Jan and John Maggs Antiques
Conway, Massachusetts
Newsletter -- Fourth Anniversary Issue -- February 18, 2007
Two pictures of our booth at Americana at the Piers, from last week's Antiques and the Arts Weekly.
Since last month's newsletter . . . .
. . . it seems as if we've been on the road constantly. Americana at the Piers was very strong for most exhibitors and was our best show EVER. On the following weekend, Tolland was also predictably strong, and this pair of shows has gotten the year off to a great start. Last weekend's Concord show was very good for many dealers, not so strong for us. The feeling at these shows and in our shop has been very positive. While it's tempting to speculate on the reasons for this optimism, we'll just enjoy it while it's happening.
Having divested ourselves of Ashfield property obligations, we're devoting our building and decorating energies to the house and shop. Because of our decision to cut back on shows, we'll be able to open the shop each weekend from now until the end of March, when we'll fly to England on a brief buying trip. After we return home, our first major event is our Gala Opening at the end of April. In the meantime we're making regular day trips to acquire new stock and paying special attention to our expanding online business and our home.
It hardly seems possible, but this month's Newsletter marks the beginning of our fourth year of publication. Throughout the past three years we've managed to get out an issue every month, and the format and content has evolved in response to our observations of its strengths and weaknesses and the suggestions of readers. We're instituting two more changes in this issue: a navigation bar below to speed you to your favorite parts, and thumbnails for featured merchandise to enhance browsing. Let us know what you think.
We're grateful to our readers for making the Newsletter work for us. In our first issue we set out a few goals for the publication. For a look at that first issue (February 2004), click here.
Shop Hours Upcoming Shows Featured Inventory Feature stories Tale of the Trade The Back Page Links
Click here for a calendar of our weekends through April.
April 28 & 29, 2007
at our shop in Conway
Click here for our complete show schedule for 2007.
THIS MONTH'S FEATURED INVENTORY
A Selection of Recent Finds -- in a new format.
Click on the thumbnails for larger images, details, and prices.
American Furniture
Early Essex County Queen Anne High Chest
Nineteenth century Hepplewhite Work Table
A pair of mid-eighteenth century banister-back side chairs.
An assembled group of four Queen Anne side chairs.
To visit our American Furniture gallery click here.
English and Continental Furniture
A small 18th-century gateleg table.
To visit our English and Continental Furniture gallery click here.
Smalls
Slender Chippendale Looking Glass with Phoenix.
A smorgasbord of American and Continental stoneware ovoid jugs.
To visit our Smalls galleries click here.
Paintings
Two recently-acquired paintings by Dennis Sheehan.
Two small oil paintings on board by Dutch painter Jan Engel.
To visit our Paintings galleries click here.
Jewelry
Early 19th century paste comet pin
Late 18th century silver and paste sprig pendant
To visit our Period Jewelry gallery
click
here.
Last month we began a twelve-month serialization of the diary of a young Greenfield woman in 1873. This month we continue with her journal entries for the month of February, including an outbreak of smallpox in Easthampton. Click here to read this month's installment.
Also this month: Cherubs at Play: A Unique Collection of Delft Tiles
A chair purchased to be restored
becomes a treasured fragment. Read
A fabulous chair comes home.
Some people visit fancy pet stores to buy toys for their animals. Others are happy to appropriate more humble playthings. Click here to see Pippin's playhouse.
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Thanks for taking the time to read our little monthly. As always, we encourage you to e-mail any comments that might make the newsletter more useful to you. Just click the mailbox, or write to jmaggs@jmaggs.com.
And we thank you for being a customer.
John and Jan