Two Shows – One Ticket Price: Stella Show Mgmt. Co. Celebrates Americana Week in New York:

Stella Show Mgmt. Co. invites Antiques Week in New York customers to take advantage of a “two shows for one admission” fee of $20 for both Americana & Antiques @ The Pier and Antiques at the Armory. Admission to each show separately would be $15.00 for a savings of $10.00 per person. These shows also offer free shuttle busses between the two shows and there is a free shuttle bus from the Armory on 26th Street to the Winter Antiques Show at the uptown armory. If coming to the shows by car, parking at the Piers is $25.00 for 10 hours, tax included. Starting and ending your show day at the Pier can offer a considerable savings on parking and taxi costs. There are also decently priced parking garages near the Armory. Parking once rather than at each show will offer some savings whether your day begins at the Pier or the 26th Street Armory. Antiques at the Armory Antiques at the Armory, January 20-21-22, at the Armory on 26th Street, offers 100 dealers with important but affordable folk art and Americana, fine art and formal furnishings, modern design, art and lighting, ceramics, silver, jewelry, rugs, textiles, native American, and tribal artifacts. Dealers new to this event or returning after a hiatus are Judy and James Milne with folk art, furniture, textiles and architectural artifacts; Cherry Gallery with rustic and Adirondack furniture, including a great rustic bench (picture available), folk art and native American art; Francis J. Purcell Inc. with fireplace mantels, garden, clocks and furniture; Gemini Antiques Ltd. With toys, folk art, mechanical banks and paintings; and Stephen Score with folk art, fine art & furniture. Favorite returning dealers at this stunning show include The Finnegan Gallery from Chicago with garden furnishings; Thurston Nichols American Antiques of Pennsylavania with great weathervanes and best quality painted American furniture, art and rugs; Malcolm Magruder of Virginia with Geirgian and Victorian jewelry, art and porcelains; and Frederic Thaler of Connecticut with a booth of fine art paintings. An exceptional amount and quality of folk art, weathervanes, decoys, stoneware, old signs and painted furniture will be found at the show this year. Antiques at the Armory opens Friday, January 20, 10 am to 7 pm, Saturday, January 21, 10 am to 7 pm and Sunday, January 22, 11 am to 5 pm. The 69th Regiment Armory is located at 68 Lexington Avenue, at 26th Street, in the Gramercy area of New York. Admission is $15.00 or $20.00 for a combination ticket to Stella Shows’ Antiques at The Armory & The Pier Show. Americana & Antiques @ The Pier Americana & Antiques @ The Pier, January 21-22, on Pier 92, is the largest and most diverse show of Antiques Week in New York and has been termed “the freshest show of Antiques Week.” It offers many young dealers and those new to the show scene. Although heavy on folk art and country furnishings, it is also strong on silver and jewelry and is an exceptional source for industrial artifacts and repurposed and up-cycled items. Steam-punk and outsider art show up at this show too. Dealers at Americana & Antiques at the Pier promise many fine objects for sale including a giant hand carved Noah’s Ark with 300+ paired animals (RGL Antiques), a large collection of carved wood eagle plaques and such unusual items as a collection of 1940’s billboard art (9 ft x 20 ft each from Winter Works on Paper), and vintage maps and prints of New York City(Heritage Antique Maps). Christopher Evans Antiques promises to bring to Pier 92 a very rare 1880 four gallon cobalt decorated stoneware crock with house and tree design signed Fort Edwards, NY, and an 1865 Jewell running horse weathervane with untouched surface, along with Americana and furniture in old paint. South Road Antiques lists folk art, furniture, paintings and a mid 19th century lithograph of George Washington with applied paint. Adelaide of New York City brings industrial artifacts, furniture and a collection of modernist and art deco rugs and 1960’s Scandinavian Rya carpets. The Pier show also includes Book Alley, a special section of antiquarian, art and collectible books, prints and ephemera. Americana & Antiques @ The Pier opens Saturday, January 21, 9 am to 5 pm and Sunday, January 22, 10 am to 5 pm. Pier 92 is located at 711 12th Avenue, at 55th Street, on the Hudson River, New York City. Admission is $15.00 or $20.00 for a combination ticket to the Pier Show & Stella Shows’ Antiques at the Armory on 26th Street. So for a great day (or whole weekend) of shopping in New York, be sure to start at Americana & Antiques @ The Pier OR Antiques at the Armory on 26th Street. You will be amazed at the selection of rare, beautiful and well-priced objects for sale. The $20.00 combo admission for the two Stella Shows offers each person unlimited admission over the run of the two shows. Show details and dealer lists at stellashows.com or Stella Show Mgmt. Co. 973-808-5015.

