GLM out of Naples, Florida promote the Miami National Antiques Show and the Original Miami Beach Antiques Show along with others in NY, LA and Las Vegas.
I find this news as well as the news of the Baltimore Summer Antiques show expanding into fine art with the addition of an international gallery section rather interesting as antiques show continue to change. I am not saying it is bad, but it does show how the more traditional antique show venues are changing ownership and the dealer mix. Sort of adapt and change or perish philosophy and approach.
The Antiques Gazette reports
Source: The Antiques Trade GazetteTwo of Manhattan’s largest and best-known antiques shows are now under new management following the acquisition of the ‘Pier Antiques Show’ and the ‘Antiques at the Armory Show’ by GLM from Stella Show Management.
The move signals the continued expansion of GLM's US Antiques Show division, which is based in Naples, Florida. They acquired the Miami National Antiques Show from Dolphin Promotions in January and already run the Original Miami Beach Antiques Show (OMBAS), as well as successful antique jewellery and watch shows in Las Vegas, Miami Beach, New York and Los Angeles.
Dan Darby, GLM vice president, said that the acquisition made US Antique Shows the world's leading producer of indoor antique shows.
The Pier Antiques Show is run twice a year in March and November with 500 exhibitors at Pier 94, one of the former ship-berthing terminals on the Hudson River. Antiques at the Armory runs each year at the same time as the Winter Antiques Show during New York's Americana week in January, with 100 dealers offering a wide range of antiques and decorative items as well as Americana.
Organiser's Retirement
The family company, Stella Show Management, will continue to run their established Country Living Fairs and other lifestyle events, but Irene Stella's retirement from the business after more than 40 years as a respected and innovative antiques show organiser has prompted a change of ownership for the antiques fairs. At one time her innovative riverside events spread across three of New York's passenger piers before coming under one roof at the more spacious Pier 94 in 2006.
"Words can't express the extreme admiration I have always had and still feel for the hard work, knowledge and camaraderie of antiques dealers and the love and appreciation I feel for all their faith in Stella Show events over the past 45 years and the great people, characters and amazing friendships this business brought to my life," she said.
The former Stella shows will now come under the watchful eye of Andrea Canady, fairs development director at US Antique Shows, who earned her reputation in building up OMBAS into what is now the largest indoor antiques fair in the world with 800 dealers and a favourite with the UK trade.
"The Pier Antiques Shows and Armory Antique Show are a natural fit for US Antique Shows," she said. "Producing these incredibly unique shows will allow us to develop new, more distinct and comprehensive selling opportunities for dealers, including dealers who have exhibited with US Antique Shows for more than 40 years, while broadening the reach for each of these well-established events."
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