Visitor Press Release
“Warren County – A Major Event of the 2010 Show Season” Harmony, NJ – The Warren County Antiques Fair and Festival to be held on September 25th and 26th is shaping up to be a main event for the 2010 season. What used to be a local county antiques show is rapidly becoming a major attraction. Talk about the new show has enticed some of the foremost authorities in the antiques arena to join as exhibitors and demonstrators. Antiques icon, Harry Rinker, from the well-known radio show WHATCHA GOT? will be doing free appraisals for visitors throughout the festival. Harry Rinker has been a frequent television guest on Oprah, Good Morning America, Wall Street Week, Today show and many others. Kara Curry from 99.9 The Hawk radio will broadcast from the showground. One of the most appealing aspects of the Warren County Antiques Fair is that it is exclusively for authentic antiques; there will be no modern day crafts or reproduction antiques. Visitors will see collectibles at this show that appear only once in a lifetime. Even the entertainment is slanted toward the vintage ambiance to keep in character with the theme of the show. You can time-travel back to when the West was young and take a ride in an 1850 Wells Fargo U.S. Mail stage coach pulled by a team of horses and driven by western attired “hombres.” The two-day event has added many attractions that are sure to appeal to weekend visitors who have a penchant for the best in antiquing. The show provides an ideal weekend get-a-way for city dwellers, offering a wide variety of antiques and collectibles from high-end to country casuals, repair experts, certified appraisers, historians who will lecture and display world class collections, old world craft demonstrations, exciting entertainment, and homemade food. It has been dubbed the “Rain Proof Show,” since the entire outdoor / indoor show can be moved indoors with little effort in the event of inclement weather due to the extraordinary amount of indoor pavilions on the fairgrounds. Set in a picturesque country setting, the show will have the combined atmosphere of a yesteryear county fair and a family picnic. Vintage entertainment includes professional Civil War musicians, Wilkins and Winch, who will sing and perform in period costume on antique instruments. Lisa Wilkins will also play the obscure and unforgettable “Rhythm Bones,” which were played during that era by men and field hands (never by women except behind the barn). Rhythm Bones is all but lost to modern day society. American folk dancing will be performed by the ever popular Lehigh Valley Cloggers. For those who are fascinated by the machines that built the country this is the place to be. The Blue Mountain Early Steam and Gas Engines group are planning an impressive exhibition of early trucks, tractors and other vintage engines. Historic tool collector and president of CRAFTS, Bob Garay, will be displaying his legendary collection and lecturing on early period New Jersey tools. Garay will also be bringing a selection to offer for sale. Anthropologist, Ivan Raupp, who is dedicated to preserving the ancient art of blacksmithing, will be demonstrating on his open fire Buffalo forge. Raupp will be making and selling his legendary hand–forged old world designs. Art conservator, Michael Hartnett, dubbed the “Art Doctor” of “Broken Things Fixed” will be at the show both days to receive broken or damaged ceramic items for repair and to discuss the care and conservation of antiques and collectibles. Hartnett’s work has to be seen to be believed. He is capable of restoring destroyed items to their original state as though they had never been damaged. Visitors may bring broken glass items to second generation glass repair expert, Wade Nulton, who will do on-site repairs on Waterford Crystal, Lalique, Baccarat, Steuben, Depression Glass, Marbles, Paperweights, Moser, and Swarovski. Nulton can also drill holes in glass, grind, polish and modify an existing piece of glass to suit a particular need, turning a bottle into a lamp or a bowl into a lampshade. John Simone, second generation watch and clock maker will be doing personal evaluations and lecturing on the importance and collectible aspects of old time watches and clocks. He will also have some excellent examples for sale. Collectors will have much to enjoy. David Lowe will present many examples from his comprehensive collection of 250,000 Baseball and Tobacco Cards. He will be lecturing on “How to Acquire a “Smart Collection” and “How to Tell a Fraud from a Genuine Card.” Among those items that he will be selling are framed collections from a complete series of cards. In addition there will be an Artisan Tent with craftsman demonstrations of rug hooking, wool weaving, and wood turning and these items will also be offered for sale. For those who want the finest wool that cannot be purchased in any store the wool room is a must. Great attention has gone into providing the two-day show with excellent homemade food, including a down-home pig roast and everybody’s favorite, “Jacktown” family made ice cream. The scope of the new Warren County Antiques Fair and Festival is impressive by anybody’s standards. It’s the proverbial “old quality antiques show” that has not been seen since Waterloo. The fairgrounds can be reached by way of a scenic country drive or by utilizing the convenient access from routes 78, 80, 57, 46, and 519. Parking is free. Holiday Inn Express, Easton and Holiday inn Select, Clinton are offering a discount rates to all show participants. For information call 908-459-4122 or 908-343-5873 info@warrencountyantiqueshow.com or visit www.warrencountyantiqueshow.com |