BOOK ALLEY RETURNS JANUARY 21 and 22 To NYC's PIER 92

Book Alley - a special section of antiquarian, art and collectible books, prints and ephemera, which pleased and delighted customers when presented in 2011 for the first time, will return in 2012 to AMERICANA AND ANTIQUES AT THE PIER on January 21 and 22 at Pier 92, 55th St. and the Hudson River in New York City. "Book Alley was the most popular and appreciated addition to an antique show that we have seen since we added Fashion Alley to the Pier Show back in the 90's'" states Jeanne Stella of Stella Show Mgmt. Co. "Many customers took the time to come to the show office to tell us so. They appreciated this quite affordable collecting genre and being able to find reference and art books related to their collecting interests. Artists and designers found historical references and inspirational material and others delighted in finding books and ephemera from their childhood." So Book Alley returns with over 25 antiquarian book dealers. Included among them are: B&S Gventer Books and Ephemera of Egremont, Ma. with old calligraphic pages in many languages and scripts. He will also have exotic manuscripts including Burmese Lacquer books called Kamawa-sa, written in Pali whose single pages are often framed. Some manuscripts are Palm Leaf, the traditional book form of India, Burma, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Indonesia. Additional illustrated manuscripts from Tibet have folk tales and drawings of Buddha and Buddhavistas. Kuenzig Books and Antiques will offer artifacts of science and technology, and scientific instruments, along with vintage books on optics, metallurgy and microscopy. Among his offerings is a 1780's book, the first complete study of the eye, which is a fundamental work in the history of ophthalmology. (photo of page above) Wm Adams Antiquarian Books offers "uncommon books at reasonable prices", specializing in 17th, 18th, and 19th century texts, Renaissance and Reformation books on art, architecture, religion, poetry and literature. Among the very rare and interesting materials in the Book Alley section will be maps, books and prints of old New York, World Wars, biographies of the accomplished and famous, autographs and photographs and much, much more. Americana and Antiques at the Pier offers over 150 antiques dealers in addition to the antiquarian book dealers offering for sale folk art , fine art, modern and traditional furniture and accessories, quilts, rugs and textiles, ceramics and art pottery, jewelry, silver, lighting, mirrors, industrial design furnishings, farm and factory implements repurposed for modern living and much more. Show hours are 9am to 5pm on Saturday and 10am to 5pm on Sunday. Admission is $15.00. Free shuttle bus available to midtown and The Armory show at 26th St and Lexington Avenue. Combination Ticket to Stella Shows’ Antiques at the Armory on 26th Street & The Pier Show is $20.00. Show details and dealer lists at stellashows.com or Stella Show Mgmt. Co. 973-808-5015.

Antiques Week in New York: Where’s the Folk Art?

