The heritage village of Elora becomes the epicentre of everything antique, vintage and retro on the weekend of April 14 and 15. Fifty-five vintage and antique dealers take over the Elora Community Centre to put on the 27th annual Elora Antique and Vintage Show. One of Ontario’s longest running antique events, the Show covers a … Continue reading Elora Antique and Vintage Show
Tag: Vintage
Vintage Camper Tour Will Rally in Raleigh
Vintage Fan Fair, a festival that Celebrates Nostalgia™, will gather over 25 vintage campers for a rare chance for the public to tour inside these classic trailers. The open house is part of a two-day event being held November 10-11, 2017 at the NC State Fairgrounds in Raleigh. The rally is the first of its … Continue reading Vintage Camper Tour Will Rally in Raleigh
Delaware Punk Rock Flea Market 2017
On Sunday, August, 27th, 2017, ToyShows.org presents our first Delaware Punk Rock Flea Market. It will take place from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm at the Nur Shrine Center, Route. 13 / 198 South DuPont Highway, New Castle, DE.19720. Admission is $4.00, children under the age of 12 are free. Our show will feature over … Continue reading Delaware Punk Rock Flea Market 2017
Maine’s Largest Antiques event
Maine's LARGEST antiques and Vintage event of the year featuring dealers from across the country offering for sale a wide variety of antiques and vintage items from the 18th century through the mid 20th century . Indoor, outdoors and under tents you will find everything from thimbles to household furnishings. Art, glassware, china, ceramics, rugs, … Continue reading Maine’s Largest Antiques event
East Meets Texas, Part 1–Mary Baskett Collection of Japanese Fashion at the Crow Collection of Asian Art
Two exhibitions have brought Japanese art to the city of Dallas. It is a welcome change from shows like the staid flower paintings of Bouquets at the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA). These two exhibitions, one at DMA (Between Action and the Unknown: The Art of Kazuo Shiraga and Sadamasa Motonaga) joined The Mary Baskett Collection of Japanese … Continue reading East Meets Texas, Part 1–Mary Baskett Collection of Japanese Fashion at the Crow Collection of Asian Art
Repurposing the Antiques Industry
The recent Wall Street Journal article on the prices brown furniture is bringing provided mostly reasons I was already aware of. Until now I have thought of the sea change mostly as a demographics problem. This certainty allowed me to gloss over other important information. Besides too many people selling, the article offered three X … Continue reading Repurposing the Antiques Industry
Back From Grand Rapids Antiques Market
The crowd was also eager to spend. Some dealers made great sale within the first hour of the show. The bustling shopping scenes almost felt like Christmas for an antiques show. But unlike the Christmas shopping in which one buys for someone else, here one shops for his own.
Stuff in the Virtual World
Another article crossed my screen about the size of apartments people are living in. I'd heard this about San Francisco and knew it about New York, but this article was in the Dallas Morning News. This is middle America! There are thousands of new apartments around Downtown Dallas, and looking in the window of a … Continue reading Stuff in the Virtual World
Antique Elegance Introduces New, Younger Crowds to Antiques (and they love it)
The Antique Elegance Show, formerly the Victorian Elegance Show in the Dallas suburb of Richardson, is a show of a different breed. Changing the name from Victorian to antique does not change the dandy nature of the show. If vintage clothing and jewelry have traditionally distanced some antiques dealers who strictly follow a thumb rule … Continue reading Antique Elegance Introduces New, Younger Crowds to Antiques (and they love it)
Antiques Business Observer: Pinterest Perfect for Products
You may have noticed something new at the end of each post on urban Art and Antiques. Among the social media tags there is a little button called Pin It. It's for the social media site Pinterest. The name had come across my screen several times, then this morning on a Spree webcast with Gary … Continue reading Antiques Business Observer: Pinterest Perfect for Products
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