![]() ![]() He cited high Convention Center costs and the inability of the show director to expand the dealer roster and achieve other expansion goals as reasons for the cancelation. Worley, the chair of the advisory committee for the Philadelphia Antiques Show, informed dealers in an email “there will not be a Philadelphia Antiques Show in 2015.” The show was scheduled for April 11-13. ![]() The Pier show cancelation is one of several 2015 bellwethers suggesting the intermediate and long-term future for some antiques and collectibles shows does not bode well. Is the cancelation of the March 2016 New York Pier Show an anomaly or symbolic of a trend marking the decline of the traditional antiques and collectibles show? Forget anomaly. These shows focus on decorating with rather than collecting antiques and collectibles. Stella Show Management Company now manages “Country Living Fair” shows in Atlanta, Columbus (OH), Nashville, and Rhinebeck (NY). Antique Shows), and announced the restructuring of her company. In May 2013, Irene Stella retired, sold the New York Pier Antique Show and Antiques at the Armory Show to GLM (U.S. The show was an adventure, the atmosphere electric, and the selection of objects an “I have died and gone to heaven” moment. One terminal was devoted to antiques (Classic Pier), a second to collectibles (Twentieth Century Pier), and a third (American Pier) to a mix of the two. At its peak, the Peer Show required three New York passenger terminals to house it. In its heyday in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the New York Pier Show, under the direction of Irene Stella and Stella Show Management, was one of America’s premier antiques and collectibles shows. The trade is advised not to hold its collective breath. This continues a more than 10-year trend that has seen the Pier Antique Show reduced from a 2-weekend, 3-location event to its current 2-day run at Pier 94.” The announcement suggested the March show concept was postponed, not abandoned. Darby stated: “Dealer participation in the 20 March Pier Shows was less than desired, with 2015 slightly lower than the preceding year. Antique Shows announcing the cancelation of the March 2016 New York Pier Show was attached. An announcement from Dan Darby, General Manager of U.S. In late September 2015, I received an email from a friend. What Is the Future of the Antiques and Collectibles Show Circuit? ![]()
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