With the cancellation of the long running American Antiques Show historically presented by the Folk Art Museum during Antiques Week, people are wondering --- Where’s the Folk Art? Well wonder no longer---much of the folk art of Americana Week will be found at Stella Shows’ Antiques at the Armory on 26th Street. Many of the most well known Folk Art and Americana dealers have chosen Antiques at the Armory as the venue to show their compelling collections. These dealers who together encompass a varied, compelling and knowledgeable group have chosen Antiques At The Armory as their venue so that their collections can be offered to both the beginning and advanced collector. Featured folk art and Americana dealers include A Bird in Hand, American Garage, Cherry Gallery, Chuck White Folk Art & Antiques, Gemini Antiques Ltd., Cottage & Camp, Hilary & Paulette Nolan, Jewett-Berdan Antiques, John Sideli, Joshua Lowenfels, Judith and James Milne, Mad River Antiques, Mario Pollo, Nancy Prince, Neverbird Antiques, Robert Snyder - Judy Wilson Antiques, Scott Bassoff, Sandy Jacobs Antiques, Stephen Score, Inc., Steven F. Still Antiques, The Norwoods' Spirit of America, Thurston Nichols American Antiques, Turkey Mountain Traders, Michael Whittemore, and Victor Weinblatt. New to the show this year, or back after a break, are American Garage, Cherry Gallery, Gemini Antiques Ltd., John Sideli and Stephen Score, Inc. American Garage from Los Angeles, California is in New York for Antiques Week this year at the 26th Street Armory and is bringing some very important pieces including a tall carved wood Statue of Liberty in original paint. Cherry Gallery of Damariscotta, Maine is one of the country’s foremost dealers in rustic and Adirondack and furniture. They will have for sale a unique twig and root burl urn, a folky marquetry star top table and a large twig bench among many other pieces. John Sideli of Wiscasset, Maine is bringing a whole collection of American flag themed folk art plus African art, trade signs and more. One stand out is a hand painted Civil War Service Record, circa 1870. Judith and James Milne of New York City will be front and center at the show with an exceptional collection of folk art and antiques, many of which have not been on the market for decades. The Milne’s who have been in business for over forty years are known to impart their expertise in helping beginning collectors start their collections that will grow as the collector gains more knowledge and appreciation over the years. Obviously, they also focus on having that special piece for the advanced collector. Judith says, “I’m so impressed with the number and caliber of dealers in folk art and Americana at Antiques at the Armory this year and I just know attendees will be also. This show really has folk art for collectors at every level from beginner to advanced, and I know that our dealers are very cognizant of the economic times and are working hard to bring their best at very approachable prices.” Eclectic and interesting is an understatement when describing the merchandise of long-time Armory dealer Joshua Lowenfels. He will be bringing a 58 inch high “Centennial Throne” – an original, lavishly upholstered wing back arm chair with carved legs on ball and claw feet, circa 1876 that is loosely based on the Chippendale style; a buffalo horn Chair and talisman with wood, iron nails, trade cloth and trade tacks, circa 1890-1920 made by the Cree Indians of Great Falls Montana; a collection of folky 1930’s “home sweet home” paperweights; and unusual art and objects as art like a metal shooting range silhouette and the “hope is as cheap as despair” textile. More traditional folk art can be found in the booth of Jewett-Berdan Antiques. They are bringing a 13 piece collection of rare baseball theme candy container, circa 1920; a chrome yellow and lipstick red New England paint decorated box with Federal houses, circa 1830; and an untouched folk portrait on pine panel of young girl in white dress attributed to Hannah Fairfield of Woodstock CT., circa 1835. The Norwood’s Spirit of America will be bringing some very special folk paintings and prints including “The Bristol crossing the Brooklyn Bridge.” Prints, paintings and folk art of old New York are always well represented at the show and are strong sellers. A Bird in Hand Antiques is known for their great selection of decorated stoneware, decoys and hooked rugs displayed among American furniture often in original paint. Antiques at the Armory features more folk art and Americana than ever this year but that’s not all --- with a total of 100 dealers there is much to choose from including American Indian, African artifacts, modern design and furnishings, nautical paintings, fine jewelry, garden antiques, ceramics, porcelains, carpets and more. Antiques at the Armory opens Friday, January 20, 10 am to 7 pm, Saturday, January 21, 10 am to 7 pm and Sunday, January 22, 11 am to 5 pm. The 69th Regiment Armory is located at 68 Lexington Avenue, at 26th Street, in the Gramercy area of New York. Admission is $15.00 or $20.00 for a combination ticket to Stella Shows’ Antiques at The Armory & The Pier Show. There are free courtesy shuttles to and from Americana and Antiques @ The Pier and The Winter Antiques Show uptown. Show details and dealer lists at stellashows.com or Stella Show Mgmt. Co. 973-808-5015.

