part. Usually when we're speaking with customers we'll tell them that the starting point in age would be about 50 years. There might be some stray 60's and 70's collectables out there but most of the time the high end Coca Cola Collectables come from the 50's or before. The classic collectable would most likely be the cooler. The bottle opener right there on the side is always good to have and its a wonder why every cooler out there isn't readily equipped with this option.

Here's our current inventory: www.afamilyheirloom.com/id1.html Lately we've been utilizing the store category listings through ebay with some pretty good success. Setting a Buy it Now price and letting it run for 30 days for not so expensive items has become increasingly lucrative due to the lower advertising cost. Finding the Buy it Now price is always the trouble. You sometimes start kicking yourself and wondering if an item could have sold for more when people pick things up immediately. While other items that you've seen easily sell for much more sit in the inventory waiting for people to view it.

Is the brick and mortar Antique shop on its way out? I've been seeing very few large buildings out there specializing in store front sales retail Antiques. These shops are moving into private land barns, basements, garages, or smaller shops tied in with an auction hall or Flea Market. We're constantly faced with the question these days: Why are we leasing a building for what usually amounts to about 10% of overall business? Is the store front necessary anymore? I'm pretty much a spring chicken when it comes to the antique market. But, through research and our own experience we've seen the uselessness of the shop. The only thing we're afraid of is whether or not having a shop provides our consignment customers with the reassurance that we are a legitimate business. Comments anyone?

Architectural Antiques (Hardcover)By Wim Pauwels Buy new: $110.00$69.30 First tagged “interior design” by ROBERT S. GALLAGHER Customer tags: european style, antiques, axel vervoordt, interiors, interior design, belgian style More: continued [...]

We've just come across something very rare. Or we believe it is. A Railroad Logbook for the Boston Maine Line Is there anyone out there that might know more about this piece? more pictures at: www.afamilyheirloom.com/id1.html

Just as an FYI for everyone as the AR website Calendar is a little confusing. 2008 Season June 7 Palm Springs, California June 28 Dallas, Texas July 12 Wichita, Kansas July 19 Chattanooga, Tennessee August 9 Grand Rapids, Michigan August 23 Hartford Connecticut Feel free to add to this post for anyone interested!

We all know the impact of Antiques Roadshow. It's getting more people interested in looking through their attics for items. At the same time those same people feel like they have the research background now to know the exact value of everything. Kind of a double edge sword. Our basic response to many people is that there is a big difference between appraisal value and actual value. The Roadshow website even explains this basically saying the you have to listen carefully to the cotext of what they are saying. How does one ease the tension and break the news?

Being in CT chances are it's quite easy for me to go out into the woods for a hike and come across an arrowhead or a rock shaped like some sort of Native American tool. The question is: How do you differentiate between the rocks and the authentic axe heads or carving tools of ancient America?

This is the place to begin. A growing network of buyers, sellers and collectors of antiques & collectibles. This free online forum is what our industry has needed for some time. Welcome!

So, here you are in a Greek antiques shop far north of Athens but still in Greece, in Macedonia. You Hold two figurines: one of a Greek Amazon Female Warrior, the other a model of an princess from Persia. You wonder what these two have in common, so you ask the shop keeper. It is [...]

Greek and Chinese antiques history has both had a wise and kind, or arrogantly powerful leadership. However, unlike Greece, China has always been imperial. Emperor or Chairman, all rules come from within the walls of the forbidden city and must be obeyed, or shame, pain, and death will follow you and your family into the [...]

When I first heard that American antiques legend speak of a North America all together as one, while he stared down the U.S.S.R. and had only known a hostile Russia all his life. To Reagan and all who heard of the almost bible like sessions of Technocracy, who basically wanted a greater and stronger Christian [...]

In politics everywhere, even your favorite politician is forced into some mindless blather about some issue that the locals worry about. That has been happening in Ohio, where Democrats who know better reply that if that town had a factory moved to Mexico or Canada, we would put a stop to that. Just as there [...]

During time periods of American antiques and history, the Depression was a very difficult for anyone to try to survive. Such deep fears known then die as those who experienced that lost ten years die. And while the depression has long since faded, it was real as modern economics models show. As the fear [...]

Roman antiques history ruins are from Scotland to Morocco, over to Cairo, up past Damascus to Istanbul, or Byzentium back then, and through the swamps of Romania, named after a certain Empire, skipping past under most of those feisty Germanics, the Scots, even the Irish. You have to love the inspiring thought that evokes from [...]

It was the darkest times for the North in the five year long American Civil War. President Lincoln could not find a superior officer who would take the charge to the enemy. In contrast, to the great advantage of the out manned and out gunned South was the decision of the most brilliant graduate at [...]

