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Page 14 The Antique Shoppe June, 2019
A Fun Site To Visit! Spring Marburger Farm
FATHER’S DAY IS BOTTLES, JARS, AND BOXES
JUNE 16 http://www.packagemuseum.com/index/index.htm Show- One Word: Unique
ROUND TOP, TX— A good way to
Can you imagine taking on the task of listing
Dads Love and photographing the hundreds and hundreds of describe Marburger Farm Antique Show
in Round Top, Texas: “unique among
Antiques! commercial product packages from the past? The antique shows in the Unites States.” On a
cow pasture in central Texas, the spring
owner of the American Package Museum site has
undertaken that very thing, and now it’s possible to edition brought 350 antiques exhibitors
take a trip down memory lane just by looking at an and select artisans together for five days
on April 2-6.
REMEMBER FATHERS old box of Jolly Time Popcorn or a jar of Noxzema Skin Marburger is unique, says Panama
Cream. Oh, how packaging has changed! But oh, what
memories those containers dredge up! The photos City, Florida exhibitor David Sheffield.
Why? Because the merchandise is fresh
of the packages are large and very clear, and some for each show and all this wonderful
can even be seen in 3-D. Click the 3-D icon on certain merchandise gets put out all at once.
packages, then run your mouse over the product and So many shows have the same things
watch it twirl to show off every angle. each time. Marburger has the flavor of
an antiques fair in the south of France.
The tents go up, the dealers put out
Somewhere In Time BRANDON their fresh wares and the people rush in.
Among sales at the show, Sheffield sold
two large altar pieces, both destined to
be stunning headboards.
Brandon Blvd
“Antiques - Collectibles & More” The unique thing about Marburger is
75 1 that it is an event, says Dallas exhibitor
The Shoppes of LaViva Kings Ave Parsons Rd Richard Theiss. It’s not the same as
other shows. Among special events at
720 W. Lumsden Rd. Lumsden Rd the show was Whiskey Wednesday, a

Brandon, FL 301 mid-week party to benefit the non-profit
organizations Dwell with Dignity and
813-684-0588 Providence Rd the Brookwood Community. Another
event was the Tuesday Tailgate Breakfast
where shoppers can enter a portion
Open Mon.-Sat. 11-5, Sun 12-5 of the show, shop early and enjoy
Lithia Pinecrest Rd
Bloomingdale Ave complimentary food trucks. Exhibiting
Like us on Facebook: Somewhere in Time Brandon, FL in the Tailgate Tuesday section, Theiss
reported, they came in and they
bought. Theiss sold an A.D. Grier Texas
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landscape, as well as copper molds,
Celebrating Dade City & San Antonio Staffordshire and 18th century American
22 Antiques furniture.
YEARS! Meridian Ave Trends do start at Marburger Farm,
on the
MAin street DADE CITY which accounts for the enthusiasm of
shoppers. The recent show welcomed
Specializing in Primitives buyers from Pottery Barn, a boutique
Customer hotel group from San Francisco,

AppreCiAtion 52 Clinton Ave antiques dealers from Europe, a slew of
sAle! 4 Australians and bus tours, plus the very
JULY 20 th 579 visible girl trips - women of all ages who
meet at the show with sisters, mothers,
20% OFF 577 friends, former roommates and more.
Storewide
579A Ft. King Hwy. 301 Two college friends met for a reunion
Peggy Capps, Proprietor 98 and special shopping. There’s a new
(352) 523-0999 75 trend.
14122 7th STREET 39 What’s unique about this show? I’ve
DADE CITY, FL 33525 3 been in business for 41 years, said North
Carolina exhibitor Thomas Hoke. I have
never sold as much as I sold yesterday.
AMERICAN EAGLE It’s the return customers that make
ANTIQUES Marburger so rare, Marburger works for
us. The return clientele is a big deal.
1 14232 7th Street Marburger Farm is a phenomenon

Dade City, FL 33523 ZEPHYRHILLS found nowhere else, says Ft. Lauderdale
exhibitor Jay Jacobson. It’s the frenzy.
352-521-3361 It’s people waiting for every spring and
OpEN 7 DAyS 11-5:30
2 To Tampa 54 5th Ave. fall show. It’s being there to find the
most unique things, whether you’ve
3 AMERICAN EAGLE Late Century Modern Furniture been coming forever or it’s your first
Gall Blvd.
ANTIQUES, TOO Decorative Arts & Accessories time. Half of my sales went to shoppers
11851 S Curley St
here for the first time. Nothing stops
Featuring Fine Antiques San Antonio them- the dirt, the weather, its all part of
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14119 7th Street 6 mi. from Dade City / 11 mi. from Zephyrhills the experience to find amazing things.
Dade City, FL 33523 352-588-2001 Start planning now to visit the fall
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DADE CITY OpEN 10-5 MON-SAT www.sanantonioantiquesflorida.com 4 Marburger Farm Antique Show, October
352-521-0390
To Tampa To Plant City 1-5. Visit www.roundtop-marburger.com.
Proprietor, John C. Herrmann