Category Archives: Antique shows
Setting up at the Baltimore Summer Antiques Show, August 31, 2010
The Baltimore Summer Antiques Show is now open to the public and will end on Sunday, September 2, 2010, at 6 PM. Tuesday and Wednesday was orchestrated chaos with dealers busy hauling in their treasures and setting up the show. … Continue reading
Results of the Chicago Summer Antiques Show, August 27-29, 2010
This year, Dolphin Promotions held its annual summer Chicago Antiques Show at the Rosemont Convention Center. It had been held there for many years, but was moved to a downtown location last year in an effort to reinvigorate the show. … Continue reading
Setting up at the Chicago Summer Antiques Show, August 26, 2010
Set up went smoothly at the Chicago Summer Antiques Show. My booth was large enough that we weren’t stepping over each other. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa The show is small, but good quality, with several high-end dealers. There’s a nice, diverse selection of … Continue reading
Results for the Pasadena Antiques Show, August 6-8, 2010
What a difference a show makes. Two weeks later, in basically the same city, Los Angeles (Redondo Beach vs. Pasadena), the tenor of the show completely changed. Attendance wasn’t significantly improved from Redondo Beach, but the show looked and felt … Continue reading
Setting up at the Pasadena Antiques Show, August 4, 2010
The Pasadena Antiques Show is being held at the Exhibition Hall of the Pasadena Convention Center. It underwent a multi-year, multi-million dollar renovation and is now a completely modern exhibition hall. The first day of setup went smoothly. We finished … Continue reading
Results from the Redondo Beach Antiques Show, July 23-25, 2010
It was a good show. It was a bad show. Attendance was fair at the show, with a bunch of questions, lots of compliments, and very few sales. Until Sunday afternoon, the show was going poorly. Many of the dealers … Continue reading
Setting up at the Redondo Beach Antiques Show, July 21, 2010
Apparently I ruffled a few feathers when I posted my last blog entry about the results of the Denver Antiques Show last weekend. I want to make a few things perfectly clear. I did not predict, nor do I desire, … Continue reading
Results of the Denver Antiques Show, July 16-18, 2010
2:20 PM Sunday. Although attendance has been decent throughout the show, sales have been poor (read non-existent) since Friday afternoon. So based on the results to this minute, we will not be returning to exhibit in Denver. Should something dramatic … Continue reading
The summer antique show season is about to begin in Denver, July 16-18, 2010
Spring is always a slow time for antiques and antique shows. There just aren’t any good shows, so I redirect my attention elsewhere, but not too far astray. Mainly I spend the time trying to acquire wonderful new items for … Continue reading
Results for the Chicago Merchandise Mart Antique Show, April 30-May 3, 2010
The Chicago Merchandise Mart Antique Show was held this past weekend, April 30-May 3, 2010. Attendance was very good, but appeared to be down a bit from previous years. Dealer results were mixed, after having spoken to more than a … Continue reading