Compelling, Affordable, Comprehensive: Antiques at the Armory on 26th Street

An exceptional selection of dealers will be appearing at Antiques at the Armory on 26th Street. Merchandise is quite diverse with items from Americana and Folk Art to Amphora ceramics and Georgian jewelry. A Bird In Hand - Stoneware,Decoys,Folk Art,Painted Furniture American Garage - Americana,Folk Art,Industrial,Rustic T. J. Antorino - Jewelry,Furniture,Art Barnard - 20th Century Design,Furniture,Folk Art,Sculpture Susan & Rod Bartha Antiques - Folk Art,Furniture,Lighting Scott Bassoff, Sandy Jacobs Antiques - Americana,Folk Art,Jewelry Eleanor & David Billet Antiques - French & English Furniture,European Decorative Accessories,Industrial,Modern Blackbird Antiques - Mid-Century Furniture,Silver,Jewelry,Folk Art Dallas Boesendahl - Objects,Art Joan Bogart - Garden Antiques,19thC Furniture,19thC Lighting Brennan & Mouilleseaux Antiques - Federal & Classical,Mid-Century Modern,Garden Bridges Over Time - Modern,Furniture,Lighting Cherry Gallery - Rustic/Adirondack Furniture,Folk Art, Native American Art Cottage + Camp - Folk Art,Furniture Stuart Cropper - Folk Art,Carved Wood,Portrait Miniatures,Needlework & Samplers Cunha - St. John - Campaign Furniture,Folk Art, Garden Items,Architectural Dawn Hill Antiques - Swedish,Garden,Lamps,Accessories Dinan & Chighine - Prints Drucker Antiques - Georg Jensen Silver,Jewelry,Objects Eaton Fine Art - Paintings,Antiquities,European,Chinese Essex Antiquarians - Continental Furniture,Lighting Scott Estepp - Folk Art,Modern,Industrial The Finnegan Gallery - Garden,Industrial Flatiron Antiques - Portrait Miniatures,Fine Arts,18th/19thC Glass Michele Fox - American Textiles,Jewelry,Paintings Framont - Art From Here To Antiquity - Paintings,Sculpture J. Gallagher - Fireplace Equipment,American Furniture Gemini Antiques Ltd. - Toys,Folk Art,Mechanical Banks,Paintings Linda Gumb - Decorative Objects,Art,Jewelry Jeffrey Henkel - Furniture,Art,Sculpture Michael & Claire Higgins Antiques - Porcelain,20th Century Paintings,Period Furniture,Accessories Lance Hoyt Antiques - Paintings,Architectural,Lighting,Garden Jennings & Rohn - English Furniture,Continental Furniture,Lighting,Accessories Jewett-Berdan Antiques - Americana,Textiles,Architectural,Folk Art Gloria Karp/Glorious Antique Jewelry - Georgian Jewelry William R. & Teresa F. Kurau - Historical Staffordshire,Currier & Ives Prints,Political Americana,Liverpool Pitchers & Ceramics Lawrence Jeffrey Estate Jewelers - Jewelry,Silver,Smalls Glen Leroux Antiques, Inc. - Modern,Furniture,Lighting,Jewelry Joshua Lowenfels - Folk Art,Americana,Art Mad River Antiques - Americana,Folk Art,Stoneware,Textiles Christine Magne, Antiquaire - French,European,Decorative Arts Malcolm Magruder - Georgian & Victorian Jewelry,Art,Porcelains Kip McKesson African Art - African Art,Masks,Statuary Judith and James Milne - Folk Art,Furniture,Textiles,Industrial More & More - Furniture,Lighting Larry Mulaire - Classical & Modern Furniture,Lighting, Fine Art,Nautical Greg Nanamura - Modern Neverbird Antiques - American 18thC Needlework,Paintings,Books,Documents Thurston Nichols American Antiques - Americana,Painted Furniture,Hooked Rugs,Art Hilary & Paulette Nolan - Early American Antiques The Norwoods' Spirit of America - Folk Art,Early Schoolgirl Work,Hooked Rugs Mario Pollo - Americana Port 'N Starboard Gallery - Marine Art,Antiques,Folk Art Praiseworthy Antiques Inc. - Americana,Eclectic,Art,Modern Nancy Prince - Native American,Folk & Fine Art, Painted Furniture,American Accessories Francis J. Purcell, Inc. - Fireplace mantels,Garden,Clocks,Furniture R & S Antiques - Georgian & American Silver,Fine Art,Accessories R.T. Facts - Industrial,Garden,Architectural David Allan Ramsay Antiques - Folk Art,Garden Furnishings,Lighting,Americana Schorr & Dobinsky - French Furniture,Swedish Furniture,Lamps Stephen Score, Inc. - Folk Art,Art,Furniture Seaver & McLellan Antiques, Inc. - Industrial,Furniture,Lighting John Sideli - Folk Art,Americana,African Art,Redware Robert Snyder - Judy Wilson Antiques - Folk Art,Hooked Rugs,Trade Signs,Weathervanes Solomon Suchard Antiques & Fine Art - French Faience,Art Andrew Spindler Antiques - Furniture,Art,Lighting Linda & Howard Stein - Folk Art,Furniture,Garden,Decorative Objects Nancy Steinbock Posters - Vintage Posters Stevens Antiques - Furniture,Lighting,Accessories Steven F. Still Antiques - Folk Art,Americana,Painted Furniture Eve Stone Antiques - Copper,Brass,Lighting,Fireplace Equipment Terra Mare Antiques - Art Nouveau,Ceramics Frederic I. Thaler - Art Harold Tither & Robert Sears - Sterling & Coin Silver,Early American Glass,Staffordshire M. Topalian, Inc. - Antique Carpets,Tapestries,Textiles Joseph Topping - Portrait Miniatures Trifles - Antiquities,Lighting,Furniture Turkey Mountain Traders - American Indian Art,American Folk Art Earle D. Vandekar of Knightsbridge - Porcelain,Pottery,Woolies,Prints Village Braider - Folk Art,Paintings & Sculpture,Period American,European Furniture Ronnie & Guy Weil - Furniture,Architectural,Folk Art Victor Weinblatt - Signs,Americana Joan & Harvey Wenz Antiques - Modern Furniture Chuck White Folk Art & Antiques - Weathervanes,Painted Furniture,Hooked Rugs,Paintings Michael Whittemore - Folk Art,Garden Bob Withington Antiques - European & American Furniture,Garden,Architectural Lorraine Wohl Collection - Modern Furniture,Jewelry Antiques at the Armory, January 20-21-22. Hours: Friday and Saturday 10 am to 7 pm, Sunday 11 am to 5 pm. The 69th Regiment Armory is located at 68 Lexington Avenue, at 26th Street, in the Gramercy area of New York. Admission is $15.00 or $20.00 for a combination ticket to Stella Shows’ Antiques at The Armory & The Pier Show. There are free courtesy shuttles to and from Americana and Antiques @ The Pier and The Winter Antiques Show uptown. Show details and dealer lists at stellashows.com or Stella Show Mgmt. Co. 973-808-5015.

