Site Co-Founder Eric Miller says the site is providing a alternate view of the industry as a whole.

“There isn’t a lot of hard data collected, particularly on the antiques industry,” Miller says. “The calendar listings may be breaking some long-held assumptions.”

First, Miller says, it has been somewhat assumed the industry is weighed towards the Eastern U.S. and Northeast in particular. While there’s no evidence to conclude that’s not true, Miller says its clear there are many shows in the West and Southwest, in Minnesota, Iowa and Texas in particular.

The site offers a map feature that offers a glimpse of where in the country shows are at any given time.

The large number of antiques shows may also come as a surprise to some. Launched in late 2010, Miller says 1,000 is a significant number and by no means is the site without growth potential.

“There’s an unfortunate notion out there that the glory days of antiquing are behind us,” Miller says. “If listings on the Calendar of Antiques are any indication, that’s far from true.”

Miller says plenty of higher-end mainstays like the Philadelphia Antiques Show, Washington Winter Antiques Show and Delaware Antiques Show list on the calendar as well as popular vintage markets that attract new breeds of consumers like the Randolph Street Market Festival in Chicago and the Dallas Vintage Clothing and Jewelry Show.

More than 300 individuals a day currently access the calendar. A weekly “what’s on” email highlights weekend events. Individuals can subscribe on the site.

More information is available at http://www.calendarofantiques.com

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A premiere show held at the Education Building at the Mn State Fairgrounds.
Dealers from across the country displaying everything from toys to Tiffany,
furniture, advertising, postcards, pottery, glass, jewelry, primitive, paintings, prints and more!
Plenty of free parking, admission is $6 and good all three days of the show.
Mention this website and receive $1 off one admission at the door,

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THE ALEXANDRIA ANTIQUES SHOW will feature 30 selected, National & International prominent antiques dealers who will offer an extensive assortment of 18th 19th century furniture from around the world, objects d’art, and worldly treasures including fine art, decorative art, accessories, silver, antique jewelry much more, from the exceptional to the extraordinary. All exhibits will be set in unique individual room settings, which will offer each exhibitor the opportunity to display their merchandise in their most attractive settings – all with the common goal of providing the visiting public with an unforgettable and enjoyable antiquing experience. Located atop Shuter’s Hill, at the upper end of King Street, across the street from the Metro, 1 mile from 495, 3.5 miles from 395, 10 minutes from Washington, D.C.

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This is a premiere indoor/outdoor antique flea market event covering 52 acres of the fairgrounds now in its 40th year. Rochester is just 85 miles soiuth of Mpls/St Paul and is near the intersection of three major highways (Hwy 63, 52 and 14 and located in the world famous Mayo Clinic city.

This indoor/outdoor event filling 9+ buildings as well as outside spaces featuring dealers from across the United States and Canada is a buyer and collectors’ paradise.

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“We are proud and honored to have been chosen to represent this nationally-acclaimed local treasure,” notes Richardson.

Featuring more than 40 exhibitors from the United States and Europe, AD20/21 combines a spectacular selection of 20th and 21st Century fine art, photography, vintage and contemporary studio furniture, jewelry and decorative arts with the 13th Annual Boston Print Fair, which offers fine prints, drawings and works on paper. The show opens Thursday, March 15, with a Gala Preview from 5:30-8:30pm, with all proceeds benefiting Boston Architectural College (BAC), New England’s largest independent, accredited college of spatial design. Internationally recognized interior designer Vicente Wolf will be the show’s special guest and Lifetime Achievement Award recipient for 2012. For information, please call 617-363-0405 or visit www.AD2021.com.

