Original Miami Beach Antique Show coming soon

Internationally renowned antiques, art, and jewelry dealers will exhibit at the 49th Annual Original Miami Beach Antique Show, opening January 21-25, 2010, at the Miami Beach Convention Center.

This five-day show will feature more than 800 national and international exhibitors and is the largest indoor antiques show in the world. The most prominent dealers will arrive from all over the world representing 22 countries, such as Brazil, Argentina, Australia, Italy, Germany, France and many other antique rich regions.

“The Original Miami Beach Antique Show is the destination of choice for dealers from all over the world to bring the best pieces from their extensive antique collections,” said Andrea Canady, fair director for the Original Miami Beach Antique Show. “Each year, we provide the perfect platform for new, novice and serious collectors to view an amazing variety of antiques which cannot be found, together, in any other venue.”

This lavish show will exhibit rare and unusual historical art collections and antiques, such as furniture by Marcel Breuer; original paintings and works of art spanning more than three centuries; fine American and European silver; textiles and rugs; highly sought 19th and 20th Century art glass, such as Tiffany, Lalique, Galle, Webb and Goodall; Asian Art; world-renowned German, French and English porcelain, such as Meissen and KPM; objects of virtue and pieces from Art Deco and Modernism eras.

Show hours are from noon to 8 p.m. Thursday, January 21, through Sunday, January 24, and noon to 6 p.m. on Monday, January 25.

The Original Miami Beach Antique Show is just one of more than 250 market-leading trade exhibitions, consumer shows and fairs that dmg world media produces each year in the United States, the United Kingdom and France. The company also publishes more than 40 related magazines, newspapers, directories and market reports. dmg world media employs 700 people and maintains a worldwide presence through more than 30 offices in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, the United Arab Emirates, China, Australia and New Zealand. dmg world media is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Daily Mail and General Trust plc (DMGT), one of the largest and most successful media companies in the United Kingdom.

Miami Beach Antique Show

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