Duncan Phyfe Exhibit At The Met - Phyfe Chairs For Sale At The Armory

Joan Bogart, New York dealer in classical furniture, garden antiques, decorative arts, Victorian antiques and antique lighting, will have for sale at the January 20-22 26th Street Armory Show a set of 6 Duncan Phyfe Dining chairs, NY, circa 1830. The chairs are identical to a set made by Duncan Phyfe for his daughter Eliza. A retrospective of Phyfe’s work can be seen at “Duncan Phyfe - Master Cabinetmaker in New York” running December 20, 2011 – May 6, 2012 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. It is the first retrospective on Phyfe in ninety years. Joan Bogart is one of 100 dealers at Antiques at the Armory, January 20-21-22. Hours: Friday 10 am to 7 pm, Saturday 10 am to 7 pm and Sunday 11 am to 5 pm. The 69th Regiment Armory is located at 68 Lexington Avenue, at 26th Street, in the Gramercy area of New York. Admission is $15.00 or $20.00 for a combination ticket to Stella Shows’ Antiques at The Armory & Stella’s Pier Show. There are free courtesy shuttles to and from Americana and Antiques @ The Pier and The Winter Antiques Show uptown. Show details and dealer lists at stellashows.com or Stella Show Mgmt. Co. 973-808-5015.

