There is no event on the antiques calendar that awakens the spirit, energizes the trade and provokes the passion of collectors quite like Antiques Week in New Hampshire. Beginning August 4 and continuing through August 10 with six distinct shows stretched over Milford, Deerfield, Concord and Manchester, Antiques Week in New Hampshire is upon us, friends, and you would do well to make a reservation if you have not yet done so.
The week invokes a sense of championship. A time when dealers bring their best, opening the gates of rarity and excellence to the welcoming arms of connoisseurship – that’s you – found in each and every attendee walking the show floors. The hordes are opened and the gatekeepers invite you to take some of their gold. The expansive range of material spread throughout the week extends across those three words we are all familiar with: good, better, best. And no matter who you are and what you collect, you will find something from the Great Gallery that unites these 300-plus dealers in unison.
Antiques Week in New Hampshire is a spectacular release, governed by a common mission and led by the cooperative spirit that culminates in the week’s finale at the New Hampshire Antiques Show. That core principle is commitment, forged in a pledge to tuck away exceptional inventory throughout the year and to let it rain down on collectors for one week only. It is a fleeting window of opportunity. That core principle is the magic.
There is no pre-selling. Some of the only previews you will receive are in the supplemental show sections within the August 2 issue of Antiques and The Arts Weekly and reproduced on our website at www.antiquesandthearts.com. In other words, “you gotta be there.” And you really do, if only to see it. There is no show that has an opening gate as long as the New Hampshire Antiques Show. And likewise, the gates for Antiques in Manchester and the MidWeek One Day Antiques Fair are some of the longest in the yearly calendar as well. Tremendous opportunities await collectors who get an early start to the week by visiting The Milford Antiques Show, The Deerfield Antiques Show and the Americana Celebration Antiques Show.
For an event focused on the inanimate, human qualities are apt to blossom here, found in the long and endearing relationships formed among collectors. As early as April, friends are aligning schedules to meet after the shows for dinner, to talk about the things they saw and to catch up on each other’s families. Folks travel from as far away as Alaska, California, Florida and Texas, all to settle in the otherwise quiet Granite State for a few days only. It is a celebration of friends. An assembly of hobbyists. A gathering of the likeminded and a reprieve from the mundane. It is the great reunion.
Antiques and The Arts Weekly will be on hand throughout every show at Antiques Week in New Hampshire, and you would do well to be there, too.
-Greg Smith, Editor
Milford Antiques Show
Sunday, August 4
8:30 am-Noon
Early Buying Available $40: 6:30-8:30 am
Regular Admission $5: 8:30-9:30 am
Free Admission: 9:30 am-Noon
Hampshire Hills Athletic Club
50 Emerson Road, Milford, NH
781-329-1192
www.milfordantiqueshow.com
The Deerfield Antiques Show
Monday, August 5
10 am-3 pm
Admission $10
Deerfield Fairgrounds
34 Stage Road, Deerfield, NH
Gurley Antique Shows
207-229-0403 207-396-4255
www.gurleyantiqueshows.com
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Americana Celebration Antiques Show
Tuesday, August 6
Early Buyers $25: 8-10 am
General Admission $15: 10 am-4 pm
Douglas Everett Arena
15 Loudon Road, Concord, NH
A Peter Mavris Antique Show
207-608-3086
petermavris@gmail.com
www.petermavrisantiqueshows.com
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Antiques in Manchester: The Collectors’ Fair
Wednesday, August 7: 10 am-6 pm
Thursday, August 8: 10 am-6 pm
Admission $15, includes unlimited return
Sullivan Arena on the campus of St Anselm College
101 St Anselm Drive, Manchester, NH
DiSaia Management
860-908-0076
disaiamgt@gmail.com
www.antiquesinmanchester.com
MidWeek One Day Antiques Fair
Wednesday, August 7, 1-7 pm
Admission $15, unlimited reentry to show
JFK Memorial Coliseum
303 Beech Street, Manchester, NH
Managed by Barn Star Productions
Show Phone: 914-474-8552
www.barnstar.com
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The 62nd Annual New Hampshire Antiques Show
Thursday, August 8: 10 am-7 pm
Friday, August 9: 10 am-7 pm
Saturday, August 10: 10 am-4 pm
Admission: Thursday $15, Friday and Saturday $10
Includes reentry on all days.
Free admission to those 30 and under with ID.
DoubleTree by Hilton
700 Elm Street, Manchester, NH
www.nhada.org
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