Christie Antiques Show
Dry sink ND-du-Portage, QC
May 29 and September 11, 2010
Christie Co
Rated by collectors and dealers as Canada’s favourite antique show!
“The Christie show is the greatest! The best we’ve ever seen!”
~ Ron MacLean, Mississauga, Ontario, world-wide collector of antique corkscrews.
Quick Reference Guide
What: Canada’s largest selection of antiques for sale. More than 300 dealers, almost 10 acres of antiques.
When: Saturday, May 29, 2010 and September 11, 2010
Hours: 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., rain or shine
Admission: $8 per person, free on-site parking. Please, no dogs on show field.
Where: Christie Lake Conservation Area
1000 Highway 5 W.
Dundas, ON L9H 5E2
Canada
On Highway 5, west of Highway 6
Map: Click here for Mapquest map
Directions: Click here for printed driving directions
The Christie Antique Show has been been featured in Style at Home Magazine. Read the article here.
A brief preview of the May 29, 2010 show:
A number of dealers are new to Christie this year. They represent a wide range of collecting interests and bring some rare specialties to this year’s shows.
Aldershot Junction Antiques (booth C6), owned by Sue and Alex Carey, specializes in Historical Kerosene and Electric lighting, dating from 1850 to 1920. They focus on lamps with good pedigree and artistic merit. At the May show, look for a rare Sultan Chocolate lamp, a Hobbs Snowflake lamp, and an early electric Quezel desk lamp.
Aldershot banquet lamp
Edison phonographs
Jean-Paul Agnard, The Edison Phonograph Museum, Ste-Anne-de-Beaupre, QC (booth Z41). Jean-Paul founded this private museum devoted to Edison phonographs. It now houses over 200 machines. At Christie, he’ll have for sale Edison cylinder phonographs, cylinders and cylinder cabinets, Gramophone disc machines, discs, gramophone needle tins and needles, spare horns and parts.
Roberto Di Giulio (booth C7) has specialized in early rural
Louis XIV buffet
Ellen Montgomery-Dykstra (booth V6) has been an artist in stained glass for more than 28 years. In her business, Country Stained Glass, she designs and creates a broad range of new stained glass products. In addition, she restores antique stained glass windows and panels. She’ll have a superb display of vintage stained glass windows, transoms and side lights at Christie.
Selected highlights from the 2009 shows:
John Cooper, Abbey Antiques, Winnipeg - brought to the show “the best automaton I’ve ever seen…” Booth X
Bob and Brenda Nixon, Homesteader Antiques, Boissevain, Manitoba - trucked a load of refinished antique cookstoves to the show.
Nancy and Ted Clarke, Hamilton - did their first-ever show with an extensive collection of antique fishing tackle including rods, reels, lures and accessories from Canada, USA and the UK.
Sean George Pressed Glass and Goblets, Arthur - Sean George and his wife Olga had not only a huge collection of pressed glass and goblets, but also a great collection of Retro Glass (molded glassware) in a variety of strong colours.
The variety of antiques is vast. It amounts to almost 10 acres of antiques, and covers virtually every collecting category, including:
- Architectural – antique house parts are big business. You can shop for antique hardware, doors, fireplace surrounds, old iron, and much more at the following booths: Lucan Architectural, booth I8.
- Tins – collectible coffee, tobacco, food tins. Glen Paruk, from Vancouver, likely Canada’s #1 tin collector/dealer sets up alongside Nigel Scott, his counterpart from England, and Dave Langford from Dundas.
- Scientific instruments – antique globes, navigation, scales, measuring devices and small tools. See these in the booths of Paul Murray and Reyn Richardson.
- Folk art – unique folk art – several specialists include Lyle Elder, Peter Baker, Michael Rowan, David and Mary Jo Field and Maureen and Clark Fryday.
- Postcards – a hugely popular category. John Laing from Burlington sells some of the best cards available in Canada.
- Native artifacts – Indian baskets, beadwork, Inuit carvings and more. Jean and Suzanne Lafrance from Drummondville, Quebec are experts. Likewise, George Brown from Toronto. Also, check out Steven Blevins/Sonja Morawetz, and Michael Rowan.
- Canadian country – most of Canada’s top country dealers do Christie. Peter Baker, Scott Landon from Vancouver, Clay Benson and a number of others.
- Nostalgia – country store collectibles, bottles, crocks, early advertising, paper, holiday collectibles. Several top dealers have this category covered: Ed Locke and Sheryl MacKenzie, Lionel Aubrey, Ken Aubrey, Kevin Smith and others.
