Our 62nd New Hampshire Antiques Show will include a loan exhibit “Gerry Williams and Friends, Mid-Century Studio Pottery in New Hampshire.” Over 50 pieces made by Williams and others will be on display. Williams (1926-2014), who lived and worked in Dunbarton, NH, was a major presence in the studio pottery world in the last half … Continue reading NHADA News: July 2019
The NHADA is pleased to name Rachel Gurley as Dealer of the Month for July 2019. Rachel was born and raised in the antiques trade. “My family is in the business. My mother and father, David and Nan Gurley were amazing dealers, and when I was 5 or so, they began promoting antique shows. Dealers … Continue reading July 2019: Rachel Gurley
The NHADA is pleased to feature Herbert and Carol Barup as Dealers of the Month for June 2019. Herbert and Carol have been in the business for over twenty years. They own a 10,000 square foot store featuring antique furniture on the historic Langdell Farm in Johnson, Vermont. With a focus on pieces dating prior … Continue reading June 2019: Herbert & Carol Barup
The NHADA is pleased to feature Gary Briggs as Dealer of the Month for May 2019. Gary bought his first antique at age 7 (at 25 cent bamboo stand) and he’s been hooked ever since. Gary’s mom, Pat Briggs, was a collector throughout Gary’s youth and like most collectors, when the house got full she … Continue reading May 2019: Gary Briggs
The NHADA would like to highlight Flying Pig Antiques in Westmoreland, New Hampshire, opened last month by Connecticut antiques dealer Ian McKelvey and Massachusetts antiques dealers Kris and Paul Casucci. The renovated shop features 40 dealers from New England and New York in booths and cases in a 4,900-square-foot building. The regular shop hours are … Continue reading NHADA News: April 2019
The NHADA is pleased to announce that John and Elizabeth DeSimone of Goosefare Antiques & Promotions are our dealers of the month for April 2019. John and Elizabeth started their antiques business in 1969 when a fellow teacher and antiques collector interested them in antique furniture. At the time, they were making $98 a week … Continue reading April 2019: John & Elizabeth DeSimone
The NHADA is pleased to feature Victor Weinblatt as our Dealer of the Month for March. 2019 marks Victor Weinblatt’s fortieth anniversary in the antiques trade. Throughout those four decades, his first love has been “Folk Signage.” Having grown up in a family of collectors and with an accountant father whose clientele was principally dealers, … Continue reading March 2019: Victor Weinblatt
We’re having a heat wave; a tropical heat wave…the vintage Irving Berlin song has been rumbling around my head over the last few days. Hopefully, our New Hampshire weather will change in time for all the dealers heading off to Brimfield for the July markets! This is the last NHADA news column before the 61st … Continue reading NHADA SUMMER NEWS 2018
Barb Johnson, of Pewter & Wood Antiques in Enfield, New Hampshire and Cave Creek, Arizona, sent me news of the 12th Alzheimer’s Silent Auction Benefit. This year’s date is Saturday, March 17th. The auction ends at 1:30 mountain time. This will be the last year for the Benefit. The goal is to raise $15,000 for Alzheimer’s Research. The auction items … Continue reading NHADA News February 2018
A deep cold settled into New Hampshire in late December and is still with us, as I write this column today, to send off to the Maine Antique Digest. Weather forecasters are indicating a bump up in temperatures around January 8th. If they are right, it will end a two week cold snap that, right … Continue reading NHADA News January 2018
