Jan and John Maggs Antiques
Conway, Massachusetts
Newsletter -- February 19, 2008
Our decision to close our shop from late December through mid-February appears to have been a good one. Our website has generated about the same amount of business that usually trickles into the shop during these sleepy winter months, and we've enjoyed three good shows since the first of the year. We're happy to be able to say that 2008 appears to have gotten off to a good start.
Our show schedule for 2008 contains a few changes from last year. We replaced Americana at the Piers with The Greater Boston Antiques Festival, dropped the Mount Hope show in June, and have added two new shows: the New Guilford Antiques Show in April, managed by Frank Gaglio, and Antiques al Fresco in Darien, CT in June, managed by Ferguson and d'Arruda .
Our shop reopened last weekend and will now be open every weekend until Easter, when we'll close for three weeks for the holiday and our annual Spring buying trip to England. Our Post-England Gala will be held on the weekend of April 26 & 27.
WEEKEND SHOP HOURS
Click here for our February and March shop schedule.
UPCOMING SHOWS
Our next show will be the New Guilford Antiques Show, on April 19 and 20. Look for details in next month's newsletter.
Click here for our complete show schedule for 2008.
This Month's Featured Inventory
Click on any thumbnail for a larger image, more information, and price.
American Furniture
See more in our Furniture Galleries by clicking here.
Smalls
Several examples from our large inventory of early Dutch tiles
Two recently acquired pieces of early glass
For the fireplace: three pair of andirons from our current stock
See more in our Smalls Galleries by clicking here.
Use these links to visit our other galleries of antiques in our stock.
This Month's Feature
As most of you know, for several years we've made semiannual buying trips to England, shopping for antiques and enjoying daily life in that beloved nation. We've come to know our favorite haunts and people so well that each visit feels like "going home." This has not always been the case.
Recently, we found and began to re-read the journal of our first trip, in October 1993. We felt that some of our readers might enjoy reading of the experiences of two novices, visitors to a strange, new land. Beginning with this month's Newsletter we invite you to discover England with us as we did together. The first installment is called Our first visit to London.
Tales of the Trade
What do you do when your best show is unexpectedly cancelled? Last month we faced that question, making an expedient choice for the short term as well as an interesting discovery for the long term . Click here for The Pier or not the Pier?
The Back Page
Thumbing through back issues of The Magazine Antiques, we came across this advertisement and experienced a strange case of deja vu. Click here.
Pippin's Page
About three weeks ago Jan found a piece of black cord in a bag of fabric. Knowing that we had no use for it, she decided to share it with Pippin. Perhaps because he is having a serious case of cabin fever, he has become obsessed with the string, bringing it to us wherever we are and scolding us until we play with him and his string. Click here for a few pictures of Pippin and his new toy.
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Links
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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 sign, or write to jmaggs@jmaggs.com.