- Furniture – one of the best selections in the country. Formal, country, oak, ash, pine, maple, wicker, kitchen, bedroom, storage, seating
In all, over 1200 collecting categories can be found at Christie:
20th century memorabillia and collectibles, 40’s furniture, 50’s furniture, 7 up, accessories, advertising, American, architectural antiques, armoires, art, art pottery, art deco, art glass, art nouveau, autographs, automobilia, badges, Bakelite, banks, baskets, beads, beatles, beer cans, beer trays, beer steins, belleek, Beswick, books, booths, bottles, breweriana, bronzes, buttons, cameras, Canadian antiques, candle sticks, canes,Carling, carlton ware, carnival glass, ceramics, china, chintz, Christie, Clarice Cliff, clocks, clothing, coca cola, coin machines, coins, collectables, collectible, collectibles, collector books, collector, comics, compacts, cookie jars, coolers, corkscrews, costume jewellery, cowboy, Cranberry, cut glass, deco, decor, decoys, depression, dining suites, dolls, ephemera, estate jewellery, ethnic furniture, European, fine art, fish decoys, fishing tackle, fishing lures, flatware, flow blue, folk art, formal furniture, frames, furniture, G.I. Joe, Galle, games, gard en, garden antiques, gas station, general store, Georgian, glassware, gold, golf clubs, golf collectibles, gramophones, granite ware, halloween, handbags, hat pins, head vases, hooked rugs, hummel, ice cream scoops, indian artifacts, inkwells, interior design, interior decorating, jewellery, jewelry, jukeboxes, kitchen ware, knives, lamps, letter openers, lighters, limoges, Loetz, lunch boxes, majolica, mantel clocks, marbles, match holders, McCoy, McDonald’s, medical, memorabilia, militaria, military, mission style furniture, Moorcroft, Muskoka, music boxes, musical instruments, napkin rings, Native artifacts, nautical, nippon, noritake, Nostalgia, nutcrackers, oak furniture, oil lamps, orange crush, oriental rugs, Oriental, painted pine, paper, paperweights, pens, pepsi cola, perfume bottles, period furniture, phonographs, pictures, pine furniture, planter’s peanuts, pocket watches, porcelain, Port Carling, postcards, posters, pottery, Preconfederation, pressed glass, price guides, primitives, prints, Prints ,purses, Quebec pine, quilts, R.S. Prussia, Radios, rare, redware, religious artifacts, Roseville, Royal Doulton, rugs, salt shakers, scrimshaw, seven up, shaving mugs, sheet music, shore birds, silver spoons, sports, sports memorabilia, sports collectibles, stained glass, stamps, star wars, sterling, Steuben, stoneware, Susie Cooper, tall case clocks, Teddy bears, telephones, textiles, thimbles, Tiffany, tins, Toby jugs, tools, toothpick holders, toys, treasures, Victorian furniture, Victorian, vintage clothing, vintage linen, vintage lace,w all pockets, wall clocks, wedding dresses, wicker, wristwatches.
Christie: a full-service antique show
For the convenience and comfort of our buyers, the show offers:
- Free parking - the park’s numerous parking lots can accommodate 3000 cars. Handicapped spaces are located near show field entrances.
- Shuttle buses - free shuttle buses travel from parking lots to show field continuously all day. Look for shuttle bus stops in the major parking lots and at the main show entrance and west show entrance.
- Second exit - The park has installed a new exit from the show field, which will eliminate any traffic jams for patrons leaving at the end of the day.
- Food services - Tempting choices from a wide range of ‘outdoor-style’ food vendors. Sit down in the food court or pick up something from the smaller satellite locations around the field.
- Cash machines - Get cash from the Bank of Montreal mobile machine.
- Get more cash - Several additional generic ATM’s will mean shorter lines and less waiting.
- Delivery service - Our staff will pick up your heavy or bulky purchases and store them at the delivery depot, where you can pick them up when you are ready to leave.
- Seating/rest stops – picnic table rest stops are available at a number of locations around the field.
- Washroom facilities – large, full-service, running water washrooms can be found at the pavilion. Portable toilets are located at other locations around the perimeter of the show field.
- Licensed refreshments – The show field is licensed for the sale of beer and wine. Patrons can buy refreshments and support local service clubs at the new refreshment tent located near the food court. Since the entire show field is licensed, you may take your drinks with you while you shop.
