The Baltimore Summer Antiques Show is one of the largest and most important in the country. Held annually at the Baltimore Convention Center on Labor Day Weekend, the show features more than 550 exhibitors.
2010 Baltimore Summer Antiques Show Information
When
Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, noon to 8 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 3, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 4, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 5, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Where
Baltimore Convention Center, 1 W. Pratt St.
Admission
$12, which is good for the run of the show
History
This is the 30th-annual Baltimore Summer Antiques Show
About the Show
Note: This is from the show's official Web site
- 550 international dealers from 35 states as well as Canada, England, Germany, Italy, South American and Asia.
- Thousands of patrons, collectors, dealers, decorators and shoppers from all over North America, Europe and Asia attend each year. The attraction is the combination of huge variety, first-class quality and affordable prices. The general range is $100 to $1 million.
- Dealers offer the entire gamut of antiques from the antiquities to the 20th century, including the Deco and Modernist periods, featuring fine art and furniture in elegant, room-setting displays.
- The Antiquarian Book Fair - 60 dealers offering rate books, first editions, fine manuscripts, autographs and unusual bibliographical material.
- The range of antiques is enormous. Over two hundred thousand individual items in the show, included is furniture of all kinds, crystal, art glass, silver, ceramics, quilts, art deco, art nouveau, lamps, ethnic art, paintings, decoys, Chinese export, bronzes, music boxes, sewing collectibles, oriental rugs, textiles, posters, country store, antique armor and military, political memorabilia, nostalgia, advertising, jewelry, and more.