Maryland’s largest antiques event will be held at the Baltimore Convention Center in September. Now in its 29th year, this event is one of the most important antique events for collectors nationwide. It will feature 550 international dealers from 35 states as well as Canada, England, Germany, Italy, South America, and Asia. Knowledgeable collectors, dealers, decorators and shoppers from all over North America, Europe, and Asia attend each year.
There will be over 200,000 individual items in the show including furniture, crystal, art glass, silver, ceramics, quilts, art deco, art nouveau, lamps, ethnic art, paintings, Chinese export, music boxes, oriental rugs, posters, political memorabilia, jewelry, and much more. The entire gamut of antiques from the antiquities to the 20th century, including the Deco and Modernist periods, will be showcased. Fine art and furniture will be displayed in elegant, room-setting displays. The Antiquarian Book Fair will have 60 dealers offering rate books, first editions, fine manuscripts, autographs and unusual bibliographical material. Over 60 leading silver specialists will have early coins including Georgian, Irish, Russian, and Victorian. Everything will be for sale.
A mini Asian Arts Show will be hosted by 30 dealers specializing in Japanese and Chinese art. Over 70 exhibitors will feature outstanding examples American, English and Continental porcelain and pottery from all periods. Antique and fine estate jewelry will be offered. Glass displays will include American Brilliant, Steuben, Heisey, Moser, Galle, Lalique, Pairpoint, Handel, Tiffany, and more.
Speakers at this year’s event will include Dr. William Noel, Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books at the Walters Art Museum; Alice Davis Donahue of Mount Clare Museum House; Mimi Levine of Mimi & Steve Levine Antiques; Beverly L. Norwood of The Norwood’s Spirit of America; and Janet Drucker of Drucker Antiques.
The Baltimore Summer Antiques Show 2009 will be held September 3-6, 2009 at the Baltimore Convention Center, One West Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21201. For registration and information you can visit their web site at http://www.baltimoresummerantiques.com. You can also contact Kellie Senones at Palm Beach Show Group, 500 North Dixie Hwy., Lake Worth, FL 33460. Telephone: (561) 822-5440. Fax: (561) 837-6651. E-mail: info@baltimoresummerantiques.com.
