Antique show marks nearly six decades on South Main
YARDLEY BOROUGH – George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt.
Anything that is an antique having to do with these three presidents is in demand by history buffs and collectors.
Roosevelt is William D’ Anjolell’s favorite. Anjolell, an appraiser and antique dealer from Newtown Township, said he especially enjoys anything that’s patriotic from yesteryear.
D’ Anjolell, 54, who is president of The Bucks County Antiques Dealers Association, will return to the Yardley Antiques Show to sell some of his treasurers.
The 59th Annual Antique Show will take place on Friday, January 18 and Saturday, January 19.
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D’ Anjolell sets up his display every year in the basement of the community centre -- behind the kitchen where delectable food is sold during the show. He has customers that come back every year. Some are members of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Martha Washington Society.
Among the treasures that he will bring with him is ephemera, which he says is a “big fancy word” for antique post cards. Many of them are pictures of buildings that are not there anymore.
D’ Anjolell, whose favorite class at then-Rider College was not surprisingly history, said his interest in patriotic antiques was ignited because of 9/11.
In the foyer of his quaint home off of Eagle Road, are antique silhouettes of George and Martha Washington, which were made by a company based in Princeton, N.J. and Trenton, N.J.
They were made in 1932 for the 200th anniversary of the father of our country. D’ Anjolell said there was a lot of pomp and circumstance for the occasion in Washington, DC.
“George will always be the number one sought-after with Teddy Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln coming in at a distant second,” he said.
Inside a glass cabinet is his wife Karen’s teapot collection, complete with Limoges and an unusual looking art deco example.
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“Day Break” is the best known piece that Parrish created. A boy and a girl are depicted in a fantasy world.
D’ Anjolell said that Parrish, who died in 1966, was “ahead of his time.” His work spans from the turn-of-the-century to the 1950s.
Also in the living room is a roll-top desk dating back to England in 1860. D’ Anjolell said some rolltops had secret compartments where important documents like wills may have been hidden from servants.
Karen D’ Anjolell loves impressionism. Strategi- cally positioned next to the breakfront in the dining room is a framed Renoir copy. The classic picture is of a little girl holding a watering can.
And sitting on the mantel in the family room is a ceramic clock. Unlike most antique clocks, this one has a ceramic face – not a paper face.
“This is a workhorse,” D’ Anjolell said. “It does its job.”
The clock is known as an eight-day clock, meaning it should be wound every eight days.
At the antiques show, D’ Anjolell will not only bring some of his treasures, but he will bring his stories with him of how he became interested in antiques and the history about each item he has for sale.
He loves to do the Yardley Antiques Show because of the “diverse group of exhibitors and there’s something there for everyone.”
D’ Anjolell commends Joy Harrington of Yardley Borough, the show’s promoter, for the assembling a great group of exhibitors.
Not many antique shows can match the longevity of the Yardley Community Centre. Harrington said the key to the show’s success is “the quality and variety of antiques provided by the dedicated dealers who set up at the show and the collectors and dealers who come from Pennsylvania and nearby states to shop the show.” The show has always had an emphasis on good country antiques. “This year,” Harrington said, “featured items will include primitives, country and traditional furniture, quilts and other textiles, folk art, maps and prints, china, pottery, glassware, jewelry, dolls and books.
Returning dealers include Red Sleigh Antiques, Langhorne; Jan Allen Old Maps and Prints, Yardley; Linda Grier Antiques, Langhorne; Rose B. Gallo, Richmond, Va.; Serendipity, Bridgeton, N.J.; American and European Antiques, Lawrenceville, N.J.; Imagine Antiques, Newtown; Ken and Jan Silveri Antiques, Hamburg; Theresa Bogdan Antiques, Yardley; Friarswood Antiques, Lambertville, N.J.; Jane Ashton Antiques, Lawrenceville, N.J.; Sandbrook Antiques, Flemington, N.J.; Young and Old Antiques, Chalfont; Mary Beach Antiques, Bryn Mawr; Antiques in Bloom, Philadelphia; Irene Shelton, Mt. Laurel, N.J.; Tina Black, Easton; C & C Antiques, Feasterville; Ayscough Antiques, Chadds Ford and Joy Harrington, Yardley, Returning to the show from a brief hiatus is Hex Highway Antiques of Hamburg.
The show is the major fundraiser for the ongoing preservation and upkeep of the historic Yardley Community Centre, which is located at 64 South Main Street in the heart of Yardley Borough.
Admission is $5 and $4 with an ad or article.For additional information, call 215-321-3528.