Welcome to Dordy Fontinel Show Management Our Shows are going online – featuring 300 Years of Fabulous Design! Chippendale to Cottage, Deco to Diamonds, Furniture, Accessories & more!
Virtual Antiques Show
YOUR RESOURCE FOR REAL ANTIQUES EVERYDAY – SINCE 1978 DFSM requires dealers to guarantee their merchandise and is a crusader against the reproductions flooding today’s market. All items are guaranteed to be authentic. Virtual Booths...
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Dealers | Collectors | Downsizers – Dordy Fontinel Show Management has over 40 years experience connecting buyers and sellers – Estate Sales, Estate Auction services and liquidation. Dealers interested in exhibiting in the Virtual Show,...
For the rest of 2020 we will be offering online “shows” featuring the dealers you have come to know and trust at our shows over the past nearly 40 years. Be sure you are on our growing email list so that you will remain up to date on the latest offerings from our dealers.
Chippendale to Cottage, Deco to Diamonds, Furniture, Accessories & more!
ANTIQUES – WE SELL THEM TO YOU AND WE SELL THEM FOR YOU!
300 Years of Fabulous Design is going ONLINE – At Dordy Fontinel Shows you can expect a wide variety of antiques for the novice to the advanced collector with a constant emphasis on QUALITY.
DFSM requires dealers to guarantee their merchandise and is a crusader against the reproductions flooding today’s market. All items are guaranteed to be authentic.
About | Contact
Dealers | Collectors | Downsizers – Dordy Fontinel Show Management has over 40 years experience connecting buyers and sellers – Estate Sales, Estate Auction services and liquidation.
Dealers interested in exhibiting in the Virtual Show, reaching an extensive network of active collectors; Collectors interested in finding that one of a kind item or interested in downsizing, Contact Us!
About Dordy
While collecting antiques as a teenager, Dordy Fontinel officially entered the antiques business as dealer in 1978 and then as professional show promoter in 1992 at the encouragement of her fellow dealers. Fontinel continuously works toward her goal of presenting more than just an antiques show, but a special event. Dordy Fontinel Show Management is a member of the National Association of Consumer Shows.
Everything you ever wanted to know about buying Fine American Prints, get in inside look into a print dealer at one of Dordy Fontinel’s Antiques Shows!
Gert Wirth of Ingeborg Gallery, Northfield, Massachusetts, (who specializes in prints and print making from the 1920’s, 1930’s and 1940’s) describes some of the things to consider when purchasing, prints and paintings.
Research the items that you are considering collecting or purchasing. Numerous books have been written covering virtually every category of collecting. Learn as much as you can about …
When buying antique furniture you should look for a variety things:Oxidation: the natural color of wood changes over time affected by air. Be sure the change in color …
Porcelains, Glassware, Silver, Pottery, Toys, Iron, Ivory & CollectiblesGenuine antique pieces will have uneven scratches on the base. Fakes are being marked with the original trademarks, however the …
When buying Paintings- Beware of the computer generated new paintings on the market. Old artwork will have natural crazing and discoloration. Fake crazing is easy to detect when …
