Antiques show offers glass and much more
Break with routine and banish the winter blues with a visit to the 44th Pittsburgh Antiques Show & Sale Feb. 16-17, presented by the Historical Glass Club of Pittsburgh.
Again held at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Bethel Park, this annual show is a treasure trove of antique glass, jewelry, furniture, paintings, rare books, silver and much more. The glass club will sponsor a special exhibit at the show featuring drug store glass: “Glass for Lotions, Potions & Notions.” A portion of the show’s proceeds go toward the establishment of a monument to Pittsburgh’s industrial glass history, said Martin Fuess, co-chair of the show with Zita Reis.
The 50 vendors come from Pittsburgh, the Midwest and the Mid-Atlantic region. Anna Tallon, a local dealer, will be bringing an interesting collection of toys. “She has wonderful French Victorian tin toys and antique Victorian miniatures,” Mr. Fuess said.
Ms. Tallon, a 15-year veteran, will be at the show for the fifth time. She said she will have children’s button-up shoes circa 1887-1919, French and German metal penny toys and a tin Marx wind-up toy from the 1940s with a familiar name: G.I. Joe. She also has a butterfly doll toy. “When you push it, the wings flap up and down,” she said.
Old advertising items are always popular, and Ms. Tallon will have one for Clover Bloom butter from the late 1940s or early ’50s. “It was on top of the dairy case, and there are eight pieces to it.”
Andrew (Drew) Hohenfeld of Andrews Estate Treasures in Cleveland will be at the show for the third time with estate jewelry.
“We will have a collection of art deco 1920s-’30s estate platinum diamond and sapphire rings, sterling silver hollow ware including Tiffany, Gorham, and Black, Starr & Frost,” said Mr. Hohenfeld.
He will also have a variety of watches, bracelets and silverware. He got started in the antiques business when he was 13. “I originally specialized in pottery and glass.”
Several years later, the business evolved into estate jewelry and sterling hollow ware. In addition to running estate liquidation sales in Ohio, Mr. Hohenfeld buys and sells at shows up and down the East Coast, traveling as far as Atlanta and Miami.”
Show hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Feb. 16 and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Feb. 17. Tickets are $7 or $12 for early admission at 9 a.m. Feb. 15. Children under 12 are free. Information: www.pittsburghglassclub.org or 412-734-5279.