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In 2011, learning about antiques will be made easier than ever at the 40th Annual Madison Historical Society Antiques Fair. Educational and entertaining booth chats will be offered at no extra charge on Saturday, August 27, 2011. Right in their own booths at the Fair, four highly knowledgeable dealers promise to provide information and advice that will foster new appreciation for old treasures and help buyers discern a good investment. Each antique tells the unique story of its maker and its place and time of origin, and every antique is guaranteed to add personality to its next home. Collecting antiques is a highly personal process, involving a good eye and a thirst for knowledge of things past. Our speakers will help buyers make educated choices.
Each fifteen- to thirty-minute booth chat will be offered once.
10:30 a.m. Diana Onyshkewych of Andrij Roman Antiques, Brookfield CT
"For Furniture with a Future, Buy Furniture with a Past"
Diana is an experienced auctioneer and co-owner, with her husband Andy, of Brookfield Auctions.
11:30 a.m. Peter and Trish Manfredi of Domestic Cow Antiques, South Glastonbury CT
"How Old Is That Bottle?"
Editors of the CT Directory of Dairies, Milk Bottles, and Caps, the Manfredis have been collecting antiques bottles for more than thirty years. They specialize in Connecticut milk glass bottles.
1:00 p.m. Jeffrey Damberg, Prospect CT
“Period Paintings, Artists, Times, and Influences"
Damberg is a well-known artist and art and frame restorer from Prospect, Connecticut. As a working artist, Damberg has successfully completed more than 240 commissions of murals, formal portraits, custom landscapes, seascapes, and city scapes, and replicas of masterworks in the United States and abroad.
2:00 p.m. Joni Lima, Damariscotta ME
"Vintage Wrought Iron Furniture, Care, and Restoration"
Highly regarded experts Joni Lima and Joe Spaider, partners in Iron Renaissance, specialize in finely restored vintage lawn and patio furniture featuring the maker Salterini.
Note: Visitors may also bring chairs needing repair to exhibitor Bob Gordon, of Saratoga Springs, New York, who will accept chair caning work and furniture re-gluing--and will deliver these completed projects back to shoreline customers. George Neumann of North Attleboro, MA, will sign his highly regarded books on Revolutionary War history and weaponry. Jeff Damberg will accept art restoration projects.
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