Bergen County Events Firm Crucial to AMERICANA WEEK and the Folk Art Market in NYC

Americana Week in New York City is a long tradition that grew up around the country's and maybe the world's best known Antiques event, the 52 year old venerable Winter Antiques Show at the massive 7th Regiment Armory on Park Ave at 66th St. Because of that important show, New York's well known art and antiques auction houses began to schedule major auctions of multimillion dollar rare American art and antiques. This year the auctions begin on January 15 and 16th but the majority of the now 10 important events occur on the weekend of January 20, 21 and 22. Changes by the Museum of American Folk Art this past year and the cessation of the show they formerly sponsored have created waves in that market, with many events now claiming to be showing the best, rarest and most American folk art. Bergen County events producers, Stella Show Mgmt. Co., with offices in Paramus and Fairfield, N.J. is a major player of Americana Week in NY with two large antiques shows competing with the auctions, museum exhibits and preview parties for the attention and dollars of the collectors and decorators who come from all over the world to see the best of Americana to be found any where. The 40 year old, now second generation company, will produce what are known as the affordable events where treasures are found and the average buyer and home decorator can find authentic and fun purchases. The Stella company's two events are; Antiques at the Armory, a one hundred exhibitor somewhat upscale but affordable show loved by decorators, which always opens with a buzz, caused by throngs of the beautiful and famous on the long line line at the opening on Friday January 20 at 10;00 a.m. and the very edgy and very affordable 200 vendor event, Americana and Antiques at the Pier, on pier 92, 711 12th Ave at 55th St on the Hudson River. The Pier show opens at 9 a.m. on Saturday January 21. Detailed info on these two events and all the events of Americana Week is available on the website Americanaweek.com and more info including press releases on many aspects of collecting Folk Art including great hi res photos and vimeos of last years shows are available at Stellashows.com. Interviews can be arranged with Bergen County folk art collectors , Irene Stella , founder of Stella Shows or Folk Art experts Helaine Fendelman or Judy Milne.

Focus on Folk Art - Antiques at the Armory

Antiques at the Armory, known to be one of the most diverse shows of New York City’s upcoming annual Antiques Week, will feature 20 plus of the country’s top folk art and Americana dealers this year. The exceptional roster of dealers makes Antiques at The Armory an excellent source for varied and well-priced folk art and American furnishings during Antiques Week. Weathervanes, decoys, stoneware, old signs and painted furniture will be handsomely displayed January 20-22 at the Armory on 26th Street. Folk art, as designers have always known, is a perfect addition to both the country and modern home, as it transcends all decorating styles. Having a piece of unique art in one's home is certainly a goal of almost everyone. Folk Art with its unique simplicity, accessibility, powerful history and sense of humor lends itself to ones personal taste and reflects that taste as mass produced objects never can. Whether one is hanging a quilt or hooked rug on the wall as art or using the textiles on the bed and floor as originally intended, the choice of the object is intensely personal. A decoy with its modern sculptural design or a prancing horse weathervane with its powerful presence can turn any setting into one truly reflective of a personal design sense. Each of the pieces shown in the folk art and Americana booths at the Stella Armory Show has been hand picked by the dealers, all of whom have been in business for years. When attending this beautiful show take your time in the booths and ask about the history of pieces and learn about their worth. Because the pieces are their personal choice dealers like nothing better than talking about them and sharing their knowledge. Folk art is art but it is also history that tells the story of America and it can be an avenue of personal discovery and joyful acquisition for collectors. Many folk art dealers use the same words when describing how they curate their collections – “good form, original paint, strong color, excellent condition, items that move us” and yet they each have their own distinctive point of view in the end with much in common and much that is unique at the same time. The Milne’s, Judy along with her husband James, have been in business specializing in American and Folk Art for over 40 years. They first started as pickers, foraging for antiques on weekends at the various markets and private homes in Pa. and New York State. They would bring their finds home on Sunday night and by Monday morning when they had to go to their regular jobs most if not all of their acquisitions were sold. When they married and decided to have a family Judy wanted to be a "stay at home working Mom" and so she quit her job and started the business full time from their NY apartment. "It wasn't legal she says and we had to kind of sneak dealers up but it sure was fun and exciting" The business grew as did their family and inventory and 38 years ago they opened a gallery in NY filled with the same kind of merchandise they will be showing on Jan 20th - weathervanes, sculpture, textiles, furniture in original condition and a myriad of accessories. "Sure times have changed and it's certainly harder to find the greats now but we still know that this is what we love doing and consider ourselves very lucky to have found our lifestyle which is what this business requires, early on", says Judy. Antiques at the Armory, January 20-21-22 offers 100 dealers with important but affordable folk art and Americana, fine art and formal furnishings, modern design, art and lighting, ceramics, silver, jewelry, rugs, textiles, native American, and tribal artifacts. Hours: Friday 10 am to 7 pm, Saturday 10 am to 7 pm and Sunday 11 am to 5 pm. The 69th Regiment Armory is located at 68 Lexington Avenue, at 26th Street, in the Gramercy area of New York. Admission is $15.00 or $20.00 for a combination ticket to Stella Shows’ Antiques at The Armory & Stella’s Pier Show. There are free courtesy shuttles to and from Americana and Antiques @ The Pier and The Winter Antiques Show uptown. Show details and dealer lists at stellashows.com or Stella Show Mgmt. Co. 973-808-5015.

