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The Main Line Antiques Show
A Benefit for Surrey Services for Seniors

November 20-21, 2010
Preview Party -- Friday, Nov. 19
Loan Exhibit and Lecture Program: “Visiting the Main Line – Railroad Ties”

New Location! -  Radnor Valley Country Club, Villanova, PA

Berwyn, PA (October 2010)….. “You can hear that whistle blowing!” as The 2010 Main Line Antiques Show gets ready to take exhibitors and attendees alike on a memorable journey into the past, through a stunning array of fine art and antiques available for purchase and a loan exhibit and lecture program titled “Visiting the Main Line – Railroad Ties.” www.MainLineAntiquesShow.com

Now in its fifth year, The Main Line Antiques Show is the only antiques show held in the heart of the Main Line and is a major fundraising event for Surrey Services for Seniors. www.surreyservices.org. Honorary Co-Chairs for the 2010 Show are Mrs. S. Matthews V. Hamilton Jr. and Mrs. J. Maxwell Moran.

More than 30 distinguished dealers will be exhibiting in The Main Line Antiques Show at a new location: The Radnor Valley Country Club, 555 Sproul Road (Route 320) in Villanova, PA 19085.

The Main Line Antiques Show takes place on Saturday, November 20 from 10 am to 5 pm; on Sunday, November  21 from 11 am to 5 pm.

Admission:$12 at the door;$10 online at www.MainLineAntiquesShow.com and includes unlimited re-entry to the Show.

A Preview Party will be held on Friday, November 19  from 6 to 9 pm.

Admission is $100 (5 pm early admission for Sponsors, Benefactors and Patrons – call for levels). Advance reservations are suggested. For reservations and information, call 610-647-8632.

This year’s Loan Exhibit and Lecture Program, “Visiting the Main Line – Railroad Ties,” will appeal to both antiquers and railroad buffs. With the help of several private collectors and access to historic archives, the Show Committee has organized a fascinating exhibit of railroad antiques and memorabilia, illustrating how the Pennsylvania Railroad -- and its predecessors and successors -- shaped culture, life and commerce in the suburban Philadelphia towns that grew up along the railroad’s “Main Line” – and gave the region its name.

The Lecture Program will be held on Saturday, November 20: At 11:00 a.m. collector/historian/artist Ted Xaras will give a presentation on “Riding the Rails” – an overview of the Pennsylvania Railroad from 1870 -1940. At 3:00 p.m. there will be “Roundtable Storytelling” by well-known railroaders and historians, moderated by Frank G. Tatnall. On Sunday, November 21 there are Booth Talks by Dealers throughout the day on “Know Your Antiques.” All programs are complimentary with Show admission.

Show Chair Nicholas Vandekar reports that the 2010 Main Line Antiques Show is “right on track” to be the best one yet. “Dealers are enthusiastic and the Show is filled,“ he says. “There will be a great variety of marvelous wares for purchase – from porcelains, pewter and silver to furniture, textiles and artworks, as well as jewelry, miniatures, and beautiful decorative arts.”

“Of course we are also hoping that some of the dealers will bring objects relating to our ‘railroad’ theme,” says Roberta Hollingshead, Vice-Chair of the Show.

Dealers on board include Carol Ann Kooperman, Chimney Corner Antiques, Dixon-Hall Fine Art, Earle D. Vandekar of Knightsbridge,  Eve Stone Antiques, Federalist Antiques, Gallery 51, Hanes & Ruskin, Hollie Powers Holt Fine Art, Joan Dessureau, Johanna Antiques, Lorraine Wambold Estate Jewelry, Malchione Sporting Antiques, Margaret Johnson Sutor Antiques, Marvin Baer, Mimi’s Antiques, Mullen Antiques & Upholstery, Perry-Joyce Fine Arts, Port ‘N Starboard Gallery, Priscilla Boyd Angelos, Raccoon Creek Antiques, Red Sleigh Antiques, R.M.Worth Antiques, Roberta Hollingshead, Roger D. Winter, Sheila Ferguson Victorian Staffordshire, The Surrey Consignment Shop, Thurston Nichols, Twin Tankard Antiques, W.M. Schwind, Jr. Antiques & Fine Art, Wesley T. Sessa Antiques.

“The Main Line Antiques Show is a very significant fundraiser for our organization,” says Barbara Fentress, President of Surrey Services for Seniors. “It also gives us an opportunity to tell people about the ways in which we serve the community and to attract new friends and supporters to help our growing older population.”

Serving close to 3,500 residents in the Chester-Delaware county suburbs of Philadelphia, PA, Surrey Services has been a valuable community resource for local seniors for nearly 30 years and is a respected model for aging in place.

Funds raised from The Main Line Antiques Show support the work of Surrey Services in providing home health care, transportation, meals, special programs – and more – to older neighbors in need, regardless of ability to pay. www.surreyservices.org

Presenting Sponsor for The Main Line Antiques Show is The Radnor Hotel. Surrey Community Partners are Haverford Square and Woodcock Washburn, LLC. Other lead sponsors are Travel Services Company and Main Line Health.

The Main Line Antiques Show is supported by media partners Main Line Media News, Main Line Today and Delaware Today magazines, MainLineNeighbors and WHYY, Inc.

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