The Asheville Antiques Fair hosts special events
throughout the weekend including our Heirloom Roadshow
and the Expert Lecture Series.
Heirloom Roadshow Saturday, August 7, 2010
10:00am - 4:00pm
Asheville Civic Center
Bring your favorite treasures to
the Heirloom Roadshow. Three appraisers will be
available to give you an evaluation of your most
treasured heirlooms. The charge for evaluations will be
$16 for one item, $18.00 for two items and $20.00 for
three items. In addition, you must purchase a general
admission Fair ticket. Click to
Purchase Tickets.
Su has been an independent
jewelry appraiser, specializing in jewelry, gemstones
and watches for 17 years. She routinely appraises for
wholesale and retail jewelry establishments as well as
auction houses, banks, attorneys, probate courts, the
U.S. Marshall’s Office and individuals. She offers
convenient, secure appraisals in the Asheville area.
Bob is President of Brunk Auctions
in Asheville, North Carolina. Brunk Auctions specializes
in fine antiques, decorative arts, furniture, painting,
silver and folk art. Brunk Auctions currently has a
staff of sixteen and enjoys a world wide reputation for
excellence.
Pat Rittenmeyer has been a full
time antiques and fine art appraiser for 13 years. She
earned a certificate in Appraisal Studies from George
Washington University and completed Winterthur’s Winter
Institute and MESDA’s Summer Institute focusing
respectively on early American and Southern Fine and
Decorative Arts.
Pat is one of approximately 10
personal property appraisers in the US who are dual
certified and senior accredited by the three major
professional appraisal organizations. American silver and early American
furniture are two of her special interests. Rittenmeyer & Associates LLC
provides appraisals and brokering services for the
Southeastern United States.
The following items will not be
evaluated:
Sporting Materials, Comics, Toys, Collectors Plates,
Commercially Mass Produced Items (ie.: Franklin Mint),
Books, Autographs, African (Tribal) Art, Coins, Judaica,
Asian Paintings or Prints, Costume or Silver Jewelry,
American Indian or High Karat Foreign Jewelry, Charm
Bracelets.
Expert Lectures
“David Webb, The True Mountain Gem”
Friday, August 6,
5pm-7:30pm
Preview Show, Cocktail Reception & Lecture
David Webb’s Life, Memorabilia, Jewelry
Exhibit & Sale
Reserved Tickets $45.00, to purchase ticket
click here
or
call 828-253-5644.
Sponsors of the Cabins to Castles
Expert Lecture Series
Cabins to Castles Collecting in WNC
Lecture Series
Reserve Seating $5.00, to purchase tickets
click here
or
call 828 253 5644.
“Asheville and the Arts & Crafts Movement
1895-1939”
Friday, August 6,
2pm
Bruce Johnson, Dir. National Arts & Crafts
Conference
Website
Bruce Johnson is best known as the director
of the national Arts & Crafts Conference
held each February at the Grove Park Inn.
Johnson, who lives in Fairview, is the
author of twelve books on antiques, history,
woodworking and home improvement and is a
columnist for Style 1900 magazine. He
recently launched a new website called
Arts and Crafts
Collector which
contains news, features and advice for
collectors of Arts & Crafts furniture,
pottery, metalware and art. His most recent
book, The Grove Park Inn Arts & Crafts
Furniture, received the 2009 Thomas Wolfe
Literary Award.
”George W. Vanderbilt an American
Renaissance Collector”
Saturday, August
7, 11am
Darren Poupore, Chief Curator Biltmore
Estate
As
Chief Curator at
Biltmore Estate, Darren Poupore oversees the archives and curatorial
divisions of the Museum Services Department
and is responsible for researching and
interpreting the historic collections,
interiors, and history of Biltmore Estate.
Darren received his BA and MA in history
from The University of North Carolina at
Asheville and East Carolina University,
respectively. He has worked in the museum
profession for 16 years and has been at
Biltmore for more than 10 years.
“Tryon Antiques 1890-1950“
Saturday, August
7, 1pm
Michael J. McCue, Publisher, Historian,
Author, Curator
Website
Michael J. McCue is an
Asheville cultural historian who has
authored a number of publications about
Tryon, N.C. in the late 19th and early 20th
centuries. Tryon is a mountain community 40
miles southeast of Asheville that emerged as
the South’s most important artists and
writers colony during that period. Its
diverse and cosmopolitan craftspeople,
artists and designers created work that was
nationally famous and not necessarily
typical of Western North Carolina antiques
of that period. Mr. McCue will present an
illustrated talk with numerous examples of
the work, helping collectors to identify
“Tryon” objects. These include paintings,
carved wood, painted toys, furniture, hooked
rugs, and other arts and crafts. He will
also have on hand his award winning 2003
book, Paris and Tryon: George C. Aid and His
Artistic Circles in France and North
Carolina, for collectors who would like to
have an autographed copy.
Bruce Johnson is best known as the director
of the national Arts & Crafts Conference
held each February at the Grove Park Inn.
Johnson, who lives in Fairview, is the
author of twelve books on antiques, history,
woodworking and home improvement and is a
columnist for Style 1900 magazine. He
recently launched a new website called
As
Chief Curator at
Michael J. McCue is an
Asheville cultural historian who has
authored a number of publications about
Tryon, N.C. in the late 19th and early 20th
centuries. Tryon is a mountain community 40
miles southeast of Asheville that emerged as
the South’s most important artists and
writers colony during that period. Its
diverse and cosmopolitan craftspeople,
artists and designers created work that was
nationally famous and not necessarily
typical of Western North Carolina antiques
of that period. Mr. McCue will present an
illustrated talk with numerous examples of
the work, helping collectors to identify
“Tryon” objects. These include paintings,
carved wood, painted toys, furniture, hooked
rugs, and other arts and crafts. He will
also have on hand his award winning 2003
book, Paris and Tryon: George C. Aid and His
Artistic Circles in France and North
Carolina, for collectors who would like to
have an autographed copy.