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Scott
Antique Market cover the ‘market’ September
2002 - Cotton & Quail Antique Gazette
You’ll need to be sure to wear you walking shoes when going to the
Scott Antique Market in Atlanta
,
Ga., Columbus
,
Ohio
or Tampa,
Fla. Dealers
come from all over the world to exhibit their best investment quality antiques.
The best array of collector and decorator items alone can keep a person
browsing for the whole weekend. The
outstanding furniture displays can stop even veteran antiquers in their tracks.
The
Atlanta
market, straddling busy I-285, just minutes
southeast of downtown, is held the second weekend of every month. Atlanta
is to some folks the #1 show in the world. Many treasures are found even as the vendors are packing out.
With over 2,400 booths overflowing to the outside, these two buildings
are overloaded with every kind of treasure imaginable, from bargain basement
primitive pottery to extravagant English, American & European furniture.
English & export porcelain as well as art also are in abundance. There are silver and jewelry dealers scattered in both facilities. Antique hardware and other “impossible to find” replacement pieces
such as pulls, hinges and casters are also in abundance, as well as lots of
experts with know-how and good advice.
The friendly staff and the knowledgeable family of dealers help make this
show a family event.
Scott’s Ohio Market is held monthly six times a year. The show runs November through April, starting large and becoming smaller
by spring. It, too boats investment
quality antiques as well as an electricity and excitement.
The Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa
is home annually to the Scott Market the first
weekend of January. Featuring a
distraction of the Gulf, this show is very popular. Most of the exhibitors from the North are thrilled about the climate and
the perfect match of merchandise for the buying crowd. The facility, the Expo Hall, houses over 600 booths overflowing to the
outside.
The Scott Shows have the traditional Sunday morning treat of children
pulling wagons filled with fresh fruit around the entire show.
Passing out the fruit is a way of saying thanks to family of dealers.
For more information write to Scott Antique Market, PO Box 60, Bremen,
Ohio 43107 or call (740) 569-4112
*(NOTE: The Scott Antique Market is no longer in Tampa
Florida.)*
Scott
Antique Market set for 2002
New
England Antiques Journal, December 2001
ATLANTA,
GA
– Visiting the Scott Antique Market in
Atlanta, Georgia
or Columbus, Ohio can be
overwhelming.
Dealers come from all over the world to exhibit their best antiques.
The vast array of collectors and decorator items alone can keep a person
browsing for a whole weekend.
The Atlanta
market, straddling busy I-285 in Georgia
, just minutes southeast of downtown, is held
the second weekend of every month. With
over 2,400 vendors overflowing to the outside, these two buildings are
overloaded with every kind of treasure imaginable, from bargain basement
primitive pottery to extravagant English, American & European furniture. English and export porcelain as well as art also is in abundance.
There are silver and jewelry dealers scattered in both facilities. Antique hardware and other “impossible to find” replacement pieces
such as pulls, hinges and casters are also in abundance, as are experts with
know how and good advice. The
friendly, helpful staff and the knowledgeable family of dealers, along with the
air-conditioned facilities, make a wonderful family event.
Scott’s Ohio Show is held monthly five times a year.
The show runs November through March.
Located just minutes from downtown Columbus
(I-75 exit 111), it is easily accessible. The
season opener of the Scott Market ushers in the winter months and to
some folks is as traditional as an opening day kickoff.
It falls on Thanksgiving weekend and fills the entire Ohio
Expo
Center
with electricity and excitement.
The Scott Shows have the traditional Sunday morning treat of children
pulling wagons filled with fresh fruit around the entire show.
“Free fruit, compliments of the Scott Antique Market” is heard all
over the complex as the children make their way meticulously down each aisle. Passing out the fruit is a way of saying thanks to the family of dealers.
All facilities have in-house restraints.
Florida Antiquers are in for a treat when the Scott Antique Market brings
its family of dealers and it’s well deserved reputation to the state this
January. The Florida State
Fairgrounds in
Tampa
is home to the Scott Market the first weekend
of January, 2002. Featuring a view
of the Gulf, this show is slated to run the first weekend of January every year. The facility, the Expo hall, will house over 500 dealers inside and
display areas outside. There is an
abundance of hotels and eateries in and around the area.
The
Fair
Expo
Center, Miami
, will house the Scott Antique Market the
fourth weekend of January and again in November.
One thousand dealers are planning to come here. There are plenty of food and hotel accommodations around the area ranging
from moderate to full-scale luxury. This
facility (once called the Tri-Miami Fairgrounds) has some beautiful landscaping,
featuring coral posts, wrought iron fencing and flowering vines.
For more information, contact the Scott Antique Market, P.O. Box 60,
Bremen, Ohio
43107
or phone: (740) 569-4112.
Their website is: www.scottantiquemarket.com.
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Scott
Antique Markets bring unique mix to three locations
Antique Journal - June 2004
Scott Antique Market shows are held throughout the year in
Atlanta,Ga. ; Columbus,Ohio
and
Tampa
, Fla.
When
the doors open to the public, shoppers are exuberant to find Victorian and
Eastlike furniture, period and transitional, filling entire rows of booths.
Vintage hardware, primitive furniture, rare art, vintage clothing and
garments, rare prints, nostalgic photographs from early television and movies
and antique Christmas decorations are among the mix. Visitors also find vintage musical instruments, glassware, pottery,
porcelain, clocks, reference books, rare books, ephemera and much more.
