Posts Tagged 'antique dealers'

Hangin’ with our Friends at the Spring Antiques Show

Published on March 24, 2011

Last weekend was the Spring Antiques Show in Schoharie NY. It was a great show – tons of people and all the pent-up long-winter energy we’ve come to expect. Folks turned out, shopped hard, and bought. Can’t ask for much more than that!

Beyond the hard work and the selling, our favorite part of this show is getting together with our dealer-friends, many of whom we haven’t seen since the fall. Antique dealers for the most part are a social bunch, and we love nothing better than to talk. So our reward after a very busy Saturday is a slower,…

Whooo’s Coming to Antiques in Schoharie This Weekend?

Published on March 17, 2011

We are! Along with about 100 other dealers, displaying everything from soup to nuts. Here are the deets:

Spring Antiques in Schoharie

March 19 & 20 • Sat. 10-5 • Sun. 11-4

100 Dealers

Schoharie Central School
136 Academy Drive, Schoharie, NY

2 miles south of exit 23 off I-88 • Admission $6

We are looking forward to the show, as we always do.…

Doing the Biz: An Open Letter to Spouses

Published on January 12, 2011

A lot of folks in the antiques biz work alone.

But many either work at it with their spouse/partner/sig. other, or at least have one somewhere in the background.  This post is for you.

Steve and I are people-watchers, and love to analyze and speculate about the people we observe.  (I know, nosy, right?)  And we see lots of couples, setting up at shows, shopping at auction, in line at estate sales.  Tons of opportunity to watch and listen.

After years of eavesdropping, I have advice for the…