“The Vintage Style show offers a wonderful opportunity to see and buy high quality antique furniture, vintage collectibles and vintage home décor in an easily accessible, first class location.” - The Upper Canadian, Jan/Feb 2006, pg. 34
	Home décor Vintage furnishings Accessories Collecting Vintage fashion One day only, eighty dealers in antiques, vintage collectibles, and decorating accessories join together in one place to provide an unbelievable offering of vintage products.

Find great buys in all of these categories:

Early advertising, 20th century modern, collectible bottles and fruit jars, antique woodenware, kitchen collectibles, picture frames, vintage silver patterns, antique cotton quilts, vintage floor lamps and chandeliers, vintage dolls and doll accessories, antique pottery, 19th century decorative ceramics, warm, refinished pine bedroom furniture, arts and crafts furniture, antique Canadian pressed glass, country furniture in old paint colours, vintage toys, 50’s accent furniture, high end 60’s teak, vintage folk art, architectural pieces, including moldings, cast iron, pillars, columns, windows and other house parts, vintage lace and linens, estate jewellery, Royal Doulton collectibles, vintage oil and gas signs, old Coca Cola and Pepsi advertising, vintage handbags, Bakelite and costume jewellery, coutyr decorating, art glass Sterling silver, formal furnishings, refinished pine dining and kitchen furniture, hunting and fishing collectibles, vintage musical instruments, antique scientific instruments, barometers, globes, antique tools, 20th century Scandinavian art glass, art pottery and much more.

What the designers, decorators, writers and dealers are saying: “Glorifying old goodies: the current passion for mixing old and new.” “There are fantastic things around.” “With vintage finds, you can add style for less cash in small spaces.” “Feather your nest without overspending by hitting the vintage shops and antique stores.” “Yesterday’s basement exiles are enjoying new status in today’s homes, because of their high quality and reasonable prices.” “When you put old pieces with new, you create an eclectic look that lends character and warmth to a room.” “You don’t need a whole roomful of antiques…just one or two vintage pieces can achieve the look you’re going for.” “In mixing things from another era, you personalize your space.”

A small sample to illustrate the range at Vintage Style:

• David Hamilton Wells, Mississauga – long time dealer in early Canadian furnishings – first time at this show
• Hugh Little, Mississauga – fine art and vintage prints
• John Barclay, Kent Bridge – John is one of the best in antique bottles and fruit jars. He also has a wide range of unusual smalls.
• Eric and Lori Fowler, Ajax – Nostalgia, early advertising
• Keiran Hall, Dundas – specialist in restoration of fine antique furniture
• Ken Feakins, Fergus – professionally refinished small furniture, such as side tables, bookcases, chairs, etc.
• Joe Gallaro, Merrickville – art pottery, lamps and furniture
• David Lesurf, Perth – mid 20th century furniture and collectibles
• Maureen and Clark Fryday, Fonthill – Canadian country furniture, and some of the best folk art to come onto the market in Ontario.
• Joe Videcki, St Catharines – oil lamps, small furniture
• Brad and Belinda Greaves, Lucan – deals in house parts, both interior and exterior. His large booth will have mantels, fencing, iron grates, hardware and more.
• Marlene Pfeil, The Doll Lady – well-known in theGTA for top quality dolls and doll accessories
• Annegret Mette, Burlington – sells excellent quality Sterling silver and fine art glass
• Steve and Suzanne Lee, Fitzroy Harbour – excellent all-round booth in October; some great hunting and fishing collectibles.
• Lyle Elder, Montreal – Quebec folk carving and naïve art
• Pat McKaig, Bayfield – country decorating

Ontario collectors and dealers in old paper and ephemera have a legitimate outlet for their paper-collecting passion.

Many of Canada's top paper dealers, plus dealers from the USA will set up nearly 90 tables piled high with rare, unusual, eclectic and often whimsical vintage paper.

Collectors can find all of the following merchandise and more: 

Transportation including railway and ocean liner items; Historical documents including land grants, mortgages and deeds; 30's/40's fashion magazines; Trans Canada Airline memorabilia; Old magic books; Old farm equipment booklets; Eatons Punkinhead memorabilia; Pulp fiction - crime, detective, Sci-Fi - including Weird Tales, The Shadow, The Phantom Detective, Vintage paperbacks; Movie posters, stills, lobby cards; Vintage photography on paper plus daguerreotypes, armbrotypes and tintypes; Sporting material - soccer, hockey, track and field dating to the 1920's; Ballet, opera, classical concert programs to 1920's; Autographs; Advertising; Letterheads; Postal covers; Nearly 100,000 vintage postcards, all villages, towns and cities in Ontario plus sports, transportation, holidays from Christmas to Halloween; Theatre and movie programmes; Poetry; Scientific journals; Comic books; Magazines.
 

Highlights from the October 28, 2007 show:

• Carolyn Byfield, Kitchener – several tables containing books, advertising, commercial documents, posters and early photos from rural Ontario
• Bob Majni, Macedonia, Ohio – Bob returns with a great collection of Yukon and Klondike gold rush ephemera and artifacts
• Alan Davis, Toronto – excellent selection of 19th and 20th century posters, as well as historical documents
• Frank Hoyles, Neil Hayne, Derek Dalton and John Laing – four of Canada’s top postcard dealers
• Paul Murray, Kitchener – vintage maps. Prints and militaria
• John Rush, Hamilton – excellent rare books and paper
• John Sayer, Niagara on the Lake – ocean liner paper collectibles. John has sent us a list of some of the things he has set aside for this show, including a celebrity autograph book from the RMS Queen Mary – 360 autographs, signed on board, from 1936 to 1939, including Gary Cooper, Douglas Fairbanks, Lord Beaverbrook, Mary Pickford, William Randolph Hearst and others.
• Mark Poulin, St. Catharines, movie posters
• Plus dozens more specialists in old paper, vintage books and early advertising material priced from under a dollar up into the thousands.