Merchandise Mart International Antiques Fair Prospectus

Featuring more than 100 of the world’s best dealers of art, antiques and jewelry from antiquity through the 20th Century.

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“In terms of antiques in Chicago, this is where it’s happening. Nothing else comes close.”

— Richard Norton, The Country House/Richard Norton, Inc.

The Merchandise Mart International Antiques Fair is the premier antiques event in the Midwestern U.S. Showcasing more than 100 of the world’s best dealers of antiques and fine art, the Fair attracts an affluent and sophisticated audience of collectors, designers and antiques enthusiasts. Now in its 17th year, the Fair is one of Chicago’s most prestigious cultural events.

The Merchandise Mart, America’s top design center Visitors understand that when they enter The Merchandise Mart, located in the heart of downtown Chicago, they can expect the best of everything — from luxury fabrics and accessories to exceptional home furnishings. Building on this reputation, the Fair boasts a strong designer audience that knows The Merchandise Mart as a resource and the Fair as an ideal place to bring top clients to shop for treasures that will define a home.

marketing outreach Marketing for the Merchandise Mart International Antiques Fair targets important collectors, savvy and affluent consumers and leading interior designers. The Fair’s extensive multi-media marketing campaign includes:

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vip packages

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e-mail communications

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print, broadcast and online

(offering VIP access and special programming) mailed to key lists comprised of past attendees of MMPI art and antiques events, industry VIPs, civic VIPs, dealer client lists, top designer lists

to key electronic lists (10 e-blasts sent to lists of 30,000 plus) advertisements in media outlets including The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, Sun-Times News Group, Chicago Gallery News, Chicago Magazine, Chicago Home and Garden Magazine, Traditional Home Magazine, Maine Antiques Digest, The Magazine Antiques, Antiques and Fine Art Magazine, CS Magazine, CS North Shore Magazine, CS Interiors Magazine, Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine, WFMT, CBC Chicago Radio

+ media efforts producing substantial TV, print and online coverage + street banners in downtown Chicago

+ on-site promotion including building signage and on-site directory

+ substantial outreach via 3rd party partnerships (media, museum and cultural organizations, corporate sponsors, alumni clubs, social clubs)

+ interactive fair website with dealer/antiques search tool

+ extensive promotional materials/

for dealers including printed and electronic complimentary passes and other marketing materials, listing in online and on-site fair directory, inclusion in online dealer search tool and PR opportunities

opportunities

2014 fair details April 24-27, 2014, Opening Night April 23 Fair Features

+ april 23 OPENING night will kick off

with a VIP event and attract more than 1000 guests representing the Chicago area’s most prestigious clients

+ upscale fair amenities will include

gourmet cafes and bars, a professionallyappointed VIP Lounge, coat and package check, and shipping services

+ programming including high profile

speakers, guided tours, dealer talks, young collectors events and design vignettes will complement the fair experience

Categories The Fair showcases a stunning assortment of Art, Antiques and Jewelry from BC to 20C and includes the following categories: 20th Century Design/Modernism Americana Architectural Design Asian Art & Antiquities Barometers Books Ceramics

Clocks Decorative Arts Folk Art Furniture Glass Jewelry Paintings

Posters Prints Maps Sculpture Silver Textiles Tribal Art

Exhibit Space

+ booth spaces are available in 100 square foot increments

+ booth package includes hard walls, neutral wall-to-wall carpeting, lights,

standard electrical, booth signage and drayage. Paint and other customization opportunities are available.

Application Applications for the 2014 Fair are available online at merchandisemartantiques.com.

Please note that all dealers must go through a review process for acceptance into the Fair. For more information, please contact Lisa Simonian at 312.527.7838 or lsimonian@mmart.com.

2013 exhibiting dealers A Bird in Hand Antiques

G. Sergeant Antiques, L.L.C.

Nally Jewels

Agostino’s Antiques & Fine Arts, LLC

Gladwell & Company

Objets d’Art Workshop

Aaron Galleries

American Garage

Antique Chicago, Inc.

Antique Reader, Inc.AOSTA

Gallery Afrodit Great Canes

Greenwald Antiques Guarisco Gallery

Furniture + Decor

Haig’s of Rochester Fine Jewelry and Objects of Art

Arts 220

Harvey Art and Antiques

Arader Galleries

Benchmark of Palm Beach

Best of France Antiques, Inc. Birdsall-Haase Antiques

Brenner Valdez Antiques

Callaghan Fine Paintings & Contemporary Bronze Carmen Pattinson

Charles Edwin Puckett

Charles L. Washburne Antiques Chasen Antiques, Philip Chicago Center for the Print/Poster

Chris Mulloy’s Antiques Classic Antiques

Clifford A. Wallach

Hares Antiques

Haynes Fine Art of Broadway Hilligoss Galleries

Il Segno del Tempo S.R.L Imperial Fine Books Inc.

Nula Thanhauser Only Authentic’s Ophir Gallery

Oumar Keinde African Arts Philadelphia Print Shop Platt Fine Art

Post Road Gallery

Pouya Antique Rug Gallery Proctor

R. Ege Antiques

R.M. Barokh Antiques

Isabella M.

Ralph Spano Antiques and Fine Art

Jayne Thompson Antiques

Reza’s Rug Gallery

The Jade Dragon

Joseph M. Hayes Antiques King Art

King’s House Antiques

King’s House Oriental Rugs Kip McKesson African Art Lawrence Fine Art

Leonard Davenport Fine Art

Rehs Galleries, Inc.

Richard Norton Gallery

Roberto Freitas American

Antiques & Decorative Arts The Silver Fund

Silver Treasures, Ltd. Skarda Gallery

SMD Arts Inc.

Made In Russia

Solomon Suchard Antiques & Fine Art

Crescent Worth Art & Antiques

Majolica, LLC

Stevens Fine Art

Daniels Antiques

Marilyn Garrow Fine Textile Art

Thomas French Fine Art

Mathew Klujian & Sons, Inc.

TOJ Gallery

Colm Rowan Fine Art The Country House / Richard Norton, Inc.

D. Brett Benson, Inc.

David Brooker Fine Art

Deco2midcenturyfurniture.com, Inc. Del Giudice Antiques Domont Jewelry

Dover Jewelry & Antiques The Emporium, LTD

F.L. Braswell Fine Art The Find

Flapper Alley, Ltd. Framont

M.S. Rau Antiques

Madelena Antiques

Stern Pissarro Gallery

MajolicaDream, LLC

Terra Mare Antiques

Markov

Mayfair Antiques McColl Fine Art

Michael S. Haber, Ltd. Moylan-Smelkinson / The Spare Room Myers/Huffman & Greg Chappell

Time Gallery

TK Asian Antiquities Tutto dal Mondo

The Way We Were

Wellesley House, Ltd. William Cook

Zane Moss Antiques Ltd.

CONTACT US Lisa Simonian Vice President 312.527.7838 lsimonian@mmart.com Aida Sarvan Director 312.527.7933 asarvan@mmart.com MMPI 222 Merchandise Mart Plaza Suite 470 Chicago, IL 60654 MerchandiseMartAntiques.com

MMPI, a division of Vornado Realty Trust, is a leading owner and operator of integrated showroom & office buildings and trade show facilities, bringing buyers and sellers together through market events, trade and consumer shows and conferences each year. In addition to The Merchandise Mart International Antiques Fair, MMPI’s renowned collection art, antiques and design events include The Armory Show (NY ), the Architectural Digest Home and NeoCon (Chicago and Baltimore).