New York...56th Annual Winter Antiques Show! Exquisite quality curios...

Over the years, I've collected quite a few antiques.

The most precious?

The pieces I ferreted out of the back rooms of dusty old antique shops, purchased for a song by the road at a country-yard sale, even a cherished piece or two  handed-down from a neighbour anxious to trim down their possessions and lighten the load.

Of course, as you can well imagine, I am a big fan of the enlightening Antiques Road Show.

This week, the promos started up for the Winter Antiques Show in New York City.

The Antique extravanganza will run January 21st - January 31st.

Although I won't be there to rummage through the fabulous collection on display in person, I'll be hopping on line to check a few of the treasures highlighted.

http://www.WinterAntiquesShow.com

This year there will be a loan exhibition at the Park Armory site to salivate over also.

LOAN EXHIBITION

Colonial to Modern: A Century of Collecting at Historic New England

Sponsored by Chubb Personal Insurance
(Proceeds from the show will benefit East Side House Settlement)

EXHIBITORS

Bernard Goldberg Fine Arts
Clinton Howell Antiques
Lost City Art
American Antiques, Inc.
Rupert Wace Ancient Art Limited
Peter Pap Oriental Rugs, Inc.c
Georgian Manor Antiques
Aronson of Amsterdam
*Check Web site for complete list

OPENING NIGHT PARTY

JANUARY 21ST

Winter Antiques Show
Park Avenue Armory
67th St. & Park Avenue
New York City (NY)

HOURS

DAILY
12 p.m. - 8 p.m.

SUNDAYS & THURSDAYS
12 p.m. - 6 p.m.

TICKETS
$20.00 Admission
(includes catalogue)

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Vintage Fashion Expo...is historically & culturally rich! Feb. 7th & 8th. Exhibit @ Santa Monica (CA)...

If you're into Vintage clothing, head out to the Vintage Fashion Expo in Santa Monica this weekend, where an extensive array of finery from the past few decades will be on display to excite the senses.

What exactly does Vintage mean?

For a collector - or wardrobe lady (or dude) who toils away on a TV or Movie set - it boils down to fashion periods.

In that event, a silhouette or flourish on the apparel, is generally a give-a-way.

Ensembles that point a finger at a specific time period are quite collectable, too.

Although some hold fast to the idea that an item need only be ten or twenty years old to be designated "Vintage" - discerning connoisseurs not only draw a line in that regard - but are often desirous of a couture label, too.

At the Vintage Fashion expo, browsers with a keen eye may stumble upon items from a wide range of periods.

Depending on demand and scarcity of a piece, prices vary accordingly.

Over the weekend in the quaint seaside town of Santa Monica, expect to sort through belle epoque finery to a flower child's bell-bottom jeans.

Remember those hokey old duds?


Those familiar with the style of top classic designers, may even ferret out European classics from the likes of Chanel, Schiaparelli, or even Lavin.

There will probably be a motherlode of quality designs by Bill Blass, Claire McCardell and Halston, too.

The Expo opening this weekend at the Santa Monica Civic Center follows a three-decade-long tradition that beefs up the mainstay vintage collections with accessories like purses, hats, gloves. shoes, and dazzling one-of-a-kind jewellery selections.

Pickers have searched here and abroad - high & low at estate sales, auctions, bazaars, and so forth and so on - to ensure their "digging" not only turns up a bumper-crop of Vintage creme de la creme treasures each year - but also advances their altruistic desire to preserve the treasures ensembles by virtue of state-of-the-art cleaning and restoring skills.

Notwithstanding, the Vintage Fashion Expo is a great shopping opportunity, too.

And, for most, amounts to a charming foray into a past which is culturally and historically rich.

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