FACT SHEET

NEW HAMPSHIRE ANTIQUES SHOW®

·  Lauded by ELLE Decor for its "top notch" American antiques, the 55th annual New Hampshire Antiques Show is presented by the New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association (NHADA).

·  68 dealers of high quality antiques – from folk art to fine porcelain, country and formal furniture to paintings and prints – set aside “new to market” merchandise for the show.

·  Dates: August 9-11, 2012

·  Times: Thursday, Aug. 11: 10 am - 7 pm
Friday, Aug. 12: 10 am - 7 pm
Saturday, Aug. 13: 10 am - 4 pm

·  Location: Radisson Hotel, 700 Elm Street, Manchester, NH; (603) 625-1000 for reservations (request NHADA show rates)

·  Admission: Thurs., Aug. 11 - $15

Fri., Aug. 12 and Sat., Aug. 13 - $10

Visitors under 3 (with proper ID) admitted free.

Free return visits after initial admission

ñ  NEW: Designer tour, Friday, Aug. 10, 2 - 5 pm. Some of the region’s top designers lead visitors through the show and offer advice about decorating with antiques.

·  Show exhibitors offer a wide range of country and formal antique furniture and accessories including clocks, folk art, paintings and prints, textiles, woodenware, nautical and scientific items, metalware, glassware, pottery and ceramics, early lighting, samplers, Shaker furniture and accessories, decoys, architectural and garden ornaments, and books about antiques.

·  NEW dealers in 2012: Jonathan Trace of Portsmouth, NH, who specializes in antique American silver, 17th-early 19th century American furniture and 17th-18th century American and European art; and Pratt's Antiques of Victor, NY, specializing in 18th and 19th century country furniture & decorative accessories.

·  Each exhibitor is a NHADA member, adhering to the highest standards of the antiques business, celebrating the long tradition of excellence in quality of merchandise, and committed to engaging with show customers to promote knowledge and good will.

·  Managed by a team of dedicated volunteers, the New Hampshire Antiques Show is the highlight of New Hampshire’s Antiques Week, Aug. 5-13, also in Manchester. Thousands of antiques enthusiasts from around the country line up early to be admitted to the show.

·  Thomas M. Thompson of Pembroke, NH, is show chairman; Beverly Weir- Longacre of Marlborough, NH, is co-chairman.

·  For more information, visit www.nhada.org or call 603-585-9199.

2012 New Hampshire Antiques Show Dealers

Kate A. Alex & Co., Warner, NH

Barbara Ardizone Antiques, Salisbury, CT

Scott Bassoff and Sandy Jacobs, Swampscott, MA

Martha Boynton Antiques, Townsend, MA

Pam Boynton, Groton, MA

Brock & Co., Concord, MA

Hollis Brodrick, Portsmouth, NH

Joan R. Brownstein, Newbury, MA

Candlewick Antiques, Milford, NH

CARA Antiques, Langhorne, PA

M.S. Carter Antiques, Portsmouth, NH

Cherry Gallery, Damariscotta, ME

Dennis & Dad Antiques, Fitzwilliam, NH

Nancy & Craig Cheney Antiques, Newark, OH

Courcier & Wilkins, Yarmouth Port, MA

Ferguson & D'Arruda, Swansea, MA

Paul & Linda DeCoste, West Newbury, MA

Ronald & Penny Dionne, Willington, CT

Peter H. Eaton Antiques, Inc., Newbury, MA

M. Finkel & Daughter, Philadelphia, PA

Russ & Karen Goldberger -- RJG Antiques, Rye, NH

John D. Gould, Yorktown Heights, NY

Michael Hingston Antiques, Etna, NH

Priscilla Hutchinson Antiques, East Dennis, MA

Jewett-Berdan Antiques, Newcastle, ME

Bob Jessen & Jim Hohnwald, Fitzwilliam, NH

Bill Kelly Antiques, Limington, ME

Nathan Liverant and Son, Colchester, CT

Thomas R. Longacre Antiques, Marlborough, NH

Judith & James Milne, New York, NY

Nevermore Antiques, Dover, NH

Newsom & Berdan Antiques, Thomasville, PA

Jeff & Holly Noordsy Antiques, Cornwall, VT

Howard Oedel, Hebron, NH

Hercules Pappachristos, Derry, NH

Gail & Don Piatt Antiques, Contoocook, NH

Ken & Robin Pike, Nashua, NH

Sharon Platt American Antiques, Portsmouth, NH

Richard M. Plusch Antiques, North Conway, NH

Frank & Barbara Pollack American Antiques & Art, Sunapee, NH

Pratt's Antiques, Victor, NY

Resser-Thorner Antiques, Manchester, NH

Steven J. Rowe, Hanover, NH

A. E. Runge Jr. -- Oriental Rugs, Yarmouth, ME

Russack & Loto Books, LLC, Northwood, NH

Jason Samuel Fine Art & Antiques, Milford, NH

Peter Sawyer, Exeter, NH

Kathy Schoemer, Acworth, NH

Cheryl A. Scott, Hillsboro, NH

Lewis W. Scranton, Killingworth, CT

Michael & Lucinda Seward, Pittsford, VT

Douglas L. Solliday Antiques, Columbia, MO

George & Debbie Spiecker, North Hampton, NH

Mary & Joshua Steenburgh, Pike, NH

Jef & Terri Steingrebe, New London, NH

Stephen-Douglas Antiques, Rockingham, VT

Steven F. Still Antiques, Elizabethtown, PA

Paul D. Sullivan, Manchester, NH

Thomas M. Thompson, Pembroke, NH

Jonathan Trace, Portsmouth, NH

John D. Wahl Antiques, Richmond, NH

American Classics, Inc./ Meryl Weiss, Canaan, NH

Ed Weissman Antiques, Portsmouth, NH

Jan Whitlock Textiles and Interiors, West Chester, PA

Michael W. Whittemore Antiques & Folk Art, Punta Gorda, FL

Bob & Debbie Withington, York, ME

Bette & Melvyn Wolf Inc., Flint, MI

Gary F. Yeaton Antiques, Concord, NH

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