Hooray for the Red White & Blue Antiques at the Armory

John Sideli of Wiscasset, ME, known for his quality folk art, will have much in his booth this year with a patriotic theme --- stars and stripes folk art, carved eagles, weathervanes and his own assemblages from vintage pieces, plus a great collection of WWII wartime posters on conserving energy. The posters are evidence that today is not the first time patriotic Americans have been asked to conserve! John Sideli is one of 100 dealers at Antiques at the Armory, January 20-21-22. Hours: Friday 10 am to 7 pm, Saturday 10 am to 7 pm and Sunday 11 am to 5 pm. The 69th Regiment Armory is located at 68 Lexington Avenue, at 26th Street, in the Gramercy area of New York. Admission is $15.00 or $20.00 for a combination ticket to Stella Shows’ Antiques at The Armory & The Pier Show. There are free courtesy shuttles to and from Americana and Antiques @ The Pier and The Winter Antiques Show uptown. Show details and dealer lists at stellashows.com or Stella Show Mgmt. Co. 973-808-5015. More photos from John Sideli available – carved eagle butter molds, flag shield, additional assemblages, an 1870 Civil War Service Record and WWII conservation posters.

Two Unique Chairs From A Singular Visionary Dealer

Joshua Lowenfels, New York dealer in folk art, Americana and works of art, is known for his unique eye and talent for finding uncommon and beautiful objects as evidenced by the two chairs pictured above. Left: A buffalo horn Chair and talisman with wood, iron nails, trade cloth and trade tacks, circa 1890-1920 made by the Cree Indians of Great Falls Montana. 45”(h)x22”(w)x26”(d). Lowenfels has a photograph of the chair that shows a Cree with it strapped to his back. Right: A 58” high “Centennial Throne” – an original, lavishly upholstered wing back arm chair with carved legs on ball and claw feet, Syracuse, New York, circa 1876, that is loosely based on the Chippendale style. Joshua Lowenfels is one of 100 dealers at Antiques at the Armory, January 20-21-22. Hours: Friday and Saturday 10 am to 7 pm, Sunday 11 am to 5 pm. The 69th Regiment Armory is located at 68 Lexington Avenue, at 26th Street, in the Gramercy area of New York. Admission is $15.00 or $20.00 for a combination ticket to Stella Shows’ Antiques at The Armory & The Pier Show. There are free courtesy shuttles to and from Americana and Antiques @ The Pier and The Winter Antiques Show uptown. Show details and dealer lists at stellashows.com or Stella Show Mgmt. Co. 973-808-5015.