The Atlanta Scott Antique Market is “America
’s monthly celebration of the antique
industry”. Show promoters,
auctioneers, shop and mall owners and Internet vendors gather at Scott’s the
second weekend of each month. Show
host Don Scott says he is “very flattered to have them attend” and is in awe
every month. Nestled on 155 acres,
the Atlanta Expo Centers are located at Interstate 285, exit 55 (Jonesboro Road), adjacent to the world’s busiest airport,
Hartsfield International. Admission
in Atlanta
is $3 for the entire weekend.
Antiquers and collectors from all over the Heartland descend upon the Ohio
Expo
Center
(Ohio State Fairgrounds) located off Interstate 71, exit 111 (17th
Avenue), to visit the Scott Antique Market. Admission is free.
The
season opener for the six monthly shows is on Thanksgiving Weekend every year. More than 1,000 booths in two enormous buildings are stocked with every
kind of antique merchandise imaginable. Many
of the antique dealers have been at Scott’s since it first opened nearly 20
years ago, but the show will always welcome new dealers with fresh antique
styles.
Scott’s Tampa, Florida
shows are held at the Florida State
Fairgrounds. The show has grown
very fast, with the outside completely sold out, one must book early for this
show. Located on U.S. 301 just
minutes from Interstate 75, this show is a continuum of the Atlanta
market with all the amenities as come to be
expected; accessibility, accommodations, food, entertainment and sundries within
close proximity of the facilities.
For more information and show dates, call (740) 569-4112 or visit www.scottantiquemarket.com.
It’s
Showtime Scott
Antique Market shows
hold their own in the South
TRAVELER~
Winter 2003
By
Natasha Thomsen
Move over Brimfield, you have a Southern contender.
It’s the Scott Antique Market shows in
Atlanta, Ga., and Tampa,Fla.
Since 1985, 57-year-old Don Scott had gone to
Atlanta
the second weekend of each month to host 2,900
dealers for a three-day show (Friday-Sunday) at the Atlanta
Expo
Center
. The
year-round show has acquired a reputation for international, high end antique
furniture.
“We love the American antiques, of course.
But we give preference to furniture and high-end dealers from all over
the world,” said Advertising Manager and Publicist Jack Quinn.
Scott has staff in Atlanta
to help run the expo center that he owns and rents out when there are no
antique shows.
About 600 dealers exhibit at the
Tampa
show, an annual event that debuted in January
2002 and is also showing potential.
“It takes a while to build a clientele when you’re only there once a
year,” said Charles Greathouse of Blythe Jewelers in North Carolina.
Greathouse
is a 10-year veteran of the Atlanta
show and has been exhibiting the Tampa show since its inception.
All Scott’s shows offer a mix of collectibles, primitives and
furniture, but furniture is the highlight of the Southern shows.
“There’s a very wide selection,” said dealer Teresa Johnston of
Designer Resource in Dawnsville,
GA.
Johnston who specializes in vintage American
furniture (1890-1940), is a veteran of the Atlanta
show.
“We
missed only one show in 11 years,” she said.
Everything from collectibles, accessories, rugs, furniture, lighting,
porcelain and ceramics, furniture and period pieces are sold. “Also wonderful paintings, architectural pieces and great jewelry,”
said Johnston.
While
Atlanta
attracts decorators and upscale buyers, Tampa
lays siege to the general public, collectors
and young affluent buyers.
In
spite of uncertainty spurred by the war in
Iraq
and the poor economy, the gate has remained
strong in
Atlanta
and consistent in
Florida
. What
could be a soft season in
Atlanta
in the summertime was made strong by the
concurrent Merchandise and Gift Market in downtown
Atlanta
in July that attracts designers.
“That make the July show rather strong,” said
Johnston. “We
get a lot of people from out of town to buy for their shops and for themselves
personally. They plan for that and
schedule their events around the Scott Antique Market”.
According to Jack Quinn, middle-range items seem to be the most affected
by the economy. High-end ($3,000
and up) is doing well, while middle-end items ($1,000-$3,000) are slowing down,
but lo-end (less than $1,000) are “holding their own”.
The trend seems to be explained by the shift of moving investments from
the uncertain stock market into antiquers.
Greathouse, who deals in jewelry worth $150 to $20,000, has done very
well across the board.
“We can tell there is a bit of a slow down in sales over the past two
years, but we are holding our own,”
Johnston
added about their medium-range inventory. Both dealers consider the Atlanta
show to be their “bread and butter” show.
Trends in furniture include an “influx of castle furniture-large, fine
pieces with motifs and carvings such as gargoyles – in dealer’s
inventories,” according to Quinn.
Greathouse has observed a shift to a designer’s market at both shows
during the past two years and a greater emphasis on weeding out reproductions
and newer pieces.
“I think that people who are really interested in antiques are going to
see the better stuff is there,” he said. “There’s an awful lot of reproduction on the market, and the market
is just not going to tolerate it anymore.”
For
now, Scott Antique Market holds a strong presence in Atlanta
and a strengthening one in
Tampa. When
asked about future locations, Quinn replied, “You never know with the next
generation of Scott’s.”
So
what does it take to become a dealer in one of Don Scott’s shows?
“Pay your rent, obey the laws of the state and join in the spirit of
caring and giving already in place with our dealers,” said Quinn
It’s
like going home every month,” said Greathouse.
“It’s a warm and friendly atmosphere.
The staff and the exhibitors have become friends over the years.”
For
more information about Scott Antique Market shows, call (740)569-4112, write to P.O. Box 60
,
Bremen, Ohio
43107 or visit www.scottantiquemarket.com.
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