This probably happened in Greek antiques times also: if you sat in on some of the debates of the speakers, you might fall asleep. And so today, the television documentaries that now allow us to listen, or sleep through serious debate between world leaders. More often you change channels if you are not ready to [...]

Our image of heroic Greek antiques and figures grew out of even more ancient histories of western civilizations. They evolved and grew out of the cultures of Asia around Mesopotamia and in north Africa with Egypt and the Black Pharaohs to their south, and first allowed free speech in the times of Greek antiques. Here there [...]

Good King Wenceslas was a diamond of a human being indeed, in the short time he enjoyed the throne of Bohemia. He shared his new Christian joy with his people, and his desire to have Bohemia join with the new Holy Roman Empire of Charlemagne and become a part of a renewed, larger border free [...]

Herb Atkinson manages a not-so-busy antiques store at Queen and Roncesvalles in Toronto, Ont Canada. Sedate Antiques at 1703 Queen St. West specializes in vintage kitchen and bathroom fixtures. The store is stuffed full of bargains, and only lacks customers. But Herb doesn't care - that's because he's really an interior designer, and the antiques store is just a cover, a place to 'store' all hi

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First off, I'm an independant, and can't decide on any candidate at the moment for President. Regardless, in the business it seems that most of the Antiques found out there are in the hands of Republicans. The response from advertising on Conservative Republican Radio talk shows have gained us the best audience when it coming to purchasing product from people for resale. I believe its the Republican mentality that keeps their family heirlooms a part of their lives so long. On the flip side, of those I've talked to in the Antiques business, the lions share of dealers are Democrat or Independant mainly because of their capitolistic nature. Of course there are exceptions to the rule. Anyone see a trend like this or am I just blowing smoke?

The Kovel's book is by far the most detailed, entertaining and informative price book I have ever owned. It helps us sellers and buyers and on line shoppers understand real-time market values. I like that it is based on ACTUAL prices. ( after all things are really only worth what someone will pay). It helped me identify things that I was unsure of with some really clear four-color photographs. The book is packed with TONS of pictures! It also is easy to find things and the Kovel's seem to have a knack to know how to organize such a large group of potential categories. Overall, this book was worth every penny in terms of showing me what things are worth and what they are. No other place I have found that can do both so well. By antique-maven "antique-maven" (los angeles, ca). BUY NOW

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Panjiayuan - Beijing’s World of Antiques, by China Photographer Tom CarterPerhaps not by coincidence, the Greek word Pangaea, meaning “all lands,” is the name historians have given to planet Earth before its continental drift 200 millions years ago, when the world was one.Similarly named Panjiayuan, Beijing’s largest antiques fair, can likewise be described as a place where

By: Mitch JohnsonOne of the most well known timbers is the Mahogany, which is mostly imported from the nations like Cuba, San Domingo, Bahamas and Honduras. It is red-brown. There are others trees that have come to be known as Mahogany but they are not actually Mahogany. Cuba produces the best variety of Mahogany during the second half of the eighteenth century. Mahogany is one of the best timber to work with and easy to maintain. At one time Queen Anne walnut furniture was very popular in the United States, but it was soon found that central-heated rooms caused glue to dry up and veneer to fall off in an alarming manner. Consequently, veneered furniture is no longer looked on with affection in America.Mahogany is such a well-known timber that it is scarcely necessary to say much about it in the way of description. To most people it is a familiar reddish-brown wood, and it has been used for making furniture since about 1730. The timber was imported from the Bahamas, from San Domingo, f

Magazine Review : The antiques magazine is geared towards collectors, every month the publication will bring you articles and information on architecture, interior design, and fine and decorative arts from all era's . From furniture, painting, sculpture, prints, architecture, ceramics, glass and textiles. Get insites on private collections and museum houses around the world, latest trends in

13 October 2007 (Viet Nam Net Bridge) - A feature on a longtime Vietnamese collector of antiques, whose single pieces are worth up to a quarter of a million dollars. The owner of nonpareil antiques by Tuoi Tre He is not even known by many antique collectors, but anyone who had a chance to see part of Duong Phu Hien’s huge antique collection would be shocked by the value. The house of collector Duong Phu Hien is full of antiques, from the basement to the top, but the owner is very modest and doesn’t like to boast about the collection. It was very hard for a Tuoi Tre reporter to get access to Mr. Hien’s collection and to know about his most valuable collection of ceramics. Mr. Hien said that those antiques (ceramic-sekeleton pottery items with the colour of green beetle or do luc in Vietnamese) are treasures of treasures. (more…)

