Christmas Collecto-Rama...a Santa-Comes-to-the-South Holiday Antique Show

Winter weather elsewhere may be frightful, but in Florida it can be so delightful, especially when enjoying an antiques and collectibles show highlighting vintage Christmas décor and memorabilia!  The “Christmas Collecto-Rama…A Santa-Comes-to-the-South Holiday Antique Show,” will be held in the beautiful Catherine Hickman Theater in Gulfport (southern St. Petersburg).  This special holiday event features Exhibitors selling everything from vintage Christmas ornaments to old trees and candy containers, even electric light-up Yule logs, as well as vintage toys reminiscent of Christmas of years gone by! 

Take a break from your holiday shopping during the show and enjoy a lecture and slide presentation on “Collecting Christmas” by Corey Adams, a long-time collector and member of The Golden Glow of Christmas Past club.  Mr. Adams has been an avid collector of vintage Christmas for over a decade.  His personal collection consists of over two hundred figural glass ornaments dating before World War I, over five hundred Shiny Brite ornaments, many silver aluminum trees, plastic novelties and over fifty glass fair lights.  His presentation during the Christmas Collecto-Rama will include the beginnings of Christmas, collecting antique ornaments, and how to determine reproduction items that are sometimes mistaken for vintage.

Another special feature will be a presentation on “Antique Mechanical Toys for Christmas” by Dr. Gary Moss, an avid collector-dealer of antique toys and mechanical banks for nearly 40 years. Dr. Gary L. Moss, OD, MBA was an associate professor at The New England College of Optometry in Boston, MA for nearly 30 years before retiring to Florida. He has been an active antiques dealer-collector since 1974, currently exhibiting at over a dozen shows a year in PA, MA & FL. He is the former owner of Kenmore Cards, a sports memorabilia store 2 blocks from Fenway Park in Boston. His book, Hippie Artifacts, was published in 2003 by Schiffer Publishing. His 300 plus 1930-40’s vintage Hawaiian shirt collection was on exhibit in 2004 at the American Textile History Museum in Lowell, MA for 6 months and is the subject of the book Hawaiian Shirts: Dress for Paradise. Dr. Moss will also be exhibiting vintage toys for sale from his personal collection.

Taking full advantage of the beautiful theater, holiday flicks are planned as well, and a cash bar and retro holiday tunes will keep everyone jolly. Fa la la la la…

So, start singing “Let it snow, let it snow, let it show..” It won’t do much good for we Floridians, but it’ll help put us in the mood. Then again, who says you need snow when you have this antique holiday show?  

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