Southwest Selects
The Great Southwestern Antique Show unveils a new look and a wide array of antiques for its 21st year.
The Great Southwestern Antique Show unveils a new look and a wide array of antiques for its 21st year.
From August 3 to 4, the Great Southwestern Antique Show will celebrate its 21st anniversary at the Manuel Lujan Jr. Exhibit Complex in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with a charity preview on August 2 from 1 to 6 p.m. One of the largest shows of its kind in the Southwest, the event brings more than 100 exhibitors from across the country under one roof. Visitors can expect a wide array of objects to browse or buy, including home decor and furnishings, Native American artifacts, cowboy and Old West antiques, Navajo rugs, jewelry, pottery, linens, ethnographic art, clothing, accessories and rare books—as well as a few surprises.
“This year our show will be getting a whole new look,” says Terry Schurmeier, the event’s organizer and owner of Cowboys and Indians Antiques. “We have made some changes to the layout, but rest assured all your favorite dealers will be there offering collectors the broadest diversity of items to please the eye and enhance their collections.”
Among the expansive exhibitor list is Manitou
Galleries, which will be bringing Western art, genuine Native American jewelry and collectible Native American artifacts to the show.
Also exhibiting Native American artifacts is Joan Caballero Appraisals. “This is my fourth year as a dealer [at the sale] and the anticipation runs high,” says owner Joan Caballero. “This show is considered the launch for the month of August Native American and tribal antique shows, auctions and gallery shows, culminating with the historic Santa Fe Indian Market. I will be offering a large collection of historic Native American jewelry, pottery, textiles and Southwest vintage folk art.”
Rick and Julie Gottsponer, the owners of Sandbar Trading in Wichita, Kansas, plan on bringing a large collection of Pueblo pottery, as well as vintage jewelry and weavings. “As we are very eclectic, we tend to handle a variety of items,” the duo says.
In addition to the show and sale, the Great Southwestern Antique Show will also include a special exhibit featuring a vast private collection of Fred Harvey memorabilia assembled over a 40-year-long period by Skip Gentry. Items in the exhibit include objects from Harvey House hotels and restaurants. Gentry’s daughter and curator of the exhibit, Danyelle Gentry Petersen, and her brother Beau will also be at the show to discuss their father’s collection.
Tickets for the August 2 charity preview are $100, with all proceeds from the fundraiser benefiting New Mexico PBS educational and arts programming. For more information about the charity preview and the Great Southwestern Antique Show, visit www. gswevents.com.