BY BARRY SKELLY HERE WE ARE AGAIN, I can’t believe a year has passed. It’s time for our 30th year show. Tuesday & Wednesday, we are setting up the 802 tables and making sure everything was in its correct place. Thursday & Friday were spent with our family and enjoying our Thanksgiving dinner (ate too much). Saturday morning came too [...]
HERSHEY, Pa – “Toys, toys and more toys,” said Ronald M. Vastola, Outreach Coordinator of USA Theatres, producers of this weekend’s exciting, new event called the American Antique Toy & Coin-Op Show. “There will be an impressive timeline of toys and collectibles on exhibit, dating from the late 1800′s to the late 1980′s,” Vastola said. “Exhibitors are already loading up [...]
BY JACKY BROUTIN THE EUROPEAN TOY and doll community is resilient in spite of the recent financial problems that have plagued this old continent. The antique toy and doll auctions and shows in Europe have been very successful. Here are some of the more recent events that have taken place: The Doll and Toy auction by Francois Theimer took place [...]
HERSHEY, Pa – USA Theatres, organizers of the upcoming American Antique Toy & Coin-Op Show, have announced the official date and location in which the show will take place. The show is set to debut for the general public on Saturday, March 3, 2012 from 9 AM to 3 PM at the Eastern Civic Center, situated within walking distance from [...]
IT HAS BEEN REPORTED that attendance between the first and second editions of the ‘Antique City’ Fun Fair, Pennsylvania’s largest and most diversified indoor show, increased by nearly 400% and deposits have been received for over 80% of the booths in the third edition, scheduled for April 14 and 15. With a performance like that, why would producer Norman Schaut [...]
THE CHICAGO TOY SHOW Antique World Shows Inc. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2011 8:00 pm to 3:00 pm KANE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS, 525 South Randall Road, St. Charles IL 60174 $8.00 ADMISSION FREE PARKING UNDER 12 FREE CONTACT PERSON: Herb Regan 847-800-3009 Collectors from all over are revving up their motors and grabbing airline tickets to attend the Chicago Toy Show on [...]
BY JACK HERBERT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of toys have just left New York City for further green venues. They were here, all of them, at the mile-long Javits Center, for four full days, every single toy on exhibit. It was the yearly Toy Fair event, sponsored by the toy manufacturers of the world. The only downside to all of this [...]
THESE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM PAST Chicago Toy Shows by Antique World Shows, Inc. represent the range and quality that are typical of the antique/collectible toys and dolls brought to each event. This show is a favorite of antique toy collectors because it is always a source of rare, unusual, and valuable pieces. Featuring the earliest manufactured toys, prewar and post-war articles, [...]
SHOW PRODUCER Norman Schaut and director Gail Evans are ready to rewrite the record books for the 500 booth ‘Antique City’ Fun Fair at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center on April 9 and 10. To pack the aisles with serious shoppers, Seaview Show Management has retained Edmunds Direct Mail to distribute 47,274 complimentary tickets. Mailing date and quantity will be [...]
BY BARRY SKELLY WELL HERE WE are again. It’s Thanksgiving weekend and time for our 29th Annual Toy Show. Tuesday and Wednesday were spent setting up the 783 tables and making sure everything was in its correct place. Thursday and Friday were spent with the family and enjoying Thanksgiving. Saturday morning came cold, but, clear skies. Spent Saturday putting finishing [...]
