Ephemera 28 - International Fair And Conference Returns To Old Greenwich, Connecticut
Published March 2nd, 2008
Press Release
The Ephemera Society of America and Flamingo Eventz are pleased to announce that Ephemera 28 is coming home. The annual Ephemera Society of America International Paper Fair and Conference will return to the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Old Greenwich, Connecticut, on March 14, 15, and 16, after an absence of two years. The reaction has been enthusiastic according to the Society’s new president, Gigi Barnhill. “The Society had been using the Hyatt for several years,” she said. “We were used to the hotel and the hotel staff was used to us. Flamingo’s Tina Bruno said they have already had numerous inquiries from new dealers who had head about the move back to the Hyatt via “the grapevine” and were interested in participating. “The Hyatt was always a popular venue and we’ll have no trouble filling the ample ballroom and adjacent gallery,” Tina Bruno said. “Dozens of dealers have already asked us if they could have their old locations back, so the enthusiasm is building rapidly.” This world-class setting is ideally suited to provide Ephemera enthusiasts a location equal to an event of this stature.
Undeniably the finest Ephemera Fair in America, presented fields include autographs, advertising, prints, posters, photography, books, magazines, maps, documents, World’s Fair, Civil War, comics, puzzles, political, postcards, trade cards, view cards, sheet music, TV and movie memorabilia, games, puzzles, and much, much more. The Ephemera Society of America completes this fabulous International Fair with fascinating exhibits, conferences, appraisals, conservation workshops, and a gala member’s dinner and auction Saturday evening. While Society membership is not necessary to attend the fair, the most complete experience is as a member. Interested parties may join the Ephemera Society at the show and will be eligible for early admission Saturday morning along with the dinner and auction Saturday evening.
Bigger and better than ever, the fair will feature over 90 internationally prominent ephemera dealers from across the United States, Canada, England, and Europe, presenting an incredible array of vintage ephemera, books and works on paper! Selected exhibitors include Pat Reilly of Brooklyn, New York, offering specialty cards and sports memorabilia; Evie Eysenberg of Cold Spring, New York, offering Century Americana; Beaux and Isabelle Francoise of Paris, France, offering Art Deco ephemera; Bags Unlimited of Rochester, New York, offering preservation materials and supplies for dealers and collectors; Iconic Postcards of Berwick, Pennsylvania, offering highly unusual and rare postcards and ephemera; John Scott of Dorset, United Kingdom, offering historical ephemera; Carol and Stephen Resnick of Cazenovia, New York, offering Americana; Elizabeth Baird of Falmouth, Maine, offering early valentines and children’s books; Resser-Thorner Antiques of Manchester, New Hampshire, offering samplers and historical documents; Oxbow Books of Newbury, Vermont, offering early postcards and cabinet cards; Will Monie of Cooperstown, New York, offering theology, baseball and specialized reference books; Valerie Jackson-Harris of London, England, offering 19th and early 20th-Century valentines and cards; Frank Amari of Elmer, New Jersey, offering 18th and 19th-Century Americana; Stuart Lutz of Jersey City, New Jersey, offering rare historic documents, letters and manuscripts; Chip Blumberg of Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania, offering advertising covers and United States Postal history; Kathleen Murray of Ridgefield, Connecticut, offering French ephemera, engravings and calling cards; George Krzyminski of Westhampton, New York, offering antiquarian maps and documents; and Lynnette Bohling of Portage, Michigan, offering travel brochures, and railroad ephemera.
Conferences include: Collecting Outside The Box by Jeremy Rowe; A Panel of Academics with Unusual Collections: Papermaking, Rulers, Politics, and Holiday Letters with Sidney Berger, Beth Carroll-Horrocks, Thomas Horrocks, Susan Strange; Treasure Of The Steamboat ‘Arabia’ by Elizabeth Isenburg; Collecting A Collector: FDR, The Philatelist by Anthony Musso. Conservation Workshops will be announced at the fair, and Collector’s Forum discussions will pop up spontaneously throughout the long weekend. The highlight of the weekend is the Saturday night gala dinner and auction - all proceeds of which directly benefit the Society.
As a final treat, all attendees will be offered special room rates at the Hyatt. All interested parties - both dealers and customers - should contact the hotel at (203) 637-1234, and ask for Discount Code “Ephemera Society”. For show information contact Flamingo Eventz at (603) 509-2639, e-mail them at flamingoeventz@aol.com, or visit www.flamingoeventz.com.
The Hyatt Regency Hotel is located at 1800 Putnam Avenue (Route 1), Old Greenwich, Connecticut. Take I-95 to Exit 5 in Connecticut. Turn right at end of the ramp onto East Putnam Avenue (Route 1). Follow to the third traffic light and turn right into the hotel entrance.
Refreshments will be available throughout. There is credit card service for customer purchases.
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