The Hunt Valley Antiques Show

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The 39^th Annual Hunt Valley Antiques Show

The antiques show features 55 prominent dealers from across the United States with the finest in period American and European furniture and decorative and fine arts.

To get a taste of the show

The Auxiliary of Family and Children’s Services, a dynamic group of nearly 60 women, works with Armacost Antiques Shows, Ltd., to organize and manage the Hunt Valley Antiques Show. The show helps raise critical funds for Family and Children’s Services through the sale of tickets to associated events, sale of catalog advertisements, individual and corporate support and a small portion of the admission fee to the show. Since the event’s inception, nearly $2 million has been raised to support critical agency programs.

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Associated Events

PREVIEW PARTY
Guests will enjoy a cocktail dinner buffet, live music and auction of luxury items, meet guest lecturer Tom Savage, talk with dealers, and take in an advance viewing of the show.

GUEST LECTURER
J. Thomas Savage

We are pleased to welcome Tom Savage, Director of Museum Affairs for The Winterthur Museum and Country Estate in Delaware. He is the author of The Charleston Interior (1995) and numerous articles in The Magazine Antiques, Southern Accents and books published by Chipstone Foundation, Colonial Williamsburg and Sotheby’s.

In previous positions, Mr. Savage has served as Senior Vice President and Director of Sotheby’s Institute of Art and Curator of the Historic Charleston Foundation.

Mr. Savage served as a presidential appointee to the Committee for the Preservation of the White House from 1993 to 2002. He has lectured frequently in this country and England on Charleston architecture and interiors as well as British and southern decorative arts. A member of the Furniture History Society, Mr. Savage has presented the society’s annual lecture at the Victoria and Albert Museum. He was the keynote speaker for the fiftieth anniversary of the Williamsburg Antiques Forum.

He holds a B.A. degree in Art History from the College of William and Mary and an M.A. in History Museum Studies from the Cooperstown Graduate Program of SUNY.

Tickets to these events can be purchased by contacting Chris Merriken at 410-366-1980, ext. 245 or email: events@fcsmd.org.

When & Where

Preview Party
February 19 from 6 to 9:30 p.m.

Guest Lecturer
February 20 from 10 - 11:30 a.m.
Light breakfast served at 9:30 a.m.

Open to the Public
February 20 from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Feb 21 from 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Feb 22 from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Crowne Plaza
(formerly Holiday Inn Select)
2004 Greenspring Drive
Timonium, Maryland
410-252-7373

Tickets

Preview Party:
$125 per person / advance
$140 at the door

Kick-off Lecture:
$50 per person / advance
$60 at door
(includes light breakfast)

All proceeds from the lecture and preview will benefit Family and Children’s Services.

main administrative office 4623 Falls Road | Baltimore, MD 21209-4914 | 410-366-1980

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