Antique pieces are really nice to look at specially those that are rare ones. We always treasure antique pieces and sometimes in our zealousness in taking care of them, we unknowingly ruined it instead. The following are some tips on how to take care of your antique pieces. (more…)

 Here is a list of the BBC Antiques Roadshows for September, Get down there and have your antiques valued, you might even get on the telly Thursday 6th September, De Montfort Hall, Leicester Thursday 13th September, Kentwell Hall, Long Melford, Suffolk T Thursday 27th September, Exmouth Pavilion, Devon

The AntiquesGenre: Other / Pop / Melodramatic Popular SongFrom: United StatesSewn With Stitches - Safranin 012Greg Svitil, lead singer and songwriter, of Washington band The Antiques (not to be confused with the Los Angeles folksters of the same name) took the plunge and contacted the Devil to alert me to the release of their new album, 'Sewn In Stitches', on the Safranin Sound label, the DIY label that is the home of American shoegaze bands including Alcian Blue, Screen Vinyl Image , The Vera Violets , Ceremony and The Offering.Someone really must have really upset Greg because 'Sewn In Stitches' is a bitter claustrophobic collection of melancholic psych tinged shoegazing for fans of '80s British glum rockers Echo and the Bunnymen, The Comsat Angels , The Sound and The Chameleons and early 90s Brit shoegazers, Ride.The album starts with what sounds like a false start before it hurtles headfirst into 'Tied To Nowhere', a sub two minute blast of Interpolesque miserabilism. Two tr

Cherub Miniature Brooch and Art Nouveau Floral Motif Pin at Lang Antiques I am a simple person and I do not like to wear much jewelries. However, during formal gatherings, I had to put on evening gown, and jewelries so as to look nice and elegant. I visited Lang Antique & Estate Jewelry. Lang Antiques [...]

Teapot for Antiques Originally uploaded by Ray Tomes In Tirau, a town in the central North Island of New Zealand, they have had the idea to make a lot of signs and statues out of corrugated iron. They are quite beautiful and entertaining.

Wow, what a busy weekend. I went to two auctions this weekend, buying up a bunch of furniture to refill the booth from the sales of the last couple of weeks. On Sunday, a huge buffet that we had in the booth sold! Our highest priced item! This is great except that now we need to go back to more auctions this weekend to fill that spot. It’s a vicious cycle, but lots of fun, we are really enjoying it. (more…) Alternative Income, Antiques, Banking, Carnival, Free Dollar Friday, Money, News, Personal Finance

OMG, I'm dying. I soooo wish I could be there for this. Hello Georg Jensen silver jewelry. Have I mentioned I'm dying. In case it has been missed I am insane for old stuff. Love the hunt, adore the sweet success of "the find", scoring the "goods". Can you tell I am missing NYC yet, my hunting grounds?TaTa Dahlings!PS Back in NYC late next week, so regular posting should resume!More Info on the show:Beautiful, sophisticated, chic, charming – all describe this highly-anticipated three-day event opening at noon on Friday, June 22nd in the heart of Bridgehampton. The three-day show takes place in high-peaked white tents on the lawn of the historic Corwith House at the Bridgehampton Historical Society on Montauk Highway.Cutting-edge exhibitors offer modern (like the dining set from Mode Moderne pictured above), formal & early continental furniture, hard-to-find garden antiques (like the Mexican mahogony table & chairs from Bridges Over Time) , paintings (like the Richard Wengenroth

14th to 20th June 2007 14, 16, 17, 19 & 20 June   11 am - 6 pm 15 & 18 June   11 am - 8 pm Grosvenor House, Park Lane, London W1 (more…) June 14, 2006toJune 20, 2006

   Visit this great fair at Olympia      Private view Thursday 7 June 5 pm - 10 pm     Open each day from 11.00 am, varying closing times     With close to 300 international and UK exhibitors presenting thousands of the very finest works of art and antiques, there is nothing to compare with The Summer Fair at Olympia.     Organiser: Clarion Arts Tel: 020 7370 8211 Email: olympia-antiques@clarionevents.com www.summerfairolympia.com

First off the bat, this is a blatant ad (for my wife - Veronica). She has threatened me with death unless I mentioned her upcoming antique show on this blog. She will at the 45th annual Ridgefield Antique Show on June 2nd. Her booth number is N12 and she will be exhibiting Chinese antiques. The antique show will be held at the Ridgefield Community Center, The Lounsbury House, 316 Main