As a young boy, John Wilson’s artistic abilities were recognized and nurtured by his teachers at the Roxbury Boys’ Club. After his work was brought to the attention of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Wilson received a full scholarship. Wilson graduated from the Museum School in 1945 with the highest honors, and in 1947 he received the prestigious James William Paige Traveling Fellowship from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. He moved to Paris and worked in Fernand Léger’s studio in 1948-49. Then, in 1950, Wilson received the John Hay Whitney Fellowship, enabling him to move to Mexico City where he studied at the Esmeralda School of Art, the Instituto Politécnico and the Escuela de las Artes del Libro. He was attracted to the Mexican muralists, in particular the work of Orozco, who was creating large-scale public art with powerful political messages. Wilson made prints at the renowned workshop, the Taller de Gráfica Popular, where Mexican artists and other like-minded American artists, such as Charles White and Elizabeth Catlett, were producing prints of socially conscious subjects. Wilson’s artistic development and his achievements are profoundly intertwined with his compassion for the oppressed and his commitment to social progress. Observing and experiencing injustice himself, he devoted his considerable talents to address the painful realities of racial prejudice and social disenfranchisement.

Wilson returned to the States in 1956, working first in Chicago and then in New York until 1964, when he returned to Boston to accept a position as art professor at the School of Fine and Applied Arts at Boston University. Wilson still lives in Boston.

Among the many notable works which Martha Richardson Fine Art will display at the show is the compelling 1947 oil on masonite “Black Despair (Black Solider)”, which shows an African American solider with his head down on a table with his arms gripped over his head. The sitter for the painting was Wilson’s brother Billy. From the same period, Richardson will offer the artist’s 1947 Street Scene, an ink on paper drawing of a crowded urban street. Also being offered at the show is Roz #15 (Study for Eternal Presence), a 1972 black pastel drawing on paper, a study for Wilson’s seven-foot tall bronze sculpture that stands outside of the National Center for Afro-American Artists in Boston. 

On Saturday, March 17 at 4:15pm, Martha Richardson will present an informal talk on the artist in her exhibition booth at the show. This talk will be followed by a presentation by James Stroud of Center Street Studio who will be showing John Wilson’s more recent prints at the show. Martha Richardson Fine Art is located at 38 Newbury Street. For further information, call 617-266-3321 or visit MarthaRichardsonFineArt.com.

The AD20/21 weekend show and sale takes place Friday, March 16 from 1-8pm, Saturday, March 17 from 11am-8pm, and Sunday March 18 from 11am-5pm. Weekend admission is $15, under 12 free and includes admission to all special programs, lectures and panel discussions at the fair. Valet and discount parking available. The show café is catered by Jules Catering. Details at www.AD2021.com.

Editor’s Note: • Complete John Wilson bio and additional photos on request.
• Interviews are available with Martha Richardson.
• Media coverage of the Gala and show is encouraged.

Submitted by Joshua Payne

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Scott Shuford, President of Dallas Auction Gallery, said, “We are pleased to offer an impressive collection of signed French furniture in this auction, along with a wonderful mix of high-end paintings, fine estate jewelry, and silver. Dallas Auction Gallery is looking forward to celebrating our ten year anniversary this year, and we are always welcoming quality consignments for our 2012 auction schedule.”

Bidding is available live, by phone, by absentee bidding, or online through liveauctioneers.com.

Highlights from the February 29th auction include:

