Saturday, March 10, 2007 9 – 11 AM
Admission: $25 (includes Show ticket)
On Saturday morning, join Don Williams, Senior Conservator at the Smithsonian Institution, who has distilled his years of research and museum experience into practical advice for the connoisseur and beginning collector in his book Saving Stuff, for a discussion of techniques to care for, preserve, and display your personal collections and family treasures, including photographs, furniture, paintings, musical instruments, printed matter, and your child’s artwork. Don will sign copies of his book, which will be available for purchase, after the workshop on the Show floor.
Sunday, March 11, 2007 1 – 3 PM
Admission: $25 (includes Show ticket)
On Sunday afternoon, join textile specialist, Colleen Callahan, Curator Emeritus of the Valentine Richmond History Center, and Newbold Richardson, textile conservator and appraiser, for a fascinating look at Virginia’s quilting legacy and a discussion of the do’s, don’ts, and tricks for conservation and restoration of heirloom textiles. Workshop participants are welcome to bring textile pieces for analysis and triage.
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Antiques in Alexandria 2007
Schedule of Events
Gala Preview Party
Guided Show Tour underwritten by Bank of AmericaAppraisal Clinic Workshops
Loaned Exhibit: VIRGINIA - Celebrating 400 Years
underwritten by a Boeing company
a Boeing company
Episcopal High School
3900 West Braddock Road
Alexandria, Virginia
Show Ticket: $15 (includes catalog & re-entry)
Friday 11 AM – 8 PM
Saturday 11 AM – 7 PM
Sunday 11 AM – 5 PM
Bar and café during show hours
For more information,
call 703-548-SHOW
Special Events
Thursday, March 8, 2007 7 – 10 PM
Admission: $125 ($75 tax deductible)
Enjoy cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, a fresh seafood bar, an elegant buffet, and live music by Wright Touch at the gala opening night preview party on Thursday evening. Be among the first to view the wonderful antique furniture, silver, porcelain, rugs, paintings, jewelry, clocks, and more from the Show’s nationally recognized exhibitors. Those who purchase gala tickets by February 16 will be listed in the Show catalog.
Friday, March 9, 2007 10 AM
Admission: $25 (includes show ticket)
On Friday morning, take a guided tour of the exhibitors’ booths with an antique expert who appears frequently on PBS’s Antiques Roadshow, and obtain special insight with respect to many of the wonderful antiques available for sale.
Saturday, March 10, 2007, 9 AM – 12 PM
Admission: $5 per item
Specialists in furniture, painting, and jewelry from Weschler’s, auctioneers and appraisers since 1890, will be available on Saturday morning to provide expert advice on the value of your family treasures. There is no limit on the number of items you can have appraised.
Friday, March 9, 2007, 6 – 8 PM
Admission: $35 (includes show ticket)
On Friday night, sample wines produced by French, Italian, and other top wineries, some of which have been in existence for 400 years or more, supplied by Boisset (an international wine distributor) as you pause to enjoy the antiques at this year’s show. Also, meet Avery Chenoweth and Robert Llewellyn, who will sign copies of their book, Empires in the Forest: Jamestown and the Beginning of America, which will be available for purchase.
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Admission: $65 noon – 2:30 p.m. (lunch & lecture)
or $45 1:30-2:30 p.m. (lecture only)
Join Alexa Hampton, senior design consultant for PBS’s This Old House and one of Architectural Digest’s top 100 designers, for lunch at Episcopal High School’s Hoxton House and/or an illustrated lecture in Pendleton Hall on the past, present and future of interior design.
SILENT AUCTION
Thursday, March 8 - Sunday, March 11
Admission: Free for all with a Show ticket
Get your bids ready!!! You could be the proud owner of any of the many wonderful items available at the show’s Silent Auction. Your bid might be the one that wins a week in a condo in Beaver Creek, Colorado or a night's stay at the Boar's Head Inn or the Clifton Inn in Charlottesville, VA. The Silent Auction begins at the Gala Preview Party and concludes on Sunday.
View artifacts of Jamestown (the first permanent English settlement of the Commonwealth established in May 1607) which after 2007 will be able to be seen only at Jamestown, a 1st edition of the History of Virginia by John Good Smith (c. 1624), an early cannon similar to the one Captain John Smith used, and other objects illustrating Virginia’s 400 years. In addition, view a specially-created home library featuring early maps of Virginia, an English breakfront, globes, a Chippendale chair made in Virginia, and other exquisite antiques lent by show exhibitors and collectors.
