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Volume 33 No. 5 JANUARY 2020 www.antiqueshoppefl.com TAKE ONE
COLLECTIBLE CALENDARS:
CHRONICLING THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES
BY: Donald-Brian Johnson
Wait a minute. . .you’re not going homemaking magazines, and other
It’s 2020! to throw away that nifty wall calendar, paper goods, wall calendars were
Out with the old, and in with the are you? Not so fast! never intended for lengthy life spans.
new! Clean those closets! Dump those Wall calendars fall into the Once they’d served their purpose of
dresser drawers! Jettison the junk and category of “collectible ephemera”, marking the days, it was off to the
start the New Year with a clean slate! which pretty much says it all. trash heap, as an up-to-date model
“Ephemeral” means something made its debut.
short-lived, or transitory. (In other Except... a lot of those wall calen-
←“Russet Oaks”. 1934 calendar art,
First State Bank of Fountain, MN. words, here today, gone tomorrow or dars were so gosh darn appealing that
thereabouts). Like Christmas cards, folks couldn’t bear to part with them.
Halloween decorations, sheet music, Continued on Page 2
JACKSONVILLE DEPRESSION GLASS SHOW & SALE
Jacksonville’s 46th Antique & Depression Glass Show & Sale will be held
Saturday January 25th & Sunday January 26th at the Fraternal Order of Police
Building, 5530 Beach Blvd, Jacksonville, Florida. During the show, four teams
will present and compete
in a 20/20 vision in
"THIS AIN'T YOUR GRANDMA'S GLASS SHOW" Vintage Glass and China.
The South Florida Depression Glass Club once again presents it's annual Free Depression Glass
Vintage American Glass and Pottery Show & Sale featuring... Oh My! NUDES will be given to the first
IN GLASS takes place January 25th and 26th. 25 people through the
This year's event will be held at Florida Atlantic University, 777 Glades door Sat & Sun. Food
Rd., Boca Raton FL, only 1/4 mile off I-95 Exit 45 East. The GPS address is Court, ID Booth & FREE
1995 Dade Ave., Boca Raton FL. Join us 9-10 am on Saturday, January 25th, PARKING. Dealers from
for early buying. General admission is 10 am to 5 pm and Sunday, January around the county will
26th, 9 am to 4 pm. Show admission is $6, $5 with any print ad. Early buying sell glass from the 40’s,
admission $10. 50’s, & 60’s with patterns
Free gifts will be given to the first 100 paid attendees on Saturday, and the from Fostoria, Heisey,
first 50 on Sunday. Door prizes will be announced every half hour with 100 Cambridge, Glassware of
chances to win a raffle! Three exhibition halls will be filled with 21 national the Depression Era, Fiesta, Pottery & More. Admission at the front door.
dealer's displays of glass and pottery from the 20s through the 60s. One For more information or visit www.depressionglassclubjax.com or call
hundred pieces of Roseville from a 990 piece collection will be on display. 904-655-8445.
There will be glass repair, glass identification and FREE parking. Come enjoy, Sponsored by Collectors of Depression Glass, a Non-Profit, 501c-3
learn, blush and buy! Call 561-767-2592 or visit www.sfdgc.com Organization.
Florida’s Largest Monthly Antique Event!
300 South Florida Fairgrounds
9067 Southern Blvd.
VENDORS West Palm Beach, FL 33411 JAN 3−5
www.wpbaf.com 941-697-7475 info@wpbaf.com
EARLY BUYERS: “1st Pick” Friday 9AM-12PM • Admission $25 - Good All 3 Days • GEN. ADMISSION: FRI 12-5PM, SAT 9AM-5PM, SUN 10AM-4:30PM • Admission $8
