Garfield Museum to benefit from antiques show
This weekend, Garfield Farm Museum in LaFox will be the beneficiary of the Chicago Suburban Antique Dealers Association's 51st Annual Fox Valley Antique Show at the Kane County Fairgrounds in St. Charles.
The show is from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
"Live Green, Buy Antiques" is this year's show theme. The Chicago Suburban Antique Dealers Association and Garfield Farm Museum, however, have been "green" for some time.
Antiques have survived the test of time, many well made and thus kept in use for decades. This is in contrast to the current consumer economy in America.
Going green with antiques not only saves a tree from being cut down, but all the transportation, manufacturing of chemicals and tools to make a new piece of furniture. In addition, properly cared for, the antique does not lose -- but typically increases -- in monetary value over time.
The juried dealers are happy to answer the public's questions. The CSADA will have 55 dealers at the show. The group requires that a percentage of the exhibitors be from outside of the region or state that meet the CSADA's standards.
Many of the exhibitors do not maintain a storefront and only offer their collections at shows with high standards.
At 2 p.m. Saturday, a mini lecture on "Collecting Early Photography, circa 1840-80," will be given by David and Jane Thompson of Middlebury, Vt. At 3 p.m., Mark Miller of West Des Moines, Ia., will present "We've Got Legs! All About Tables."
At noon Sunday, "Notes for the Discriminating Buyer" will be presented by Marion Atten from Antiques of Hillwood Farm in Pectaonica, Ill.
Admission is $8 to the show. The fairgrounds are on Randall Road, between routes 64 and 38. For details about the show, call (815) 838-0606. For information about Garfield Farm Museum, contact info@garfieldfarm.org or (630) 584-8485.
Garfield Farm Museum is a historically intact 370-acre former 1840s Illinois prairie farmstead and teamster inn that is being restored and preserved as an 1840s working farm museum by donors from around the country. A portion of proceeds from the show will go toward the museum's ongoing efforts.