Book Fairs | February 2, 2010

Ephemera 30

OLD GREENWICH, CT - March 19/20/21, 2010: The Ephemera Society of America and Flamingo Eventz, LLC are pleased to announce that Ephemera 30 - the 30th annual Ephemera Society of America International Paper Fair and Conference - will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Old Greenwich, CT on March 19/20/21, 2010. “The response to this event grows more and more enthusiastic” according to the Society’s president, Gigi Barnhill. “The Society has been growing in members and the fair has been growing in size and features for the past several years,” she said. Tina Bruno of Flamingo Eventz said, “We have a full roster of Exhibitors, including a number of new participants from Europe. The Hyatt has always been a popular venue and, since the move back, we have no trouble filling the ample ballroom and adjacent gallery and are now collecting a waiting list”. This is a world-class fair designed to provide Ephemera enthusiasts an exceptional collecting and educational opportunity.
Bigger and better than ever, the fair will feature over 80 Internationally prominent ephemera dealers from across the United States, Canada, England, and Europe, presenting an incredible array of vintage ephemera, books and works on paper! Selected exhibitors include Bickerstaff's Books, Maps &C of Scarborough, ME offering rare maps and expeditionary Documents; Eclectibles of Tolland, CT offering political and radical books & ephemera; Eric Caren of Lincolndale, NJ offering extremely rare historical documents; Bruce N. Johnson
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Historical Documents of Liverpool, NY offering rare historical documents; Jean's Books of Hatfield, PA offering rare children's books & ephemera; Charles McSorley of Closter, NJ offering political memorabilia; Pat Reilly of Brooklyn, NY offering specialty cards and sports memorabilia; Peter Luke of New Baltimore, NY offering 19th Century Americana; Beaux & Isabelle Francoise of Paris, France offering Art Deco ephemera; Iconic Postcards of Berwick, PA offering highly unusual and rare postcards and ephemera; John Scott of Dorset, UK offering historical ephemera; Brasseur Fine Arts of Prospect, PA offering Fine American Art; Resser-Thorner Antiques of Manchester, NH offering samplers and historical documents; Eveleigh Books & Stamps of Dover, MA offering modern firsts and rare stamps; Will Monie of Cooperstown, NY offering theology, baseball & specialized reference books; Valerie Jackson-Harris of London, England offering 19th & early 20th Century valentines & cards; Frank Amari of Elmer, NJ offering 18th & 19th Century Americana; Stuart Lutz of Jersey City, NJ offering rare historic documents, letters & manuscripts; Bartleby's Books of Washington, DC offering signed classics and modern firsts; Kathleen Murray of Paris, France offering French ephemera, engravings & calling cards; and George Krzyminski of Westhampton, NY offering antiquarian maps & documents.

Conferences include: Real Photo Postcards: The People's Photography by Robert Bogdan; Tasha Tudor, Neo-Victorian by Jeanette Chandler Knazek; The Future is in Flight by Guillaume de Syon; Why Write? by John Scott; Death by Post by Claire Scott; Mail via U.S. Waterways by Hugh Feldman; Dear friend: I swear I'm clean; may I visit? by V. Denis Vandervelde; Extending the Use of Ephemera by Katherine C. Grier; and Wishing You Were Here by Jason Rodriguez. Conservation Workshops will be announced at the fair, and Collector’s Forum discussions will pop up spontaneously throughout the long weekend. The highlight of the weekend is the Saturday night gala fun-raiser auction - all proceeds of which directly benefit the Society.

Conference Hours: Friday, March 19: 9am-4pm/Sunday March 21: 9-11am.
Fair Hours: Saturday, March 20: 10am-5pm/Sunday March 21: 11am-4pm.
Appraisals: Sunday, March 21: 12:30-2pm, $5/item.
Auction: Saturday, March 20: 6:30pm
Admission: Adults: $12, Youths 12-21: $6, Under 12: free w/paid Adult, plenty of free parking.
Directions: The Hyatt Regency Hotel located at 1800 East Putnam Avenue (Rt. 1), Old Greenwich, CT. Take I-95 to Exit 5 in Connecticut. Turn right at the end of the ramp onto East Putnam Ave (Rt. 1). Follow to the third traffic light and turn right into the hotel entrance.
Miscellaneous: Refreshments will be available at the fair and a four-star restaurant is on-site at the Hotel.

Background: Flamingo Eventz, LLC presents the finest, most innovative, respected, and successful Book Fairs, Ephemera Shows, and Antiques Shows on the East Coast. The Brunos have over 25 years experience as antique dealers and over 20 years experience as professional antiques show promoters. They are members of the national Professional Show Managers Association (PSMA), and John Bruno is an antiques appraiser and television personality who has appeared on and hosted numerous national television & radio shows discussing antiques.

Web: www.FlamingoEventz.com / www.EphemeraSociety.org.

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