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THE AUTUMN ANTIQUES FOR EVERYONE
FAIR
A unique and fascinating collection of one thousand glass paperweights
will be a major attraction at the autumn Antiques
for Everyone Fair at the NEC,
Many of the paperweights will be extremely rare and of museum quality. Several are individually valued at more than £10,000. In the 19th century, Birmingham was well known for its glass houses and several will be strongly represented, including George Bacchus & Sons, The Richardson Glassworks, The Islington Glass Works and Walsh-Walsh Ltd, who all produced paperweights. A selection of superb examples from the French factories of Saint Louis and Baccarat will also feature, while Scottish glassworks will be represented by Perthshire Paperweights, Willie Manson and Paul Ysart. Experts from The Cambridge Paperweight Circle will be on hand to offer advice to paperweight collectors and the finer points of the paperweight will the subject of several Seminar Theatre talks. Paperweights will also be on sale from exhibitors at the fair. The NEC's Antiques for Everyone Fair features the widest range of fine antiques and works of art assembled for sale in the UK. More than 600 dealers from across Britain and Europe specialise in all kinds of rare antiques and collectables of every age and period. Prices range from less than £20 for a Edwardian linen and lace to £150,000 for the finest Continental oil paintings. An estimated £50million worth of treasures will be on sale.
Exhibitors at Antiques for Everyone are divided into two areas. In Section One most exhibits are shown by specialised expert dealers, many presenting their displays in room-set style settings complete with all kinds of furniture and fittings from one century or another. More than fifty dealers specialise in furniture, barometers and clocks; over 100 will show ceramics and glass and there are more than 50 art galleries, who will also be exhibiting late 20th century works and contemporary paintings and sculpture. In Section Two exhibits pre-date 1940 and dealers offer a huge range of 17th, 18th, 19th and early 20th century furniture, pictures and collectors' items. Silver, glass, ceramics, jewellery, folk art, metalwork, kitchen antiques, bisque dolls, early tinplate toys, Steiff teddy bears and all kinds of unusual treasures will be on sale. There is also a range of ancient Egyptian, Roman and Greek pottery and glass from 2000BC onwards. All exhibits throughout the fair are checked for quality and authenticity by members of the fair's 200-strong Vetting Committee to ensure, as far as possible, that collectors can make their purchases with confidence. The fair is Britain's largest indoor autumn show and more than 25,000 visitors are expected from across the world. Bacchus Paperweights made in Birmingham
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