Sunday 27th May, Burleigh Pottery, Stoke-on-Trent, Filming For BBC Antiques Roadshow   Sunday 27th May  Antique & Collectors Fair at Culford School, Culford, Suffolk. 10.00 am - 5.00 pm Quality stalls with a wide variety of items including Jewellery, China, Books, Glass, Beswick, Silver, Ceramics, Furniture and more……. Refreshments & Light Lunches Free Parking Enq: 07870 437264 Sunday 27th May Burford School (A40), Cheltenham Road, Burford, Oxfordshire. OX18 4PL Open 9am till 4pm 40 Stalls £1.00 entry fee Further details from Fat Cat Fairs on 01865 301705 Sunday 27th May, Antique and Collectors Fair at Kings Mill Antique Centre, Queen Street, Harle Syke, Burnley 10am-3pm - futher information contact Kings Mill on 01282 431953 Monday 28th May,  NANTWICH THE CIVIC HALL, BEAM STREET, NANTWICH, CHESHIRE 80 STANDS FAIR OPENING TIMES: Public: 10.00am to 4.00pm Trade 8.30 to 10.00am (FWC) , further details from V & A Fairs on 01938 580438 S

Dont forget Wednesday and Thursday this week   The Thoresby Park Antiques Fair- 23rd & 24th May  The Thoresby Park Antiques Fair, Thoresby Park, Near Ollerton, Notts. 07947 172971    

Come and have your Antiques Valued and Appraised by Experts from the BBC Antiques RoadShow, Dates throughout 2007 Thursday 24th May, The Courtyard Centre for the Arts,Hereford (more…)

  These Fairs are all taking place in the next few days. MIDLANDS CLOCK & WATCH FAIR-May 20 Great Northern International Antiques Fair-18,19 & 20th MAY Bridgnorth Antique and Collectables Fair-Sunday 20th May The Cresta Court Hotel Antiques and Collectors Fair-Sunday 20th May Royal Horticultural Hall Antiques Fair (Lindley Hall)-Sunday 20th May Stockport Antiques and Collectors Fair (At the Armoury)- Sunday 20th May The Art Deco Fair East Anglia-Sunday 20th May Kelvin Hall Antiques and Collectors Fair-Sunday 20th May Antiques Fair, Rockingham Castle-18,19 & 20th May The 13th Mid-Bedfordshire Antiques Fair-18, 19, 20th May The Thoresby Park Antiques Fair- 23rd & 24th May  

 .   Held Annually in Buxtons Pavillions Gardens, this prestigious fair is one of the UK's longest established dateline fairs. In May 2007 it will be opening its doors for the 43rd year. Traditional Paintings and Watercolours, Antique Furniture, Jewellery, Ceramics, Clocks and Barometers, Bronzes, Arts and Crafts,Objets d'art, Glass, Silver, Maps and Prints. Wednesday 16th May 11.00am-9.00pm* Thursday 17th May    11.00am-9.00pm Friday 18th May         11.00am-6.00pm Saturday 19th May     11.00am-6.00pm Sunday 20th May       11.00am-5.00pm   *A VIP Gala Evening will be held on Wednesday 16th May 6.30pm-9.00pm   Source:   The 43rd Annual Buxton Antiques Fair

ShoppingAntiques City (Guwancheng), also known as Beijing Curio City21 Dongsanhuan Nan Lu, Chao Yang DistrictTelephone: 67747711Open 9.30am – 6.30pm dailyFor those people interested in collecting antiques, you may wish to pay a visit to Guwancheng. The prices are higher than average market prices and the vendors are more serious with the goods more likely to be genuine than ‘antiques’ in many markets. However, remember you are in China and there is always the possibility of a copy being sold.Panjiayuan Antiques MarketWest of Panjiayuan Qiao, Dongsanhuan Nan Lu, Chao Yang DistrictTelephone: 67752405Nearby to Guwancheng is Panjiayuan, a famous antique market in Beijing, also known as the dirt market. You will find many lively and interesting characters here. Be sure to bring your camera, but watch your valuables with a keen eye!This market has developed from one of vendors spreading a cloth on the ground to sell their wares to one of reproduction shop houses and huge metal roofed s

If you are in NYC (or thereabouts):The Pier Antiques Show runs today and tomorrow (March 17th and 18th).Besides antiques there is also a fantastic section of Vintage clothing: 'Fashion Alley', with designers such as Hermes, Chanel, Pucci and more. Expect to find dresses, bags, hats, jewelry, jackets and coats, sunglasses (hopefully from France!!),shoes and sweaters etc etc! SHOW HOURS: Saturday 9-6, Sunday 10-5 PIER 94, 12th Ave., @55th St., NYC(212) 255-0020

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