Annual I.A.D.A Fair 2010
The 45th Irish Antique Dealers Association Fair will take place in the RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, with oodles of exciting changes for 2010!
Wednesday 29th September 2010
Thursday 30th September 2010
Friday 1st October 2010
Saturday 2nd October 2010
Sunday 3rd October 2010
Times to be announced
Traditionally the Irish Antique Dealers Association, the IADA, holds its premier event, The Irish Antique Dealers Fair, once a year and this, its 45th year, will be held in the RDS Main Hall at the end of September 2010. About 40 of our Members, who themselves represent a diverse range of disciplines, exhibited ,last September, their finest wares from collectables to iconic Irish pieces. Strict Vetting and Date Lines are applied. Throughout this, our premier event, our Members endeavoured to present antiques as excellent value and as fine investments. For the first time the IADA, in collaboration with the Interiors Association, presented an exhibition spectacular, offering a wonderful view of antiques in a modernistic setting. This was a ‘must see’ for all and we hope to offer our visitors something even more special in Autumn 2010
Last year a Restoration Project was on view throughout the duration of the Fair. Daly Antique Services undertook to restore an 18th C Irish mahogany Tallboy supplied by Johnston Antiques of Francis St. From start to finish the progress was on view on a designated stand. The staff of Daly Antique Services were pleased to answer all your queries. Mr. Robert O’Byrne, former Fine Art correspondent for the Irish Times, launched his new book ‘ Romantic Irish Homes’ which was available for view and purchase during the Fair.
Take a look at some of the items our Members had on display at the Fair in 2009.
The Association held a very successful Valuation Day for members of the general public, when IADA Experts were available to conduct Appraisals and Valuations. This event proved to be very popular with visitors to the Fair.
The 2009 Antique Fair Lecture Series
The lectures given last year were
Outstanding pieces of Irish Silver
by James Weldon
Images of Dublin in the work of Jack Yeats
by Dr Roisin Kennedy
Quirky Irish houses
by Robert O’Byrne
Romantic Irish Homes by Robert O’Byrne
was on sale at the Antique Fair
Renaissances to Revolution, Four centuries of costume in art
by Sara Donaldson
The work of Sean Keating 1922-1970
by Dr Eimear O’Connor
Dirty paintings
by Mary McGrath