- Shopping bags – the familiar orange shopping bags are no longer available. Please bring your own reusable bag, or drop by the show office where you can pick up a complimentary reusable shopping bag in return for providing us with your email address.
Area Accommodation
This list has been compiled using Google and is current to April 15, 2006. The phone numbers listed are for the front desks of the listed properties. Addresses have been included so you can Mapquest locations.
Hamilton area:
- Holiday Inn Express Stoney Creek, 51 Keefer Court, Hamilton, L8E 4V4, 905-578-1212
- Staybridge Suites, 118 Market Street, Hamilton, L8R 3P9, 905-577-9000
- Admiral Inn, 149 Dundurn St. N., Hamilton, L8R 3E7, 905-529-2311
- Comfort Inn Hamilton, 183 Centennial Parkway N., Hamilton, L8E 1H8, 905-560-4500
- Visitors Inn, 649 Main Street W., Hamilton, L8S 1A2, 905-529-6979
Burlington/Flamborough area:
- City View Motel, 1400 Plains Road W., Burlington, L7T 1H6, 905-522-2483
- Knights Inn, 15 Highway 5 W., Flamborough, L9H 7L5 905-689-6615
- Holiday Inn Burlington, 3063 South Service Road, Burlington, L7N 3E9, 905-639-4443
Dundas/Ancaster area:
- Glenwood Bed and Breakfast, 42 Osler Drive, Dundas, L9H 4B1, 905-628-8104
- Twisted Magnolia B and B, 971 Lower Lions Club Road, Dundas, L9H 5E3, 905-304-6130
- Osler House B and B, 30 South Street West, Dundas, L9H 4C5, 289-238-9278
- LG Woods Tranquilily Base B & B, 110 Abbey Close, Ancaster, L9G 4K7, 905-648-1506
- Sundown Motel, 1492 Wilson St. W., Jerseyville, L0R 1R0, 905-648-6172
Brantford:
- Holiday Inn Brantford, 664 Colborne St., Brantford, N3S 3P8, 519-758-9999
- Comfort Inn Brantford, 58 King George Rd., Brantford, N3R 5K4, 519-753-3100
Cambridge:
- Best Western Cambridge, 730 Hespeler Road, Cambridge, N3H 5L8, 519-623-4600
- Travelodge Cambridge, 605 Hespeler Road, Cambridge, N1R 6J3, 519-622-1180
Driving directions
From London, Detroit and points west - Take 401 east to Kitchener. At Kitchener, exit from Highway 401 onto Highway 8, heading southeast through Cambridge. Stay on Highway 8 for about 27 kilometres until you reach the intersection of Highway 5, known as Peter’s Corners. Turn left onto Highway 5 and head east for 3 km to the show entrance on the right. Travel time from London about 1.5 hours, from Detroit about 3 hours and 45 minutes.
Alternate route - At Woodstock exit from 401 onto Highway 403 eastbound. Take 403 east approximately 50 km. Exit onto Regional Road 52. Go north (left) on RR52 to Highway 5, then east on 5 for 3 km to the park entrance.
From Niagara and Buffalo - Take the QEW west toward Toronto, for about 90 kilometres. After you pass over the Burlington Bay Skyway at Hamilton, look for the exit for Highway 403 west. Take this exit and travel west on Hwy 403 about 8 km to Highway 6 North. Take this exit north and proceed for about 2 km up a steep hill. At the top of this hill you come to the intersection of Highway 6 and Highway 5. Turn left onto Highway 5. Go west 9 km to the show entrance. Flamboro Downs Casino is on the right, the show entrance is on the left. Travel time from Buffalo about one hour and 15 minutes.
From north of Toronto and eastern Ontario - Go west on Hwy 401 to just past Toronto Pearson International Airport. Follow the signs for Hwy 403 to Hamilton. Take Hwy 403 west. It makes its way through the community of Mississauga, then Oakville and Burlington, heading toward Hamilton. Stay on 403 toward Hamilton. Proceed west on Hwy 403 about 8 km to Highway 6 North. Take this exit north and proceed for about 2 km up a steep hill. At the top of this hill you come to the intersection of Highway 6 and Highway 5. Turn left onto Highway 5. Go west 9 km to the show entrance. Flamboro Downs Casino is on the right, the show entrance is on the left. If traffic is moving at the speed limit the trip from the airport to the show would be about 45 minutes.