1. Lot 170: Paul Sormani Louis XV style commode, the shaped and molded breche d’alep marble top over a bombe shaped two drawer cabinet, inlaid with elaborate floral marquetry and mounted with exceptional quality dore bronze. The lock plate of top drawer stamped, “Paul Sormani 10r Charlot, Paris” and “P. Sormani Paris” stamped into the top of the front legs under the marble. Paul Sormani (Italian/French, 1817-1877).
Provenance: Ex Coll: Baroness Leigh who maintained residences in Geneva, Penzance and New York. By repute, this commode was purchased directly from Sormani in Paris in the 1860′s for the family residence in Geneva and later moved to Penzance.
Estimate: $40,000-$60,000.00
2. Lot 164: Linke mahogany Louis XV style vitrine the shaped marble top over a dore bronze mounted frieze, a single long door framed in dore bronze and a shaped apron centered by a large dore bronze plaque. Curved glass in door and side panels. Signed on bronze mount, “F. Linke”. Francois Linke (French, 1855-1946).
Estimate: $20,000-$30,000.00
3. Lot 138: Grohe Freres Louis XVI style writing table, the body of tulipwood veneered oak on turned legs of solid purpleheart wood. The top with leather writing surface over two writing slides and a long drawer, the frieze with a continuous gilt bronze border of cherub and foliate scrolls, and the fluted legs mounted with gilt bronze ending in stiff leaf sabots. Stamped twice “GROHE Fres”. Grohe Freres (French, 1829-1885), established by brothers Guillaume and Jean-Michel Grohe, participated in major exhibitions throughout the second half of the 19th century and supplied furniture to major royal households in France and England, including Napoleon III’s apartments at the Louvre.
Estimate: $20,000-$30,000.00
4. Lot 156: Andre Lardin Regence style tulipwood commode with molded breche violette marble top over two short, two long and a secret top center drawer, having ornate bronze pulls, escutcheons and mountings. Stamped “Lardin” and “JME”. Andre Antoine Lardin, Parisian cabinetmaker of the latter 18th century.
Estimate: $8,000-$12,000.00
5. Lot 176: Ivory inlaid oval shaped center table, the birdseye maple top with an undulating border and elaborate floral and scroll pattern ivory inlay, the banded border with additional ivory inlay, the aprons with heavy floral and swag ivory inlay, standing on four square tapered legs with stippled panels, carved shells and ivory bell flowers.
Estimate: $8,000-$12,000.00
6. Lot 127: 14K and 1.95 ct. fancy yellow diamond (GIA) ring the central round brilliant cut, internally flawless fancy yellow diamond, 1.95 cts., flanked by a pair of pear shaped diamonds, 1.10 cts. approximate total, G-H color, VS clarity, in a 14K white and yellow gold mount. Stamped, “14K”. 2.9 grams. GIA report #13686808.
Estimate: $18,000-$24,000.00
7. Lot 174: 14K gold and 2.28 ct. diamond (GIA) ring, the 2.28 ct. round brilliant cut diamond, I color, VVS2 clarity, in a 14K white gold mount. GIA report #110204027731. Stamped, “14K”. 2.8 grams.
Estimate: $15,000-$25,000.00
8. Lot 169: Henry Stull, “Heads Apart” oil painting on canvas depicting a race at Queens County Jockey Club on October 25, 1898 between: Kinnikinic, Warrenton and Swiftmas. Canvas: 25”H x 30”W; Frame: 38”H x 43.25”W. Signed lower right, “Henry Stull Copyright 1898″. Henry Stull (American, 1851-1913).
Estimate: $25,000-$35,000.00
9. Lot 159: Tiffany & Co. mantle clock with enameled decoration to the top and three sides; an ornate finial on a domed top; the four corners with urn finials- the front two crowning canted corners concealing a pair of cherubs flanking a gilt dial with Roman numerals, marked Tiffany & Co.; over an inset panel decorated with enameled cornucopia; the whole supported by four scrolled feet. Movement is a circular brass French style with coiled gong strike on hour and half hour. In working condition with pendulum and key. Movement marked, “Tiffany & Compy 3965 7 7″ and a circular mark that reads, “Medaille d’Argent Vincenti 1855″.
Estimate: $4,000-$6,000.00
10. Lot 165: Tiffany style stained glass window having three panels depicting a winding stream within a wooded landscape, the trees parting to reveal a lakeside mountain in the distance. Metal tag signed, “Tiffany Studios New York” on lower left panel. Glass: 61.5”H x 59”W; with frame: 69.5”H x 66”W.
Estimate: $5,000-$10,000.00

About Dallas Auction Gallery

A family-owned business, Dallas Auction Gallery is an international antiques and fine art auction house. The Gallery offers only the highest quality antiques and fine art, as well as impeccable client service and effortless, seamless transactions for both buyers and sellers. DAG’s highly trained appraisers and auction specialists provide full-service estate consignment management and professional promotion and marketing, all designed to maximize values with the utmost integrity and personal service. Both buyers and sellers appreciate the Gallery’s hands-on approach, simplified fee structure, and ability to handle estates of any size. For more information, please visit www.dallasauctiongallery.com or call 214-653-3900.

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featuring antique and collectible glassware, china, pottery and kitchen collectibles. we have nationally known dealers from more than ten states. something for everyone from the seasoned collector to the novice.

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